“Get busy living, or get busy dying”- The Shawshank Redemption The Paradox of Living Life Today’s post is meant to be a gentle reminder to one of the basic facts about life, and to inspire you to live your life to the fullest. This basic fact is: “The moment you are born, you are simultaneously [...]
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“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.’” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Living The Asian Dream Ever since I was young little boy, I dreamed about exploring the world, and going off to exotic places that I [...]
“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides It’s Time To Live a Remarkable Life Over the last three years I have dabbled in creative ways to support myself, but my main focus was on spending much of my time learning about myself. I felt that finding inner fulfillment [...]
“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.” - Albert Einstein Today I briefly want to discuss what Hitler taught the world on how you can become a leader to the masses. We all know Hitler was a horrible human being, so there is no need to discuss it here. The purpose of [...]
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” - Thomas Jefferson (editors note: this continues my effort in writing short concise posts.) Taking action is the name of the game. Doing little things everyday will ultimately lead to big changes in your life. Below are 5 Things [...]
“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”- Albert Einstein Awesome Illustration by my friend Cynthia of cynnarcisi.com Hey You! Get Your Head Out of The Clouds Today I briefly want to talk about a quality that many of us experience when we genuinely feel good, when we feel [...]
“Inside all of us is a Wild Thing” — Maurice Sendak It’s Time To Get a Little Wild You may have noticed that things have gotten a little quite around here. To keep you in the loop, I have been busy with a few writing projects, and have also devoted a huge part of my [...]
“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.”- Eli Khamarov Expect The Unexpected Sit down, grab a cup of tea, because you’re in for a treat, this article is going to be amazing. Wow, what a great way to start an article, right?…Did I already give you an initial expectation? This article [...]
“True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people. ” - Kiana Tom Nice To Meet You, Where You from? “Good government is no substitute for self-government.” - Mohandas Gandhi In living abroad, one of the most common questions you will here is “so where are you from?” From this one [...]
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”- Maya Angelou Hey Mom!..I’m a Big Kid Now There is no doubt that for most of us our family’s are the strongest influence and therefore main attachment in our lives. This attachment may also [...]
“Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.” ~Carl G. Jung “I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” ~James Baldwin As I am writing this I am in a TomNToms coffee shop listening to some chill Spanish music [...]
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman The only constant is change, it is life’s very nature. The problem is that we hate insecurity, we always try to make things known and comfortable. After awhile [...]
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one” Albert Einstein Creating Your Vision I feel that one of the most important ingredients in your formula for personal fufillment is having a clearly defined vivid vision of where you want to be. At first the “how” is not that important, you need to create [...]
“You’re only as good as your last haircut.”-Fran Lebowitz
Hey YOU! Get a Hair Cut!
If you’re a long term travel junkie like me, inevitably there will come a point when you need to look decent, quit scaring the locals, and get a hair cut.
Unless you cut your own hair, this can be an interesting experience depending [...]
“Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises” Rita Golden Gelman
Today I am excited to introduce you to my new friend Christine from almostfearless.com. Why am I excited? As many of you know, I love traveling and [...]
“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”-Pythagoras
With every goal you have in life, people will always be a critical part of it. How fast you reach your goals depends on how well you deal with people and the level of [...]
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
It’s Time For You To Explore The World
I love to travel and so do most people, but the unfortunate reality is that most people don’t get to travel extensively or experience living abroad. Traveling to exotic countries used [...]
“Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” T. S. Eliot
“We aren’t in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.” Anthony Robbins
The ease at which we are able to access the world’s information has had some [...]
“Even if you have not awakened, if you realize that your perceptions and activities are all like dreams and you view them with detachment,not giving rise to grasping and rejecting discrimination, then this is virtually tantamount to awakening from the dream.” Muso Kokushi
Yes you can shape your daily reality, there I said it, and if [...]
Self Improvement Daily
“You can gain more control over your life, by paying closer attention to the little things” Emily Dickinson
In an age of information overload having selective ignorance has become increasingly important to have a sane life. Many of us spend too much time giving our attention to trivial things that are not improving [...]
It’s Not the Years in Your Life but the Life in Your Years That Matters: Time for Your 1 Year Evaluation
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”- Howard Thurman
It was a beautiful sunny day In [...]
Life is a Game: How Are You Playing It?
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts” William Shakespeare
When you take a good look at society and life in general I think you will see that [...]
Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself
“Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square yard of earth than in all the fables of the Church.” Robert Anton Wilson
Hello my name is Ivan Campuzano, I am nobody, just like everyone else. I feel that deep down we all go through major conflicts because [...]
Life Is But a Dream
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer
The only reason you see and experience the world the way you do, is because of your minds conditioning. When you begin to de-condition, unburden, and work on yourself, the way the world looks and [...]
Take a Good Look At My Face Because It’s Been a While
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
For many of us we are die hard creatures of habits, we love patterns, they make our lives easier. The problem is that life then becomes monotonous, we just [...]
Create Contrast To Understand Your Growth:
“Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence as such is but a happy moment.”- Soren Kierkegaard
(Note: Lately I only write if I get the feeling to write, I just put it down on paper as I feel it without [...]
Expansion: Our Greatest Fulfillment
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”- Bruce Lee
There is no other feeling that I hate more, then the feeling of being stagnate. This [...]
