How to Tell If You Habitually Make Decisions That Sabotage You (Lessons I Learned from a Taoist Master)

“If you are faced with a choice between this or that, how many choices do you have?” the Master asked. I knew it was a trick question. Every question he asks is a trick question. Mahayana and Zen Buddhists would call them Zen Koans or Riddles. “Three!” I guessed out of my ass. “Four.” the [...]

How to Master Office Frustration and Rejection

OK… So here’s the short scoop. I started out in the dot com in the late 90′s. Professionally, I’m a web guy. But after my last website, I took two years off to do something I’ve always wanted to do… Meditate. THIS is what I learned about handling idiots and assholes at the office And [...]

How to Be Heard at a Meeting

Let’s face it. Meetings are generally a total self-glorification-fest. Everyone comes in with a heart full of gripes they want to spew onto everyone else in the room. If one person hits on a nerve, then everyone transmutes into a mindless zombie mob of vocalized discontent. If you want to be heard at a meeting, [...]