Podcasts by Morning Mindfulness - A Few Positive Minutes to Start Your Day With

519 - Missing Goals: Setting&Resetting Targets On Our Path To Success from 2017-06-08T10:30

518 - Shoestring Mindfulness: How Much Does It Cost To Change The World from 2017-06-07T10:30

I did this work on a shoestring budget. For real. One penny. But honestly, there are things we can do to change the World that don’t cost even that much. Like a sincere smile, for example. Or......

517 - Mindful Sculptor: The Way To Create The Masterpiece Of Your Life from 2017-06-06T10:30

Just like in carving, I cannot rush with changing myself. Tiny steps and consistency are keys to shaping my life the way I want. But if I see that the problem is bigger...

516 - Be A King: The Way To Determine How Great The Person Really Is from 2017-06-05T10:30

Would you like to feel like a king? Seriously! I thought I might start a week with a little bit of King’s attitude. As far as I understand it, of course, not being a real one...

515 - Apple Worm: Receiving Mindfulness Lessons In The Most Unusual Places from 2017-06-02T10:30

I’m known for my attempts to find mindfulness lessons in any situations, even when most of people don’t see it this way. Well, today’s one of these cases. Can you imagine eating apple...

514 - Mind Over Matter: The Most Powerful Tool For Achieving Your Dreams from 2017-06-01T10:30

My coach told me, a man is worth pennies from the neck down, and millions from the neck up. Which of those parts are you using to achieve your dream?..

513 - Your Paycheck: A Simple Way To Find Out Who’s Controlling Your Life from 2017-05-31T10:30

I am bringing the topic of money quite often because this is one of the biggest causes of stress in our society. Families are falling apart. People commit crimes and suicides. Because of lack of...

512 - Contingency Plan: How Secure Are You Planning Your Future? from 2017-05-30T10:30

511 - The Ultimate Price: Remember The Real Price For Your Freedom from 2017-05-29T10:30

Today is a Memorial Day. How many people are taking a moment to remember? I don’t want to say “celebrate” because this is really not a celebration. This is remembering...

510 - Uncluttered Memory: Keeping Our Brain Clean And Fully Functional from 2017-05-26T10:30

One of the keys to productivity is keeping our workspace clean and organized. But let’s look at it from a different perspective. The question is, What are we leaning?..

509 - What Do We Learn? Learning Dilemma And Future Success from 2017-05-25T10:30

Do we really need to learn what we think we do? Or what the educational system tells us to learn? And this is something I cannot really help you with. We have two factors we need to consider...

508 - Intentional Learning: Define The Style That Fits Your Mindset from 2017-05-24T10:30

I studied myself and discovered some ways to better memorize things. I already talked about my memorizing techniques I used to study, a while ago. But also I was finding ways to make things easi...

507 - Where Grass Is Greener: How To Decide Which Side Is Better? from 2017-05-23T10:30

This is not a discussion about where the life is better. This is a reminder. For myself. I’ve made mistakes before...

506 - Free Lunch: The Hidden Destructive Power Behind Great Benefits from 2017-05-22T10:30

Do you like free stuff? As far as I can see, most of people I’ve met like free things. I must admit, I like it too. And it feels really good in fact, to get something for free. Whatever that may...

505 - Doing Nothing: One Serious Misconception About Mindful Path from 2017-05-19T10:30

when I was still studying at the university, we had a class about basics of different religions and philosophies. When we were talking about Daoism, the professor told us that the main approach ...

504 - Slow Down For Progress: 3 Rules Of Nature's Way Of Ultimate Success from 2017-05-18T10:30

It was said, The Nature doesn’t hurry, but it has everything done on time. Everything in Nature is done when it needs to be done, and we don’t really question it. But we do question our own acti...

503 - Mindful Bloom: The Greatest Lesson We Can Learn From Nature from 2017-05-17T10:30

I was listening to my coach, and he reminded us about one of the most important laws of Nature we can learn from it. But first, let me talk to you about one serious misconception I used to have,...

502 - Mindful Preparation: Practical Aspect Of Digging The Well In Advance from 2017-05-16T10:30

Have you heard the expression “Dig your well before you’re thirsty”? There are many variations in different languages. But the meaning is the same: do things in advance before you need it. Like ...

501 - Mother’s Wisdom: How Long Does It Take To Understand It? from 2017-05-15T10:30

I hear periodically people say about their kids something like “This generation is so different!” Well, there are two things I can add to that...

500 - Personal Growth: Who Is Responsible For Making Us Successful? from 2017-05-12T10:30

The question I have today: who is responsible for our growth and what’s the process? Perhaps you already know the answer. Yes, I am the one responsible for myself. How?..

499 - Sleeping Power: It Is So Easy To Miss What We Don’t See from 2017-05-11T11:48:15

Sleep is perhaps the best way to restore our power, recharge out battery, and to repair our body. If you don’t feel good, take a nap, and sleep it off, so to speak.  Well, there’s a flip side to...

498 - Opposite Side Of Death: What Is Our Perception Of Inevitability? from 2017-05-10T10:30

Every butterfly was a caterpillar before it was transformed. And if we look at the process, we can see it as a death of the caterpillar. However, in reality, it is a beginning of something reall...

497 - Debatable Luck: The Flip Side Of The Lucky Coin We Often Ignore from 2017-05-09T10:30

The professor was teaching a group of students at the Psychiatric hospital. “This young patient,” he said, “got in a really deep depression after his fiancee left him right before wedding for th...

496 - Mentality Check: Do We Have Right Mindset For Achieving Success? from 2017-05-08T10:30

Not long ago I was listening to the coach, and he said something that stretched my imagination. He made me think in a way I’ve never thought before. But first, let me set up a foundation for the...

495 - Dream Stealers: Which Side Of The Success Equation Are You Taking? from 2017-05-05T10:30

I learned some lessons in life, and I know better not to discuss my big dreams with people who most likely won’t understand them. In Matthew chapter 7 verse 6 Jesus told us not to throw pearls i...

494 - Self Centered Mindfulness: The most important person in your life from 2017-05-04T10:30

Have you ever had a chance to fly by airplane? At the very beginning of the trip, the flight attendants go over some instructions. And one of them is telling us in case the plane is de-pressuriz...

493 - Negative Thoughts: The Most Important Success Technique To Learn from 2017-05-03T10:30

Today I will talk about another very important rule the coach reminded us this past weekend. Let me tell you first, this rule is not new. I kind of learned it many years ago when I was studying ...

492 - Climbing Everest: The Most Important Mountain For Us To Conquer from 2017-05-02T11:41:17

491 - A Single Cup - An Overlooked Amazing Benefit Of Drinking Daily Tea from 2017-05-01T10:30

As I am making a free online video course about brain development and prevention of Alzheimer’s and Dementia, one of the topics I will be covering is Tea. You can subscribe on my site HPLN.ORG 

490 - Distractive Magic: The Most Important Skill To Develop For Success from 2017-04-28T10:30

Even if we know that we’re being tricked with some magic, our brain is still being tricked. Amazing! We know we’re being fooled and we are fooled...

489 - Super Knot: The Most Important Magic Trick I’ve Ever Learned from 2017-04-27T10:30

When we fall into the trap, we get surprised: what happened? Well, we’re just getting tricked by life. Sometimes we can laugh it out, and sometimes it may cost us a fortune or even our life...

488 - Mindful Justification: Amazingly Convincing Power Of Our Mind from 2017-04-26T10:30

One day I was listening to my coach, and he made a statement that forced me to think. I looked back at my previous life, and I found the statement to be true in many cases. Here’s what I learned...

