Philosophy Category
Kick the bucket list – dream crazy big –
Posted on January 6, 2016 Leave a Comment
It’s January 6, 2016. Has your new year’s resolution died already? Has your bucket list kicked the bucket? Maybe it’s time to stir the mayonnaise a little – or maybe it’s time to throw out the mayo altogether. It’s time to disrupt your tired life. When Dick Clark asked Madonna what she wanted out of […]
Excess does not equal success –
Posted on November 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
Have you ever had a peak experience? A peak experience is a moment accompanied by a euphoric mental state often achieved by self-actualizing individuals. The concept was originally developed by Abraham Maslow in 1964, who described peak experiences as “rare, exciting, oceanic, deeply moving, exhilarating, elevating experiences that generate an advanced form of perceiving […]
Untethered
Posted on November 9, 2015 1 Comment
Have you ever wondered what those sneakers hanging on the telephone wire mean? Well, there’s an urban myth that says that those seemingly random dangling sneakers indicate a place where you can buy drugs. I don’t know if it’s true and I haven’t ever tried to find out, but the myth does make me […]
Flower Bulbs, Spider Webs & Squirrels –
Posted on November 2, 2015 1 Comment
There’s something magical about planting flower bulbs in the fall. This year I’ve planted daffodils and irises. This past week I plugged about seventy five bulbs in the planters on my terrace. The wonderful thing about planting bulbs is that after the initial effort, the universe does all the work. Beneath winter’s snow, the […]
Fear of Failure / Fear of Success –
Posted on October 6, 2015 Leave a Comment
Last week I sent the manuscript for my new book FEAR to my editor. Since then I’ve been in a sort of purgatory. I’ve been vascillating between fear of failure and fear of success. What if no one reads it? What if it’s a huge success? I’ve run through countless gloom and doom scenarios […]
Have no fear Pope Francis is here – an open letter to @Pontifex –
Posted on September 24, 2015 1 Comment
Dear Holy Father, Welcome to the United States and welcome to our beloved city of New York. I’m writing to request permission to celebrate our wedding in the Catholic Church. My fiancee, Enrique Padilla Jr. and I were both baptised in the Catholic Church and raised in the faith. Up until a couple […]
FEAR vs GREED –
Posted on September 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
The DOW was down 469 points yesterday. All that selling was motivated by an emotion that’s one of only two market movers. On Wall Street there is Greed and there is Fear. In fact, there are indexes that measure both. Check it out. Yesterday’s selloff was motivated by FEAR through and through. The Fear […]
It’s not personal, it’s business –
Posted on August 25, 2015 Leave a Comment
What a day yesterday! With the swooning of the global markets, the world was given a wake up call. The day started with a 1,000 point drop at the open and ended down 500 points from Friday’s close. That’s a 714 billion dollar loss in value. Is this the end of the blood-letting or […]
Climb Every Mountain – Boston 2016
Posted on March 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
“Climb every mountain. Ford every stream. Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream.” I’ve just registered for the San Francisco marathon in July. The SF race is a Boston qualifier. It’s also one of the hardest marathon courses in the world. In order for me to qualify for Boston, I’ll need to run […]
What is luxury?
Posted on March 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
Luxury is subjective. What feels luxurious to you may just make my skin crawl – like polyester for instance. I know there are people out there that have expensive polyester tops and dresses in their wardrobes. But, I just can’t get past the visual of sparks flying when they pull it out of their closet […]
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