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What an incredible idea and journey Kumare is. A guy of Indian descent from New Jersey is in search for a guru, but gets disillusioned with all of the gurus he finds. So he decides to grow a beard and…

Steven Pressfield keeps the hits coming:

Which brings me back to depth of commitment and the question, “What, then, are we committed to?” Here’s how I answer that for my own life:

I’m not committed t…

I'm absolutely convinced that there's a future for good writing. It's just that most of what passes for writing on the internet, in the established media, is not. It's horribly conceived of, it's horr…

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…