487 - Prioritizing Excuses: The Importance Of Mindfulness In Success from 2017-04-25T10:30

We don’t have control over time, so we cannot manage it. But we can manage our priorities. We can prioritize...

486 - Deliberate Persistence: The Most Reliable Way To Master Anything from 2017-04-24T10:30

The topic for today’s podcast actually crossed my mind this weekend after I finished my short 20 minutes workout. I did break a sweat even though my workout was not long. This is one of my teach...

485 - Tough Decision: The Most Important Moment For Our Success from 2017-04-21T10:30

...it dawned on me that it was the moment every coach is talking about. The most important moment for my success. And I sincerely believe, for yours too, my friend...

484 - Childish Mentality: Grow Up And Get Out Of Your Dangerous Box from 2017-04-20T10:30

I see so many adults holding on to that most dangerous part of their childhood. That is making life changing decisions based on partial ignorance...

483 - Intellectual Regurgitation: Mindful Individuality Vs Mighty Echo from 2017-04-19T10:30

You see, when we are born, all we have is fear of loud noises and biological reflexes. Everything else is acquired...

482 - Postponed Justice: 3 Lessons I Got From The Major Catastrophe from 2017-04-18T10:30

When Jesus was crucified, how many people were wrong? Perhaps, all of them? So, it is possible that majority is wrong...

481 - Saying Nothing: Sometimes It Is The Best Way To Communicate from 2017-04-17T10:30

As my coach said, often it is not what you say, but what you DON’T say is what makes a difference...

480 - Inevitable Choices: Hard Reality And Tough Games Of Everyday Life from 2017-04-14T10:30

Have you ever played chess?
There’s a scenario we called “The Fork”. That is a situation when one player makes a move, and the other player will have to lose something no matter what he do...

479 - ABC Of Life: The Undeniable Reality Of Living In Today’s World from 2017-04-13T10:30

Today I’d like to talk about success and mindfulness from a little different perspective. The same principles though. I called it ABC of life for the lack of a better term. When I was growing up...

478 - Real Problem: Discover And Understan The Hidden "Root Of All Evil" from 2017-04-12T10:30

I’ve heard the statement that money is a root of all evil. I think this is one of the most misleading phrases in our lexicon for at least.. hmm… last several centuries, perhaps. Money is neutral...

477 - Perfect Job: 2 Mindful Minutes About Possible Employment Options from 2017-04-11T10:30

Today I’d like to talk about jobs. Well, most of us have it, at least at some point of life. So we may as well talk about that. I’ve been both employee and employer, I’ve been unemployed and I’v...

476 - Delusional Landmarks: Do We Know What Should We Really Believe? from 2017-04-10T10:30

Today I will talk on one controversial subject, and some of you may start hating me. That’s OK as long as I make you think. Humans are very stubborn creatures...

475 - Know It All: My Wisest Answer To Majority Of People’s Questions from 2017-04-07T10:30

As I grew up, people started asking me questions about life. Like what to do, how to live, etc. I did not read about that in encyclopedias. But I also became much smarter, and I can give you ans...

474 - Defining Leadership: 3 Main Rules Of Putting Your Group Together from 2017-04-06T10:30

Today I will talk about putting the team together. I’ve been a part of the team, and I’ve been a leader of the team as well. And I know I made some mistakes, and they were very costly...

473 - Mastermind: The Fastest Way To Improve Your Path To Success from 2017-04-05T10:30

I realized that because of the disconnect between me and the surrounding life, my knowledge in many cases was not practical. I was a good specialist and a very poor communicator. As I was learni...

472 - Weakest Link: The Easiest Way For Our Successful Plans To Fail from 2017-04-04T10:30

Many-many years ago I was reading a book about network security. No, no, I won’t be teaching you computer stuff now. The book is obsolete with today’s technology. However, there’s one example th...

471 - Protective Selfishness: The Role Of Self-Pity On The Way To Success from 2017-04-03T10:30

Have you even wanted to be a hero? Let’s be honest. I know I have. There’s one catch, however...

470 - Reality Check: Dreams Do Come True If You’re Willing To Get Them from 2017-03-31T10:30

In today’s society dream is often seen as something almost negative. Like, “he’s a dreamer.” Yes, I’m a dreamer. But there’re some secrets of the mindful dreaming, so to speak. If you want your ...

469 - Getting Your Map: Sure Way To Know Where You Need To Go from 2017-03-30T10:30

This week I was talking about successful Path, and today I will talk about another quite important component...

468 - Justifiable Choice: How Good or Bad Is The Path To Your Success? from 2017-03-29T10:30

Like I said yesterday, today I’ll talk about the third component of the Success equation...

467 - Un-Business Decisions: Who Is Setting Our Success Goals For Us? from 2017-03-28T10:30

I don’t see anything wrong with enjoying my present situation in life. We need to be happy with where we are. However, I disagree with staying in one place. There’s no status quo. We either move...

466 - Business Path: Are You Claiming Your Right To Choose Your Path? from 2017-03-27T10:30

The only way I see to achieve my goals, is to get outside of the box set by the system, and become somebody. Chase my dreams. I know I can. And you can...

465 - Mindful Versatility: The How And The Why Of Multiple Leaning Path from 2017-03-24T10:30

Some of my hobbies played a major role at some point of my life. But today’s question is, how can we learn multiple things when everybody’s teaching single purpose?..

464 - Math Challenge: How Can We Fit More Productive Hours In One Week? from 2017-03-23T10:30

The same 24 hours a day, different results. It is not a matter of having to not having time. It is about how we choose to use it...

463 - Identity Crisis: Why Am I Here And What Is My True Destiny? from 2017-03-22T10:30

Not sure if you can relate to that, my friend. But if I can make a suggestion, don’t see yourself as a doctor, a teacher, an engineer, a cook, a musician, or whatever you do...

462 - Suffering Mode: The Reason We May Be Getting Unpleasant Moments from 2017-03-21T10:30

I was growing up thinking that good Path has to be smooth. In fact, if it’s not going easy, then it is most likely the wrong path. Have you met anybody with similar mentality? Perhaps, I’m the o...

461 - Ridiculous Reality: How Good People Allow Terrible Things Happen from 2017-03-20T10:30

Looking through the history, you can find some gruesome examples of mass extermination of people in the name of the good cause, which was either better progress or protecting the nation...

460 - Being A Driver: Who’s In Control Of Your Destiny? from 2017-03-17T10:30

True passion does not have to be really smooth. It may cause a controversy in other people. You may be ridiculed, even by people close to you...

459 - Life Of Fulfillment: Discover The Biggest Myth About Our Happiness from 2017-03-16T09:30

There was question I had on the back of my head, and I know so many other people have it. Do you know the question? Now I sound like Morpheus in Matrix movie. The question is, “Is this it?” 

458 - Devastating Benefits: Think Twice Before Making Your Next Step from 2017-03-15T09:30

Unfortunately, there’s no free lunch. People often look at the double income part of the deal, and they forget that there’s a payback. So, are we really winning?

457 - One Degree: How To Avoid Getting Into The Area You Don’t Want? from 2017-03-14T09:30

I’ve been reading about this analogy many times, and I’ve been using it myself. But as I was reading a book “Delusion of Passion”, the author talked about flying airplane 1 degree off course...

456 - Illusion Of Freedom: Are We Really As Free As We Think We Are? from 2017-03-13T09:30

Today’s question is rather rhetorical: What is freedom? What does it mean to you?..

