Numinous Nonsense

A Methodology for Being

In a recent episode on the Precision Change podcast David Allen, the “productivity guru” as he is called, offers some great high-level reflections on the importance of his GTD system. Using the dichotomy of being and doing David says that [I’m paraphrasing] if you want to “just be” see how long you can be [...]

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The Transformation Try-Out

The Transformation Try-Out is inspired by the notion of the 30-day trial, which Steve Pavlina made so popular. The basic idea is to take a new action, or habit that you want to establish and commit to doing it daily for 30 days (much like a software trial). At the end of the [...]

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The Many Levels of Responsibility: Part 2

[This article was originally written for Precision Change.] In Part 1 I described the difference between victimhood and full responsibility, and how one can move toward full responsibility. In this post I wanted to push the envelope a little, and describe territory that I believe most self-development literature is unaware of (or even worse confuses [...]

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The Many Levels of Responsibility: Part 1

[This article was originally written for Precision Change.] Much of personal development work has to do with our relationship to the world and ourselves. New challenges and opportunities are constantly arising, both internally and externally, and how we are conditioned to relate to them will largely determine the degree of peace and happiness we experience [...]

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Article @ Dumb Little Man

I wrote an article that was published on the popular personal development site, DumbLittleMan.com, called “Do Nothing to Become More Productive“. This was my attempt to reach a broad audience with the benefits of meditation, especially as it relates to productivity. It’s a kind of bait and switch article, but one that I [...]

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Precision Change

Precision Change, is a new blog that I’m contributing to that is, about technologies of transformation, from personal productivity to personal power, mastery to meditation, self-development to self-transcendence. Unlike other blog sites that recycle tired old aphorisms and over-generalizations, we will focus on precise, practical ways to bring about change using the richest and deepest models available, [...]

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