The Practice of Your Life

The Exercise and Pursuit of a Consciously Created Life

My First Mac

Jun 14
2009

I’ve finally crossed into the light and got myself a Macbook 13″.  Yet I’m still compelled by the forces of darkness and will be for some time I think.   You see old habits die hard and while I know the Mac is great, the fact is it doesn’t help you make the adjustment to it’s way of doing things and some things I discover are definitely a step backwards.  For example, there are no plug-ins for the Mac on Skype and if you own a blackberry you won’t be happy with the Mac version of the blackberry desktop.

Hence the reason I am still pulled to the “dark” side.  Apple is truly compassionate however as there is no judgment about my continued dance with old habits, and in fact… Continue reading

What does it take to rise up from mediocrity?

Nov 22
2008

I have noticed something about many people who have found success in their true calling. Before they found their passion, or became famous they had already either excelled in business success, or they hit the dregs of existence and were homeless addicts on the verge of suicide, (or heading in that direction).  Wayne Dyer the famous author was an orphan and an alcoholic, Rhonda Byrne the producer of the Secret claims to have been bankrupt and suicidal. Eckhart Tolle was suicidal when he had the experience that led him to write the power of now. Louise Hey almost died of cancer. On the other end of the scale we have people like Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Bob Parsons, Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban – people that seemed to have lived… Continue reading