455 - Microwave Society: The Real Dangers Of The Fast Pace Living from 2017-03-10T10:30

The life is much faster now. We have a lot of technology to make it easier. However, here we go, there’s a flip side to the coin.

454 - Surviving Abundance: 2 Facets Of Life As Two Sides Of The Coin from 2017-03-09T10:30

I heard a saying: “A piece you throw away during abundance equals the piece you’re missing during starvation.” When we have more, we may not even think about controlling our expenses. Just do it...

453 - My Best Teacher: How I’ve Been Getting My Most Valuable Lessons from 2017-03-08T10:30

Today I’ll take you into the moment about 45 years ago when my mom was making cookies. I was a little kid...

452 - Mindful Promises: 3 Important Things You Cannot Guarantee In Life from 2017-03-07T10:30

Napoleon said, “There’s only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.” And I can testify he was right...

451 - Coaching Power: The Most Important Thing We Don’t Know About Us from 2017-03-06T10:30

I will tell you a coaching testimony that will make me look like a fool. There was a moment when I had to take a license exam...

450 - Eloquent Wisdom: 3 Most Significant Lessons On Teaching I received from 2017-03-03T10:30

Today I’d like to do something a little different. I will talk shorter than usual. Over the years I collected some significant points on how to make myself more effective as a speaker and a teac...

449 - Total Control: Two Opposite Sides Of The Freedom And Power We Have from 2017-03-02T10:30

Aristotle wrote, “Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.” It was true 2400 years ago, it is still true today.

448 - Mindful Victories: The Most Reliable Way To Win Any Battle In Life from 2017-03-01T10:30

Many people keep the childish attitude: they need to win the battle. To overpower the opponent. But why? We often look for the solution how to win. Are we also looking for the ways...

447 - Illusory Control: Don’t Let Perception Distort The Path To Success from 2017-02-28T10:30

It doesn’t matter what we think and how much we know., but the gravity, for example, will be gravity. Always. For as long as we are a part of our 3-dimensional World. We don’t conquer forces of ...

446 - Overlooked Power: The Biggest Smallest Step We Can Ever Make from 2017-02-27T10:30

If you are a procrastinator, welcome to the club. There’re quite a few of us in the guild. We know who we are, and we’re learning to deal with it every day. Here’s what I found that works for me...

445 - Unstoppable Success: 3 Important Lessons We Can Learn From Amoeba from 2017-02-24T10:30

The more distractions we have, the less we’re likely to succeed. Trust me on that, I know. Are we smart enough to learn from Amoeba?

444 - Sweet Dreams: One Of The Most Common And Dangerous Goal Killers from 2017-02-23T10:30

Most of dreams are just what it’s called: dreams. Wishful thinking. Saying “I want a new house” has the same value as saying “I want to fly to the Moon”. That’s fine! Dream on!  Our dreams will ...

443 - Inverted Mindfulness: Understanding The Correct Sequence of Emotions from 2017-02-22T10:30

People address the emotions as the reasons to act the certain way. Like I said, I’ve done it. If you have, welcome to the club. However, the emotions are not the initiators...

442 - Uncontrollable Anger: We Are Willingly Setting Our Own Diagnosis from 2017-02-21T10:30

There are some moments when we need to get it out. But making it a habit demonstrates our inability to handle the situation intelligently...

441 - Building Our Destiny: The Most Important Thing For Our Future from 2017-02-20T10:30

Imagine if everything we say would be coming true. Ouch!  Well, some of it comes true. We are programming our brain, and it does not know the difference between real and fake...

440 - Amazing Day: The Most Important Component To Make Our Day Great from 2017-02-17T10:30

Count the blessings you have.  I am grateful for today. In fact I think there’s one major component that makes my life great. Perhaps, the only component I need. That is...

439 - Accepting Truth: The Real Path Of Every Widely Adopted Concept from 2017-02-16T10:30

No matter what idea you have, there will be somebody, maybe even a majority, that will call it stupid. They may even call you names. Just ignore them...

438 - Mindful Progression: The “Harsh” Reality Of Achieving Our Goals from 2017-02-15T10:30

Today I’ll continue talking about achieving our goals. Again, I came up with this topic after listening to my coach. I’m so guilty in doing what he said not to do, it’s not even fun. But it is w...

437 - Ultimate Sacrifice: An Ancient Legend About Love, Sorrow And Music from 2017-02-14T10:30

The legend says that many, many centuries ago, a Young Wind was flying at the early Spring time. And he saw a beautiful tree covered with amazing white flowers. The Wind fell in love...

436 - Roadmap To Success: Destructive Power of Dreams And Setting Goals from 2017-02-13T10:30

Have you heard about the importance of goal setting? New Year’s resolution, etc? Well, today’s topic may sound contradicting all those concepts. But I think it gives the answer why many of those...

435 - Hog’s Mentality: Avoid Self-Destruction By Following This Rule from 2017-02-10T10:30

How often are we acting like the Hog in the fable? Look around, my friend. We are killing the World we’re living in. We’re cutting, destroying, polluting and poisoning...

434 - Ultimate Submission: Incredible Power of Emotional Acceptance from 2017-02-09T10:30

I think fear kills more lives than failure ever will. Definitely fear kills more success than anything. I remember talking to a guy who served in Afghanistan...

433 - Dangerous Helper: Complaisant Friend Can Be Worse Than An Enemy from 2017-02-08T10:30

Two major things I learned from this fable. One, be selective who you take help from. We say, “Complaisant fool is worse than an enemy.” So be careful about whom you consider to be your friend.....

432 - Misinterpreted Causality: Seeing Reality Through The Obvious from 2017-02-07T10:30

There’s one phenomenon I’d like to discuss today. I learned about it three decades ago. I’ve seen so many people do it. I have also done it, and I know about it. Duh! And I have been a victim of...

431 - Counterintuitive Mindfulness: Powerful Lessons From A Simple Toy from 2017-02-06T10:30

Many people won't believe you because you act against their ignorant opinions. They sometimes won’t believe you even when you show the results...

430 - Illusory Success: This One Fatal Mistake May Cost You A Fortune from 2017-02-03T10:30

Today I’ll talk about one mistake that can cost you a fortune. It can destroy your success and your carrier completely. How I know? I’ve seen so many people do it. Sorry to admit, I am one of th...

429 - Infinite Repetition: Where Would You Like To Get Stuck In Life? from 2017-02-02T10:30

All fantasies aside, do you know how many people actually are trapped in their life? Day in and day out, they wake up every morning, do exactly same things, go to exactly same places...

428 - Meaningful Competition: Childish Mindset Vs Every Day Reality from 2017-02-01T10:30

I remember I had always thought about myself as non-competitive. Who cares who comes first to the finish… as long as I do. Much later I found out that I was actually somewhat right. Unfortunatel...

427 - Size Matters: The Hard Truth About Our Strength And Functionality from 2017-01-31T10:30

For as long as I remember myself, there’s always been a trend among guys to prove who’s stronger. And I think that goes back to the beginning of the humankind. Perhaps, these are our biological ...

426 - Saving The World: Hidden Price Of Becoming A World Renowned Hero from 2017-01-30T10:30

Have you ever wanted to be a hero? Have you? OK, I have, I admit. Maybe not necessarily a Superman, but perhaps a Spiderman, or even a Captain America? We had our heroes on the other side of the...

425 - Being a Master: The Most Important Skills I Acquired Over Decades from 2017-01-27T10:30

The more I was learning, the more I knew how much I didn’t know. I remember one day I was training and I asked myself, what have I really learned? I think I may be getting closer to understandin...