My Life In Flux
“All is flux, nothing stays still” – Heraclitus of Ephesus
Today I would just like to share somewhat of a random post. Just expressing where I presently am in my life and what’s on my mind. I also want to thank everyone who is a reader of mine, I really appreciate it. I [...]
Letting it all hang out: The Freedom of Being Naked
“My wife was afraid of the dark… then she saw me naked and now she’s afraid of the light.” - Rodney Dangerfield
I need to tell you a little secret, I have never been naked in a public place before, but that changed a few days ago. I [...]
I Feel Good: The Art of Living Spontaneously
“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” Henry Miller
When I wrote this short post, I was 35,000 ft up in the air, in route to my new home in South Korea. Just like a swift smack to the face, [...]
“Be fully present in the moment no matter what you are doing,the best in you will reveal itself.” – Master Jin Kwon
Hello everyone just wanted to let you know I have moved to the land of taekwondo and kimchi, as soon as I have settled into my apartment I will resume with my writing. Until [...]
Wake Up! Don’t Wait To Live Your Life
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman
If you are a regular reader of mine, you may have noticed that I have not been posting as much [...]
WHEN YOU GET A NEW BOSS, THE PERSON WITH THE NEW JOB IS YOU.
By my dear friend and CEO Coach Debra Benton
How do you ‘go on board’ when you’re already there?
When you get a new boss you are the unknown. Even though your job position hasn’t changed, you have to take the same action as [...]
I Don’t know:The State of Mind That Leads To Discovery
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, “I don’t know.”” – Mark Twain
Have you ever became aware of your mind the moment that it truly becomes stumped with a new situation in life? The split second where you become [...]
The Essentials To Stress Management: To Help You Achieve Harmony in Mind, Body, And Spirit
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein
No doubt we live in stressful times. Everything seems to be progressing at exponential rates. Everything except our inner being and ability to cope with all [...]
To Be In Reality Stop Fantasizing
“People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” Florence King
I think it is safe to say that many of us live [...]
Stuck In The Middle: Living In The Land of Observation
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” William Blake
I consider myself very fortunate in the way I was raised, which was to live in two different worlds. I spent my early years living between a land of cowboy hats and ostrich [...]
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” Calvin Coolidge
photo credit: dcwriterdawn
Just wanted to wish all my great blog readers and twitter friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I will be [...]
photo credit: Esparta
The World Flows With You, Not Against You
Todays guest post is by my talented young friend Brett over at daretoexpress.com enjoy
The Struggle
Too often in our lives, we feel as though we are alone in a river,stuggling to make it upstream. We start to see everything as a struggle, and [...]
Understanding Your Relationships To Find Your Path To Freedom
“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides
If you want to understand yourself, your mind, your thoughts, your life, and the world you live in you need to examine your relationships. Understanding your psychological relationships is your key in developing wisdom. [...]
Volunteer Work Abroad: Your Ticket To A Meaningful Contribution
“How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” Anne Frank
I feel that genuinely helping others is one of the greatest forms of fulfillment that you can experience. Ghandi has said that the best way to find your self is in the [...]
“The greatest gift you can give another
is the purity of your attention.” - Richard Moss
Listen Up: We Really Need To Learn How To Listen
Let me ask you a question, when was the last time you really listened? A time when your whole being was attentive, taking in all the sounds without judgment and comparison. Just sitting [...]
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Mahatma Gandhi
The Power of Discipline: Cultivating Will Power
Today I would like to briefly talk on the topic of discipline and how we can cultivate it in our lives to create will power. Discipline for our purpose of growth means to learn, to learn about [...]
Todays guest post is by my buddie Diggy over at Self Improvement
“Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, and it can crash.
Be like water, my [...]
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” Albert Einstein
What Time is It? Time To Reexamine Your Relationship To Time
Time is invariably and indescribably an integral part of how we experience life, but beyond its utility value, should we care about it in terms of how we choose to live [...]
“true wealth is to know thyself” – Ivan Campuzano
What’s my purpose? This is a huge question and one that we should all tackle in our lives. If we are ever to really discover our purpose and find the deeper meaning of our existence, we must make an earnest effort in understanding our true nature. Self [...]
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.” Mikhail Baryshnikov
Today for your viewing pleasure, I just wanted to share a short video of a belly dancing show I attended. This was part of a weekend long celebration at Kasasana Yoga Studio in Costa Rica.
Today I have the great pleasure of Introducing you to my friend Bud over at aboundlessworld.com, where he simply wants to inspire you to live a boundless life.
Why did you start blogging?
I’ve always had a passion for writing and I felt a blog was a wonderful medium for me to express my desire for positive change. [...]
Starbuck’s has finally opened up a shop in Prague and it is located right next to the Malostranske namesti tram stop (below the castle). You can expect almost the same menu but because of the dollar’s sharp decline also expect it to be more expensive. I got a caramel frappuccino which back home [...]
Me and my buddie miguel take a 40 minute train ride from Prague to Karlstejn Castle. Karlstejn Castle is a large Gothic castle founded in the 14th century by Charles IV. Located about 20 km southwest of Prague in the Karlštejn village, it is one of the most famous and heavily visited castles in [...]
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