Courage
The Zenprovement manifesto
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
I can’t say for sure what self-improvement means to you. But I’m willing to guess that essentially, you feel it is to make positive progress on your life, your sense of identity, your virtues, your character, even your goals and dreams; the idea being that making improvements on what you identify as your “self”, […]
Don’t put your life on hold; do it now.
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Have you ever caught yourself saying things like:
“I’ll do it when…” “Once I lose some weight, I’ll look better and then I can go to the gym.” “I’m just not ready to try yet.” “Once I make more money, I’ll travel to Europe.” “After I get the new job, I’ll spend more time with my […]
Living from the inside out
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Western culture places an excessive amount of emphasis on the external aspects of life. Most people go through their lives measuring its success by what they obtain. Whether those things are possessions, relationships, power, or experiences, the blind pursuit of them will always lead to unhappiness and the longing for more. It […]
How to deal with a breakup
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Breakups are hard. Unfortunately, almost everyone on earth has to go through the difficult stages of ending a romantic relationship at some point in their life. Most of us endure it multiple times. Strangely enough, we all deal with this problem in different ways, some of which are healthy and others of […]
What’s the one thing no one can take from you?
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
In a moments notice everything you have and hold close can be stripped away. One fundamental premise of Buddhism is that all things in life are transient and temporary in nature. I can’t really disagree with this assertion. Logically, I know my body, my possessions and even my relationships will all one […]
Get almost anything you want by doing just two things
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
We all want things, and most of us have at least a few goals in the back of our minds that we would like to reap the fruits of at some point in our lives. But why do we so often fail to make those desires real?
Honestly, I think mostly people fail to make […]
Commit to your goal or bust
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Take a moment to think of either a goal you have right now, or one you have pursued in the recent past. When you talked about that goal with yourself or with other people did you say or think any of the following?
“It’s just not me, I’ve never been able to do that.”
“That’s just […]
Do something different; Make a change
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Your emotions are signals. They tell you whether you’re in alignment with what you want our out of alignment with it, that’s definitely not my own original idea, or anything new if you’ve spent any time reading self-improvement or personal development literature. But it’s easy to simply accept those emotions as part of […]
Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Don’t let anyone tell you what you will or won’t become in life. Of all the things in life we can’t control, who we become is truly the one thing we indeed can change. In fact, it is completely up to us to do so. To see it otherwise is pure folly. […]