424 - Mislead Majority: Beware Of Threatening Power Of Misguided Crowd from 2017-01-26T10:30

We, humans, have a tendency to believe something that the crowd is talking about. Their belief may become our belief, and we may not even care if it has a real foundation or it was just a delusi...

423 - Dangerous Advices: Should We Avoid This Type Of Help At All Cost? from 2017-01-25T10:30

As I was trying to get ahead in life, to fulfill some of my dreams, for some reason it didn’t work. I felt like I was stuck in the moment like in a fiction movie: I could not escape. I felt like...

422 - Relentless Enemy: The Biggest Destroyer Of Any Kind Of Success from 2017-01-24T10:30

There's a big gap between the mediocrity and somebody who really made it. And somebody did. I am not talking about inherited money or winning a lottery. I am talking about self-made success in a...

421 - Faith Driven: 5 Crucial Points I Got From My Childhood Experience from 2017-01-23T10:30

Can you ride a bicycle? I learned that skill many, many years ago. You may or you may not know how to ride it. But I’d like to look at my learning experience from a different perspective.

420 - Intentional Steps: The Best Proven Way To Tackle Any Problem from 2017-01-20T10:30

I’ve heard it from several coaches: you need to make a list of things that need to be done. Of course, with toy chemistry set the list was already there, but for business, for life, for whatever...

419 - Driving Blindfolded - Catastrophic Results Of Fake Relaxation from 2017-01-19T10:30

This is our life, my friend. We are driving forward full speed. And in many cases its OK because we know where to turn. What if life takes an unexpected turn? Well, that’s when we can lose our b...

418 - Feeding Babies: Mindful Parenting Vs Mindful Holistic Coaching from 2017-01-18T10:30

Somebody who’s learning with me is like a baby. I cannot feed them too much. They won’t digest it. I cannot tell them every small thing I’ve gone through. I have to feed them a little bit and gi...

417 - Finding Fulfillment: The Shocking Truth Behind Our Dreams And Goals from 2017-01-17T10:30

I’ve heard it many times from her and from different coaches. Success won’t make us happy. New toy, new job, new trip, new spouse, new whatever - don’t make us happy. What does?..

416 - Catastrophic Imbalance: Devastating Result From Blind Elimination from 2017-01-16T10:30

Sometimes I see online questions like “If you could eliminate one thing in the World, what would that be?” That made me think. Well, I can sure change some things to make the World better. Insta...

415 - Foremost Wish: Resting In Peace Vs. Creating Peace To Live In from 2017-01-13T10:30

I read this quote online, actually, and I totally agree. Why are we always saying rest in peace? Why not to try to live in peace?..

414 - Mindful Timing: The Only Moment When The Real Magic Can Happen from 2017-01-12T10:30

If you have something special to wear, why not now? If you want to do something, what can be a better day than today? Or if you, maybe, have something important to say to somebody, now is a grea...

413 - My Favorite Day: A Short Funny Story About Such A Serious Matter from 2017-01-11T10:30

I’d like to take a moment to appreciate my life I have today. No past regrets. No future day dreaming. Just here and now. In fact, why don’t we do it together...

412 - Dumb Wisdom: Great Piece Of Advice From A Place You May Not Think Of from 2017-01-10T10:30

What I see today, people try something, it doesn’t work, and they drop it because odds are against them. But how many people became great just because they were going against the odds? Even when...

411 - Your Element: Maximizing Your Personal Strength And Success from 2017-01-09T10:30

The question I have for you today, are you working in your element? Do you know your strengths and weaknesses? When I was growing up, my definition of well rounded was somebody who was excellent...

410 - Successful Mistakes: Our Humble Way To Turn Failures Into Success from 2017-01-06T10:30

People become successful by seeing opportunities where others may see disaster. But we need to give up the idea of control, we need to stay humble and be in a present moment...

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409 - Defining Success: The Only Road Map To Our Goals We Need To Know from 2017-01-05T10:30

Have I lost my enthusiasm? Oh yeah! More than once, to be honest. What got me back was a roadmap. Robert Schuller had a book “The Peak to Peak Principle.” He taught it to John Maxwell, that’s ho...

408 - Winning Mentality: What It Takes To Achieve Or Not Achieve Goals from 2017-01-04T10:30

I was listening to John Maxwell, and he said, many people think it takes a whole lot to achieve their goals. But it’s actually not. It takes...

407 - Changing Perspective: How To Define Who’s Right And Who’s Wrong from 2017-01-03T10:30

Because we are conditioned, we are trying to find the opposite. So when we’re sure we’re right, that means, in our mind of course, that any other opinion is wrong...

406 - Resetting My Goals: My Personal New Year Resolutions For 2017 from 2017-01-02T10:30

I am not emphasizing New Year Resolutions because I see so many people wait until January 1st to begin working on their goals. My motto is Do It Now. If I decide to do something, I will start th...

405 - Our Goals: 2 Minutes On Goal Setting and New Year Resolutions from 2016-12-30T10:30

This is my last episode in 2016! Many people are making New Year resolutions. I’m trying to start them as soon as I set them as long as it is physically possible. There are some areas where I’d ...

404 - Choosing Vehicle: Never Forget To Ask This Important Question from 2016-12-29T10:30

I see way too many people who make a choice in favor of Ferrari. I understand that. But I didn’t tell you about the road...

403 - Mighty Mirrors: Tragic Results Produced By Unwanted Reflections from 2016-12-28T10:30

In our head we are reflecting each thought, especially bad ones, multiple times from every angle. Our head is like a room surrounded by mirrors...

402 - Powerful Habits: Put A New Spin On A-Chiken-And-An-Egg Metaphor from 2016-12-27T10:30

My friend, being mad, angry, disappointed - all these are products of our mind. They cannot hurt us unless we let it happen. The emotion is not a reason for something, it is always a consequence...

401 - Little By Little: How The Water Wins And Stone Loses In A Battle from 2016-12-26T10:30

People often look at any task thinking how long it would take, and it scares them. And it may stop them from starting. They forget that 1-2-3 years later they will be 1-2-3 years older anyway, r...

400 - Daily Gratitude: Choose To See Small Acts Of Unconditional Love from 2016-12-23T10:30

This is not the first time I noticed such a fine thread connecting the events and making life run smoothly. It looks like somebody’s keeping an eye on me like a parent who lets a child to make s...

399 - Real Learning: When Do We Learn Things We’ve Been Studying? from 2016-12-22T10:30

398 - Faith Walk: How Long Does It Take To Start Doubting Ourselves? from 2016-12-21T10:30

When I set a new goal and start walking towards it, I know it takes time. So here I am, knight in a shiny armor. Ready to conquer the World. After several days in a new project I’m thinking, it’...

397 - Overnight Success: Discover Secret Of Achieving Any Goals In Life from 2016-12-20T10:30

Do you believe there’s such a thing as quick overnight success? I do. Let me tell you how you can do it...

396 - Brain Aging: How To Prevent Alzheimer’s Using Ancient Healing Art from 2016-12-19T10:30

There are actually ways to change our lifestyle and delay or even prevent brain aging and avoid Alzheimer's. I am putting together a FREE online video course. Get it on my site HPLN.ORG/freebdc

395 - Different Opinions: Respect Opinion But Make Up Your Own Mind from 2016-12-16T10:30

Today I just wanted to remind you about difference of opinions. This is my belief: we all are entitled to our own opinions! In fact, I think everybody should make up their own mind about whateve...

394 - Getting Lost: A Different Perspective On Losing Sense Of Direction from 2016-12-15T10:30

I came to the conclusion that getting lost is not as bad as we may think it is. What makes it unproductive is our close-mindedness...

