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My Vipassana experience
My 10 day Vipassana retreat is over and now I am back amongst walking, talking, and Christmas-celebrating humans. I feel present and much more in touch with my own body and emotions after almost 100 hours of intense meditation. Although I am practicing mediation for some time already this was a first retreat like this [...]
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Leaving for Vipassana retreat
I am leaving for a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat today. I am both excited and anxious about it. There is a lot of information about this tradition on the net so I won’t write too much about it today. 10 days of meditating almost non-stop, without talking and communicating in any way is quite [...]
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Want to be more creative? Move abroad.
I have already mentioned that living abroad can boost creativity and now we have some scientific research proving it (see embedded video below). What’s important about the research conducted by William Maddux, an assistant professor of organisational behavior at INSEAD, is that it shows causality between living in a different culture and the creativity. Professor [...]
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Mindful Manager, part I
The more we become specialized in what we do, the more we need to rely on others. In consequence, as individuals we become more interconnected with each other. This is the paradox of today’s economy. A lot is being said about how these trends influence the modern organizations, with some authors proposing that we are [...]
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Bobby McFerrin is "searching for a common chorus" at World Science Festival
A little break to show creative ingenuity at work: via holykaw. x72arpcnmy
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Living abroad boosts your creativity :)
Moving to a new country can be stressful. I have done it many times. It can be very rewarding if one stays open to a new culture and society. There’s even a theory that people who have lived abroad are more creative. Creativity has always buffled me. What is that moment at which an original [...]
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