What To Do When You Are Stuck #2

When You Are Stuck

Feeling stuck?  Here’s a suggested approach if all your efforts only dig you deeper into the hole. Stop Trying So Hard If you are stuck, stop trying.  Let the Dao take over.  All this trying and effort will cut you off from life and deeper reality. Just stop and sit there and be for a … Read more

Listen To That Deep, Internal Alarm Bell

Listen to the Bell

You know when you are about to do something, and you get that deep, internal alarm bell? Listen to it.  It is something spiritual trying to save you. Though this alarm bell can feel rather a bit like dread, it is different from fear.  You should be able to tell the difference. Heed the alarm … Read more

Big Picture > Technical Skills

Technical skills are great, but entrepreneurial, marketing, and investment skills are (usually) senior to technical skills—from an ROI point of view. This is because technical skills are increasingly easy to outsource, but the creative side and ability to identify new needs on the market, network, market, create, etc. is difficult to outsource. The combination of … Read more

Which Theater Exit Do You Use?

Which Theater Exit

When you leave the movie theater, which exit do you use?  Have you ever noticed those exits at the bottom of the theater next to the screen?  Have you ever thought about whether those exits are closer to where you parked? If you aren’t thinking about this, why aren’t you?  Are you just “going with … Read more