393 - Debilitating Doubt: What We Really Know vs. What We Think We Know from 2016-12-14T10:30

People have an idea, and it may be a good one. And way more important that just ancient music. However, somebody disagrees. And that throws people off track, they start doubting themselves...

392 - Selfish Altruism: Who Benefits From Us Helping Other People? from 2016-12-13T10:30

Is there such a thing as true altruism? We say we like helping other, but are we helping others or are we creating positive emotions for ourselves?..

391 - Straight Line: When Long Path Is Much Faster Than A Short One from 2016-12-12T10:30

I grew up with an idea that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Well, when you draw it on the paper, yes, I agree. But let’s picture a large rectangular field...

390 - Lying Kids: Righteous Intensions Can Create Disastrous Results from 2016-12-09T10:30

From the very young age they learn the rule: lying is allowed. And it can be also used to avoid negative reaction from parents. Though we are trying to teach that lying is not good, we behave to...

389 - Convenient Opinions: What We Really Believe vs What We Say from 2016-12-08T10:30

Convenient opinions eventually become ours even if we know that's not right. Beware of that! We catch it, like a cold of a flu. The only way to avoid it is...

388 - Psychological Trap: Devastating Power Of Popular Public Opinions from 2016-12-07T10:30

We often have an idea, but we don’t want to voice it because somebody said it differently, and the rest of the people agreed. This popular opinion starts growing like a snowball, destroying ever...

387 - Mindful Choices: Design Your Life By Choosing Your Affirmations from 2016-12-06T10:30

Our brain believe everything you tell yourself long enough. You will become more and more of what you tell yourself. Choose wisely!..

386 - Tough Choices: A Piece Of Wisdom From An Old Children’s Fairy Tale from 2016-12-05T10:30

This tale reminds us that everything has a price. Our actions have a price too. We can do anything, but we cannot do everything. We have to make a choice, and sometimes not an easy one...

385 - Simple Duplication: The Power Of Sharing Positive Vibes With Others from 2016-12-02T10:30

There’s a huge power in duplication. Can you imagine if you and I bring our positive vibes and share with somebody? Just by smiling, saying hi, saying thank you...

384 - Grandma's Wisdom: Radical Changes In Life With Tiny Attitude Change from 2016-12-01T10:30

I’ve always appreciated somebody’s ability to turn the most devastating situation into a neutral event. Like, well, life happens. These are several steps that helped me to change my attitude fro...

383 - Mindful Pumping: How Much Control Over Outcome Do We Really Have? from 2016-11-30T10:30

This is a challenging question. Can you imagine being really thirsty. Now you see an old pump, and you have no idea if it is working or not...

382 - Unsuccessful Attempts: Real Danger In Our Real Life Scenario from 2016-11-29T10:30

Our daily activities, no matter how small, make all the difference. They are so easy to do, and so easy not to do. Nobody will notice until they accumulate enough to show the compound effect...

381 - Daily Victory: The Most Reliable Way To Achieve Any Goals In Life from 2016-11-28T10:30

It’s great you got a dream. Dreams are free.
What are you doing on daily basis to get there?..

380 - True Values: How Much Do We Really Need What We Think We Need? from 2016-11-25T10:30

Use things and love people, not use people and love things. How about chasing love, friendship, forgiveness, compassion, gratitude, vision?..

379 - Simple Gratitude: I’m Grateful For My Past Which Gave Me Present from 2016-11-24T10:30

I’d like to express gratitude. It’s a Thanksgiving. All my life is a result of the combined effort of people around me...

378 - Controlled Tension: Are We Always Playing Chess With Ourselves? from 2016-11-23T10:30

Sitting and meditating on my own definitely has a lot of benefits. But that is like playing chess with myself. I win. Feeling relaxed in emotionally controlled environment is easy...

377 - Excessive Kindness: Being Nice To Each Other Has To Be Balanced from 2016-11-22T10:30

Some people are saying that things like love, kindness cannot be overdosed. Well, let’s look at this scenario. Imagine you are driving the car...

376 - Ordinary Faith: Truly Amazing Moments From Our Daily Life from 2016-11-21T10:30

Every step of my life is based on a total faith. I believe that what I think will happen, actually will. I live by faith, my friend. And you know what? You do too...

375 - Overlooked Significance: Important Lessons I Got From A Music Box from 2016-11-18T10:30

Many years later, I returned to the cartoon as instructional video. You see, quite often we overlook somebody’s importance. Or even our own for that matter...

374 - Redundant Details: Destructive Power Of Major Failure Disease from 2016-11-17T10:30

I’ve done it, and I’ve seen other people do it. We start putting our attention to the details that are literally irrelevant. Detailitis is one of the failure diseases, and I’ve been affected.

373 - Mental Clarity: The Most Important Component For Moving Forward from 2016-11-16T10:30

Have you ever had to drive in a fog? I have. There’s one phenomenon that happens to everybody in such low visibility. And it happened to me...

372 - Sobering Reality: Life Around Us Is Not Always The Way We See It from 2016-11-15T10:30

There was a really cold winter one time. A little sparrow was flying looking for a place to hide, when the cold wind blew, and the sparrow fell on the ground...

371 - Carrying Water: Mindful Approach To The Mundane Life Assignments from 2016-11-14T10:30

Let me tell you a story about a small mountain village. People who lived there, hired two guys to carry water from the river in the valley. Those guys were paid by the number of buckets they wer...

370 - Own Your Life: Who Is Responsible For What Is Happening To Us? from 2016-11-11T10:30

I see way too many people complain, look for excuses and blame somebody else for their failures. They may blame the weather, or the politics, bad luck, or geomagnetic storm. Whatever. Just to av...

369 - Mind Over Matter: The Best Way To Overcome Emotional Turmoil from 2016-11-10T11:30

Majority of people I’ve met, at some point of their lives experienced some degree of emotional disturbance. Yes, including yours truly. At those moment there’s absolutely no desire to do anythin...

368 - Deliberate Emotions: The Ways We Are Planing Our Daily Life from 2016-11-09T11:30

Imagine that you are a driver. You vehicle is your body, and your dash board in your brain...

367 - True Calling: Are You Just Doing Your Job Or Fallowing A Passion? from 2016-11-08T11:30

Ask yourself an honest question: are you following your dream or are you just going through the motions every day?..

366 - Real Teacher: Why You Shouldn't Tell Me What And How I Should Do from 2016-11-07T11:30

My coach said, don’t run excited and tell people what to do. Do it yourself and then tell people how you did it and why it worked...

365 - Unlimited Kindness: Endless Ripple Effect Caused By Sincere Smile from 2016-11-04T10:30

People in today’s society are often seeing the World in black and white colors. Like, things are either good or bad, and there’s nothing in between. Well, I disagree with that. But that’s anothe...

364 - Contrast Mindfulness: How Do We Choose To See What We See? from 2016-11-03T10:30

If something unpleasant happens, we may try looking at it isolated, like a single light in the middle of the darkness. And that may hurt our eyes and create really unpleasant feelings...

363 - Ultimate Nightmare: The Hardest Life Challenge For Perfectionist from 2016-11-02T10:30

As I was growing up, I only knew 2 types of projects: those that were done perfectly, and the rest. You’re either #1, or you fail. And I was not criticizing anybody...

362 - Non-Violent Teaching: The Most Important Advice To A Teacher from 2016-11-01T10:30

People have their own truth based on their perception of the World. Going against it is basically a crime against that person...

