by Mac Kroupensky | Love, Family, Happiness, Habits, Meditation, Values, Vulnerability
There are weeks when different events seem to converge around the same lesson. This week, I found that lesson in a book that challenges our ideas about compassion, in an unexpected conversation in a hospital waiting room, and in...
by Mac Kroupensky | Embrace your greatness, Chatting with Mac, Success, Happiness, Habits, Meditation, Meditate
What I'm currently reading. I'm immersed in Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein. I'm at the period between 1933 and 1936, when Hitler came to power and unleashed a fierce anti-Semitic campaign, forcing Einstein to leave his native...
by Mac Kroupensky | Embrace your greatness, Humanities, social sciences, Culture, Education, Job, Spirituality, Success, Happiness, Meditation, Motivation
Today, I want to talk to you about a phenomenon that plagues many high-achievers. Are you a high-achiever? Do you associate your worth with accomplishing goals? If so, then, like me, you're probably hijacked from time to time by a wicked feeling called...
by Mac Kroupensky | Embrace your greatness, Humanities, Culture, Education, Workshop Exercise, Energy, Spirituality, Happiness, Habits, Meditation, Meditate, Motivation, Productivity
To be a great leader, one must first be a great human being, and that requires self-mastery. One of the basic tools for acquiring it is the discipline of meditation. There are various techniques, but all are based on breathing. It is breathing...
by Mac Kroupensky | Embrace your greatness, Humanities, social sciences, Collaboration, Culture, Education, Energy, Spirituality, Happiness, Habits, Meditation, Meditate, Motivation, Cheers, Values
The path to emotional freedom goes through three stages. First, we are dependent; then, we break free from that dependence and become independent, and finally, we develop the power of love and become interdependent. The painful thing is that much of...
by JDaniel | Embrace your greatness, Science, Humanities, Education, Energy, Spirituality, Habits, Meditation, Meditate, Cheers
Today I concluded a 72-hour intermittent fast. That is, I fasted for 24 hours; I ate, fasted for another 24 hours, ate, and fasted for another 24 hours. It's amazing how fasting turns on your senses. Colors, smells, and focus sharpen, and life shines with...
