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Awakening

Fish Lives Great Life After Jumping Out Of Bowl

I heard an interesting story the other day about Koi fish. Not sure if it’s an urban legend or not.
It said that Koi fish will only grow as large as their environment will allow for.
For example if you place a Koi in a fish bowl it’ll only grow up to about three inches. If you took that same [...]

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Metamorphosis

“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” ~ Unknown
Nothing is fixed. Everything’s evolving. All things are in a constant state of becoming. You, me and even the stars.
We forget that sometimes.
Becoming rigid in our views of the world, each other and even ourselves.
But this life is mere putty. To be shaped by a [...]

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How To Be Totally Awesome At Something

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” – Albert Einstein
Is there something that you really love to do? I mean something that time just stands still while your doing it? A talent or skill [...]

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Screw Resolutions

As we begin the new year let’s make it a time where we finally decide to ignore all the “should’s” in our lives. Let’s let go of resolutions and let’s develop resolve. A fortitude to forgive ourselves for all our self-criticisms. A determination to develop a deeper wellspring of joy and happiness. And a courage to [...]

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Happy Holidays

Why not take a moment and check out Snowflakes: A Winters Tale. It’s a little story I wrote.
Peace, love and many blessings.
Ian
Inspiring You To Greatness

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Snowflakes

SNOWFLAKES: A Winters Tale

It was a cold winters night and a silent blanket of snow was covering the lands. A young Father and his son were in the yard behind their modest and humble home, hand in mitt, they were silhouettes of the night.
The two of them gazing up at the first star of the [...]

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Being Better

A beautiful young woman I know asked, “What can I do to become better?”
I wasn’t sure in what context she meant by “become better” so without getting into it too much I answered her with the following acronym:
B.E.T.T.E.R. An Acronym For Feeling Good

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Kaizen: The Art of Baby Steps

Somewhere deep inside of us there has to be some sort of progression gene. Something that spurs us on to becoming better aspects of ourselves. We can feel it’s presence when life starts to feel dull and boring.
But the problem is that we really don’t like to change. We think we do but we don’t. [...]

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Awakening Interview: Prof. Giulio Cesare Giacobbe

Today, I spoke to Prof. Giulio Cesare Giacobbe, who is author of How to Become a Buddha in 5 Weeks: The Simple Way to Self-Realization.  In this interview, Prof. Giacobbe talks about the Buddha, how the Buddha’s teachings have been hidden in mysticism, that the Buddha was a shrewd psychologist and more…
There’s tons of Buddhist [...]

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From Fighting To Freedom

I want you to take a moment and imagine…
Imagine a young Japanese man by the name of Morihei Ueshiba, the eventual founder of the martial art Aikido, who has decided to take a walk through his garden to calm his racing heart.
You see he’s just been attacked by a naval officer wielding a big stick.
The [...]

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