361 - Mindful Listening: How Much Do We Really Hear When We Listen? from 2016-10-31T10:30

Today is Halloween. Perhaps some people might expect me do an episode about that. Sorry, I won’t. But I will talk about something that I think is more scary than this holiday...

360 - Infinite Reflections: Escape Endless Corridor Of Blame&Judgment from 2016-10-28T10:30

Sometimes we do something we shouldn’t have done. And we start blaming ourselves. And then blame creates more negativity, and negativity starts manifesting through our actions...

359 - Deepest Desires: Protect Ourselves From Our Own Wishful Thinking from 2016-10-27T10:30

Many years ago I read an ancient proverb. It was talking about a Demon who decided to become a Saint. So he put on a white robe and made his home in one of the caves not far from town. And he pr...

358 - Overcoming Ego: How To Prevent A Danger Of Uncontrollable Pride from 2016-10-26T10:30

My teachers told me, the skill or the habit doesn’t develop overnight. It takes time and consistency, not the quantum leap. And if you stop and lose a momentum...

357 - Being Right: Devastating Ramifications Of Our Desire To Find Truth from 2016-10-25T10:30

Today’s topic is about something I see again and again around me. In my opinion, it is one of the main reasons why people argue and fight...

356 - Subliminal Programming: Can Cartoons Promote International Hatred from 2016-10-24T10:30

I was watching a cartoon. Well, I have two daughters, so I can quote many Disney cartoons. I was watching one called “Barbie in Rock ’N Royals” about princess in a Pop music summer camp. If you ...

355 - Some Day: The Most Valuable Lessons From 'What If’s Of My Life from 2016-10-21T10:30

Recently I was reflecting on my previous years, and I realized that my teacher was right. “Some Days” never come. Sorry to be a dream stealer! But if you are like me, if you are putting things a...

354 - Changing Speed: The Mindfulness Lesson We Can Get At The Airport from 2016-10-20T10:30

People quite often complain to me that meditation doesn’t work in the middle of emotional hurricane. I know, I’ve been there too. That’s why I practice and teach moving meditation approach...

353 - Becoming A Teacher: When Do We Have Moral Right To Teach Others? from 2016-10-19T10:30

One of the questions I hear periodically, is when is a good time to start teaching? Right now with all yoga teacher’s training, sometimes people see becoming a teacher as a line in a sand. To me...

352 - The Ultimate Currency: How Are You Choosing To Spend It Today? from 2016-10-18T10:30

Many years ago, one of my teachers said, that we can achieve a certain level of mastery in yoga or martial arts, or whatever. However, there’s a price we have to pay. That is our time...

351 - Mighty Dash: The Most Significant Part Of Our Entire Life from 2016-10-17T10:30

My coach talking about the Dash. He said, when we die, we’ll have two dates on our tombstone: the date we were born and the date we die. But there’s a little dash in between...

350 - Tiny Steps: The Most Certain Way To Accomplish The Biggest Dreams from 2016-10-15T10:30

Have you ever had a feeling that you are not accomplishing anything? Even if you are working on the subject. I noticed that one of two things may happen: either dream looks too big, or steps to ...

349 - Self-Esteem: One Powerful Step To Take Us To The Top Of The World from 2016-10-14T10:30

A listener asked me a question about Self-Esteem. I think the question is greater than the person trying to answer it. You see, I’ve been at the bottom of emotional hole too. I had moments when ...

348 - Bending Rules: Disobedience That Can Possibly Save Someone’s Life from 2016-10-13T10:30

Have you ever heard that rules exist so we can break them? No, no, no! I am not asking you to do anything illegal. The law is the law whether we like it or not. Today I’d like to discuss bending...

347 - Mindful Drivers: The Most Important Part In Your Vehicle And Perhaps In Your Life from 2016-10-12T10:30

Moving forward is important. My coach told me, you can’t steer a parked car. But I think people more often than not get in trouble because of their inability to...

346 - Green Light: This Extremely Important Advice Can Save Your Life from 2016-10-10T10:30

What does the green light mean? I think many people would answer the same way I answered: “It means GO!” Right? Wrong! Many lose their lives because of that...

345 - Unconventional Fear: An Unusual Reason Of Missing A Great Success from 2016-10-07T10:30

Achieving any degree of success is usually associated with increased interaction with other people. Success is not built on individual level...

344 - Naked Truth Is Always Better Than The Best Dressed Lie from 2016-10-06T15:59:22

Do you think my mind would be free from BS after years of practice? I think I need a few decades more. And I am not even reporting to anybody. What if I had a boss? Isn’t it what so many people ...

343 - Unlimited Fruits: An Amazing Paradox Of A Single Tiny Apple Seed from 2016-10-05T10:30

My coaches recently, and he said, “You can count seeds in the apple, but you cannot count apples in a seed.” I looked up on internet and found this quote by Karen Jensen. It has the second part....

342 - Failing Forward: 1009 Amazing Steps Of One Successful Businessman from 2016-10-04T10:30

Have you ever failed? Come on, don’t be shy! I have. And I’ve never met anybody who’d never failed at something. So everybody has. And everybody will. The question is not “Will I fail?” Yes, you...

341 - Changing Perspective: The Reason People Become Failures In Life? from 2016-10-03T10:30

I learned from my coach that neither you nor I can pass or fail a human being. We are all individuals, and failure is an event, not a person and even not a lifestyle. We cannot define the person...

340 - Sharing Passion: The Best Teaching Advice I’ve Ever Received from 2016-09-30T10:30

Perhaps the most important lesson I received from him, was about personal learning. He was not coming to teach us. He was coming to practice for himself. He was not trying to convince me to come...

339 - Mindful Leaders: The Most Important Quality For Leading Others from 2016-09-29T10:30

I was listening to my coach this past weekend, and he was talking about perhaps the most important quality of the leader. And no, that was not a great knowledge, or ability to organize, motivate...

338 - Making Progress: The Most Powerful Component Of Any Success from 2016-09-28T10:30

This is what I see people do a lot in every day life: they talk, argue, philosophize, but they miss most important component for their success...

337 - Seeking Advice: The Most Dangerous Outcome Of Positive Intensions from 2016-09-27T10:30

If you want to achieve success, find somebody who has what you want. We cannot share what we don’t have...

336 - Mindful Growth: The Only Way To Discover And Follow Ascending Path from 2016-09-26T10:30

“If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.” I understand, if you are in life exactly where you want to be, and you absolutely don’t want to improve anything, this st...

335 - Mindful Compliments: Find Your Ways To Make The World Better from 2016-09-23T10:30

Leo Tolstoy said, “Everyone thinks of changing the World, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Do you want to live in a better more peaceful World? How about changing? Changing yourself?..

334 - Positive Responses: Who Really Benefits From Your Feedback? from 2016-09-22T10:30

Many years ago when I started working at the university, the same one I graduated from, my boss, who was my former professor, told me the most important rule of working there. He said...

333 - Restricted Imagination: The Best Tactic To Solve Life Challenges from 2016-09-21T10:30

Quite often the solution cannot be placed inside certain boundaries. It has to be wider, and the outline of the solution may not match the outline of the original problem...

332 - Mindful Filtering: How To Identify And Weed Out Destructive Junk from 2016-09-20T10:30

Someone asked Socrates, “Do you know what people are saying about you?" Socrates stopped that person and asked him to use three filters. I think they are still applicable today as they were over...

331 - Ultimate Investment: Are You Paying Attention To What Matters? from 2016-09-19T10:30

Are you investing in your health? I know, you may be a busy professional. You have no time to invest in yourself. Here’s a new perspective for you...

