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Steven Pressfield: Depth of commitment:

In a way, failure is fuel for depth of commitment. It raises the stakes. When our history is constituted entirely of Failure #1, Failure #2, and Failure #3, wh…

This fantastic interview that Steven Levy did with my long-time hero Tim O'Reilly ran on December 21st, and I've been meaning to post it here since. Here goes:

Everybody wants to foster entrepreneurs…

I once considered going to a Tony Robbins UPW event with a friend. I ended up not going, but I still get the benefit of having been put on their email list, without asking for it. The latest email sho…

Julie McIntyre in Sex and the Intelligence of the Heart:

Over time, you become your own best friend advocating for your needs, wants, and happiness. You learn to craft a life of joy so that all you d…

Paulo Coelho (in the video on the right):

Miracles do not go against the laws of nature. We only think that because we don't know nature's laws.

Helen Keller:

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life i…

I found this short interview with Edgar Mitchell, the astronaut who founded Institute of Noetic Sciences. It touched a nerve in me.

He talks about resonance in a way that clicked for me - how we can i…

The nice gentleman currently assisting in the yoga shala has been helping me with a couple of poses, and the recurring theme of his advice to me has been "bandas and breath", as in "tighten your banda…

Back in November, Dave Winer wrote:

BTW, people note that my river is mostly mainstream pubs. That's because bloggers are publishing so little these days. I subscribe to lots of blogs. But they aren'…

David Shaywitz in Forbes:

I admit I look with wistful admiration at creative minds in different fields who seem to be living life on their own terms: select entrepreneurs, of course; also Ira Glass a…