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 [...]

The Cruel Tutelage of Pai Mei (Ain’t Nuttin!)

So here I am, in a supposedly 50,000 year old Martial Medical Daoist Clan right? And I’m called in to Temp CEO one of the clan’s holding companies. If this all sounds way cloak and dagger, it’s not. Just replace the word “clan” for “family.” Oh, and “dagger” with “sword.” In the middle of my [...]

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, [...]