330 - Mastering Life: 3 Key Discoveries On Our Way To The Highest Level from 2016-09-16T10:30

When I tell people I’ve practicing meditation, Qigong, Martial arts for over 3 decades, I often hear, “Wow! You must be a master!” And that’s what I used to think many years ago when I saw someb...

329 - Building Immunity: Prepare Yourself For The Greater Cause In Life from 2016-09-15T10:30

Many years ago I was reading scientific history book, and it was talking about the Plague epidemics during medieval times. That was devastating. However, Plague forms a strong stable immunity. P...

328 - Welcome Challenge: The Best Way To Get On The Top Of Circumstances from 2016-09-14T10:30

Have you ever had to deal with a large problem? I mean, the one that can make radical changes in your life? Well, I have. And I’ve heard many people talking about how to overcome large problems ...

327 - Uncomfortable Mindfulness: Great Value Of Hurricanes In Our Life from 2016-09-13T10:30

Have you ever met somebody who likes trouble? I haven’t. And to be honest, I don’t like them either. As a kid, I’ve seen any problems as something we need to avoid at all cost. I agree!..

326 - Mindful Movements: Path To Balance And Inner Peace We Can Control from 2016-09-12T10:30

I think most of people got out of emotional balance one time or another. I know I’ve done it, and have not met anybody who hasn’t. I won’t speak for everybody, but what I found out to be true fo...

325 - Parallel Thinking: Get Yourself A Free Ticket To Stress-Free Life from 2016-09-09T10:30

In our every day life we often have a single solution for common issues. That would not be a problem if it did not create lots of problems. In reality this single mindedness is as far from mindf...

324 - Unilateral Mindfulness: Beware Of Your Lopsided Thought Processes from 2016-09-08T10:30

I see people today who base their actions of the same principles as I used in my restroom story. They see or hear something, get a small bit of information, then they fantasize the missing parts...

323 - Mindful Confession: What Future Are You Creating For Yourself? from 2016-09-07T10:30

Our brain does not have moral judgment. It will do anything we tell ourselves long enough. What are you confessing? Because whatever you and I tell ourselves, that is what we will get...

322 - Facing Adversities: Mindful Steps To Prepare For Life Disaster from 2016-09-06T10:30

Many people, I’m sure, heard the saying “Dig the well before you’re thirsty”. I’ve heard it many-many times. However, what I found out, it became a catch phrase, and many people are saying it, b...

321 - Hidden Trap: Unexpected But Most Dangerous Enemy to Our Great Life from 2016-09-05T10:30

The biggest obstacle on the way to success is not the toughness of the journey. It is the comfort of the present moment...

320 - Unconventional Happiness: See The Amazing When Others See Disaster from 2016-09-02T10:30

Everything goes the way it goes. Perhaps humans are the only species that are trying to express a judgment about the Nature. And even more, they are trying to modify it...

319 - Intentional Restrictions: Stop Interfering With Your Own Progress! from 2016-09-01T10:30

We create our problems in our heads. Most of them don’t exist, but once we start thinking about them, even trying to tell ourselves not to think, the brain will keep this image in our head and m...

318 - Sweet Evil: Severe Offenses To People’s Inattentive Consciousness from 2016-08-31T10:30

Satan never comes to people as a horrible looking creature. In fact, he comes as a friendly, handsome and a very kind fellow. Somebody who will deceive people and lead them into sin and of cours...

317 - Combat Mindfulness: Unconventional Perspective On Popular Martial Arts from 2016-08-30T10:30

Having been in martial arts for over 3 decades, I’ve seen a lot of people who have no concept about martial arts. Let me point out one significant myth about martial arts. You can find at least ...

316 - Mindful Farming: The Most Important Time Between Sowing and Reaping from 2016-08-29T10:30

When people talk about sowing and reaping, they often concentrate on planting the seed and then receiving the harvest. And yes, those two times are very important! But don’t forget about what’s ...

315 - Ultimate Success: 5 Simple Steps To The Top Of Your Next Mountain from 2016-08-26T10:30

As I started learning about personal and business success, some of the issues seemed to be insurmountable. John Maxwell told us one rule that changed my whole perspective of success. He told us ...

314 - Mindful Habits: You will do anything the way you do everything from 2016-08-25T10:30

Vince Lombardi nailed it by saying, “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” If you keep cutting yourself some slack, you will eventually be slacking everywhere, even where you know yo...

313 - Basic Mindfulness: Take Your Art Of Excellence To The Next Level from 2016-08-24T10:30

Just like martial arts, life can become very overwhelming. However, if we learn the basic principles, or basic laws, if you will, then things become very simple very fast...

312 - Constructive Criticism: The Best Way Of Helping People To Improve from 2016-08-23T10:30

Criticism has many reasons, but most of them have Ego-related foundation. Some kind of inferiority complex. The attempt to bring others down in order to get higher in life. When I had employees,...

311 - Mindful Critic: The Most Important Skill For Our Self Development from 2016-08-22T10:30

I’ve heard long time ago that criticizing is much easier than doing something yourself. And I agree to some extent. There are two exceptions though. I will talk about one of them today. That is ...

310 - Mindful Realism: The Most Productive Action Based Positive Mindset from 2016-08-19T10:30

Pretend you are in a sail boat in the ocean, and the wind is agains you. What are you going to do? The optimist will say that the wind will change soon...

309 - Destructive Imagination: Are We Confusing Our Dreams And Reality? from 2016-08-18T10:30

We often take our dream, or rather daydreaming, into the real world, and we confuse the fantasy with the plan of actions. We start concentration on and arguing about things that don’t matter...

308 - The Magic Move: The Best Response To Whatever Happens To You from 2016-08-17T10:30

Not everything in life is easy. Some things  are real, and they hurt emotionally. Life happens, my friend. And the best response I found to uncontrollable chaos...

307 - Ultimate Asymmetry: Whoever Told You This Lie About Perfection? from 2016-08-16T10:30

When I was growing up, I had this false assumption about the beauty. For some strange reason I assumed that perfection in human body meant symmetry. Well, this may come as a surprise to you as i...

306 - Yoga Teacher Training: Unbiased Perspective On Great Life Path from 2016-08-15T10:30

There’s one phrase I hear a lot in today’s holistic community. That is Yoga Teacher Training, or YTT for short. You can get 200, 300, 500 hours. I’m not getting into details, levels, etc. Let’s ...

305 - Deliberate Discomfort: The Best Path To The Ultimate Relaxation from 2016-08-12T10:30

We needed to make our body comfortable in every possible situation, in any position. Once we do it, we don’t have a specific pattern any more. We become more flexible, more relaxed throughout th...

304 - Mindful Hypocrites: Uneasy Talk About Universal Love And Respect from 2016-08-11T10:30

We smile, hug, kiss and sing Kumbaya. We believe what we choose to believe. We preach what we think is right. But when it comes to actions, we do what’s convenient for us to do...

303 - Terminal Emotions: Uneasy Path Of Acceptance Of A Great Blessing from 2016-08-10T10:30

The trouble you may get in life, may actually be the path to the blessing. The answer to the prayers. Even though it may not look like that at the moment it happens...

302 - Balanced Life: Significance Of Unity Between Self and Selfless from 2016-08-09T10:30

I believe that our body is a temple for our Spirit. And whoever is not taking care of that temple is actually showing great disrespect to the creator...

301 - Mindful Enlightenment: How Spiritual Our Spirituality Really Is? from 2016-08-08T10:30

People are practicing certain things, like meditation, yoga, whatever, with the intention to get somewhere. They are trying to achieve a certain state of mind. And I am guilty as well...

