February 2012
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Photography and Flow
[I wrote this in Oct 2011 - reposting here on my new blog. The text below is truer now, more than ever. I’m finding flow again in all aspects of my life, including work, and it feels great]
It’s that time again. Self reflections and some interesing insights which I thought I’d share to everyone.
For years, I’ve loved photography, but I never really knew why.
I’d go to great lengths and...
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Reading, later
I used to do almost all my online reading in an RSS reader but recently, I’ve been getting more and more tech articles forwarded to my by friends. As it’s impractical to read everything all at once, my old solution used to be to simply open up a new browser tab for each article and then read it later. But lately that’s not been scaling. So I decided to get my act together and...
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WatchI don’t think I ever shared this. It’s a short video from a work / volunteer event where a few of us went to Pasado’s Animal Shelter to help out for the day.
We’ll be going back in March. If you work in Bing or Bing Mobile - come join !
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Mindfulness Reading List
Following a post about Wisdom 2.0, I was asked if there are any good books to read up on mindfulness, positive psychology, etc. There are actually dozens (hundreds?) on the topic, but I’ve read a few in the past 18 months. Here’s a list - I recommend all these:
Beyond Happiness, Ezra Bayda
Switch, Chip and Dan Heath
Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle (who...
“Trust what is most alive in you…”
– My favourite quote from the Wisdom 2.0 conference
“The Dalai Lama was asked what surprised him most, he said “Man. Because he...”
Wisdom 2.0 2012
I just got back tonight from Wisdom 2.0. It was my first year and I was really impressed. I went to gain more insight on how to incorporate mindfulness and empathy into my workplace and came away with a ton of new insights, books to read and great connections. I’ll definitely be back next year - hopefully with more of my team.
The conference was made possible by an incredible set of...
Starting over
OK - after a few years of posting exclusively on photography, I’m going to start over. I’ve been thinking about it for a while and the timing just seems right. My previous wordpress / photography blog is now on life support as I start afresh with shorter simpler thoughts and hopefully more regular entries … Going to give tumblr a shot - I like the simple design and tools.
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