300 - Mindful Priorities: The Best Way To Get The Best Out Of Our Life from 2016-08-05T10:30

My coach taught me one simple principle: I can do anything, but I cannot do everything. I have to make a choice, and not just in training, but in many things. If I want to achieve success in car...

299 - Strategic Illusions: An Incredible Power Of Altered Perception from 2016-08-04T10:30

The information we receive is gathered, mixed, twisted and concentrated in such a way, that we may believe what we see and hear is actually true. Unfortunately, many people don’t even realize th...

298 - Garden Gnome: The Magic And The Danger Of Our Altered Perception from 2016-08-03T10:30

We can get bits and pieces of information, and our imagination builds up the whole picture of who knows what. And we, yes, I’ve been guilty too, we don’t bother for some reason to get close to t...

297 - Adapted Reality: What Glasses Are You Using To Look At The World? from 2016-08-02T10:30

What if I told you that when you and I are looking at the Society, we don’t necessarily see what it is. We see what our brain tells us to see. So the idiom “Looking through the rose-tinted glass...

296 - Controlled Mindfulness: How To Identify And Avoid Fake Relaxation from 2016-08-01T10:30

Our brain is capable of adjusting really well. Our life nowadays becomes a routine, for the most part at least. We know when we go to work , when we have lunch, when we go home, what we’re going...

295 - Complicated Mindfulness: 3 Simple Ways To Turn Joy Into Disaster from 2016-07-29T10:30

We live in the society that requires a lot of regulations. I got it! But people have a tendency to make very simple things so complicated. There are many reasons why, I’ll just concentrate on th...

294 - Mindful Laughter: Let’s Get Together And Sincerely Laugh At… Me! from 2016-07-28T10:30

Laugh at yourself, and your opponent won’t have a reason to do it. All those bullies and jokers around me were going for one thing only: my response to their jokes...

293 - Convenient Mindfulness: 2-Minute Guide To Selective Spirituality from 2016-07-27T10:30

Most of people I’ve met follow the path of what I call, “Convenient, or Selective mindfulness”. We have a tendency to believe what is convenient for us to believe, and deny what is not serving o...

292 - Destructive Anticipation: Avoid Getting Stuck In A Dream World from 2016-07-26T10:30

You see, being a mindfulness practitioner does not mean you will silence your mind. I certainly didn’t. It doesn’t mean you will know your every move. I don’t even know what will happen next sec...

291 - Unpopular Mindfulness: Reasons Why Peace&Harmony Don’t Prevail from 2016-07-25T10:30

Why do people like scandals? Is it a chance to break all the rules in a fight? Or just a moment to shine and draw the attention? It's a good food for our ego!..

290 - Ultimate Gratitude: Thanking Our Enemies For Giving Us New Life from 2016-07-22T10:30

Now I will make a profound statement. Humans are stubborn creatures. We don’t like changes. And sometimes God sends us little helpers, just not in a way we may expect...

289 - Being Rude: 7 Rules We Need To Remember About Personal Diplomacy from 2016-07-21T10:30

When is it OK to be rude?  And you can find tons of different answers online, from receiving unwanted attention to standing up for justice; from breaking up with another person to protecting our...

288 - Mindful Perspectives: Living In The World We Build In Our Minds from 2016-07-20T10:30

Isn’t it what we do? Many people, including myself, often create our own world in our minds based on a single perspective. And quite often people refuse...

287 - Ordinary Miracles: How It All Started The Way It Was Meant To Be from 2016-07-19T10:30

Do you believe in Miracles? I don’t. What I mean, I believe they are not miracles, they are simply things that we are not able to comprehend. 

286 - Financial Mindfulness: Truth Behind Spiritual Approach To Success from 2016-07-18T10:30

Many so called spiritual people see money as evil. Like there’s a moral code about how much you are allowed to make. However, have you ever noticed that people who tell that money’s bad, in most...

285 - Mindful Path: What Kind Of Stone Are You Choosing To… Become? from 2016-07-15T10:30

I like to dream. I’ve been a dreamer for as long as I remember myself. My dreams were not always supported or understood. I might say, "I want to do this and that”, and the response was, “Yeah, ...

284 - Busy Mindfulness: 3 Easy Ways For Busy People To Begin Meditating from 2016-07-14T10:30

Nowadays, we are all busy. Some are more, some are less. But unless you are a full time mindfulness or meditation teacher, in many cases it may not be easy to find time to meditate. Besides, mos...

283 - Forced Mindfulness: A Very Dangerous Pitfall On Our Path To Avoid from 2016-07-13T10:30

People do have a tendency to overdo what they cannot feel right away. They want to lift a bigger weight, run more miles, or spend an hour meditating on the first day of their practice. Just beca...

282 - Glowing Happiness: The Easiest Way To Change The World Around Us from 2016-07-12T10:30

I meet a lot of people. And very few people smile these days if I ask a simple “How are you?” It feels like many people are afraid if their face would crack if they smile...

281 - Dangerous Spot: Avoid This Harmful Situation In Life At Any Cost! from 2016-07-11T10:30

What I learned form my coaches and teachers, I am either becoming better in something every day, or I am going backwards. I don’t know about you, folks, but I don’t like the idea of self imposed...

280 - Meditation Practice: Do We Need To Empty Mind And Stop Thinking? from 2016-07-08T10:30

Today I will address one of the fundamental questions about meditation I get. And I’ve been talking about it more than once in different topics. But I keep getting this question from people, and...

279 - Fatal Assumptions: Fundamental Mistakes That May Ruin Our Life from 2016-07-07T10:30

The most obvious detail can become the reason for the biggest mistake. Think about it, my friend, when you make your next assumption. 

278 - Chasing Dreams: The Best Life Lesson Kids Can Get From a Cartoon from 2016-07-06T10:30

I watched a cartoon today. What’s so remarkable about this cartoon, was that it reflected major problems in our society. While major issues can be easily recognized by an adult only, I think the...

277 - Kindness Wins: The Power Of Decision To Love&Respect Humankind from 2016-07-05T10:30

It doesn’t matter what labels somebody puts on other people, they are people. Be nice, and it will come back...

276 - Independence Talk: American Dream From A Foreigner’s Perspective from 2016-07-04T10:30

When I came to the US over 20 years ago, what I saw here was a freedom. The freedom to be whatever and whoever I wanted to be, as long as it’s legal, of course. This kind of freedom was the deci...

275 - Deadly Rightness: Who Benefits From Your Decision To Be Right from 2016-07-01T10:30

People constantly argue about something so insignificant. For what? The only explanation I can find is they’re feeding their ego. Like little treats. However, these little argument, when they ac...

274 - Deliberate Breaking: If It Ain’t Broke, Make It Happen! from 2016-06-30T10:30

Have you ever heard the saying, “If it’s not broken, don’t break it”? I certainly have. I can understand the reason people say that. I and don’t advise anybody to go and start breaking things. H...

273 - Beneficial Mistakes: 5 Amazing Things In Life Created By Accident from 2016-06-29T10:30

I grew up thinking about mistakes as something really bad. Seriously! Kindergarten teaches kids to do things right. Schools grade students on things done right way. Colleges, universities - all ...

272 - Successful Leader: 3 Secrets Of Moving Towards Your Dreams Fast from 2016-06-28T10:30

When I was younger, I had a major misconception about successful people. I saw success as study-study-study and then work-work-work. And to some extent it is true. The basic principle was, but t...

271 - Eliminating Shadows : 2 Major Reasons To Step Out In A Sunlight from 2016-06-27T10:30