Zen Moments

“How’s the water? “ “..There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the [...]

“…the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry… the more peaceful our planet will be…” “A powerful talk  – well worth 18 minutes” Stroke Of Insight – Jill Bolte Taylor – Some Highlights… “I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who has been diagnosed with [...]

“It is my intention to work into each of my lectures … one lie” One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar. I guess that statement requires a bit of explanation. The topic of Corporate Finance/Capital Markets is, even within the world of the Dismal Science, (Economics) an exceptionally dry and boring [...]

“I used to be pushing and pushing to get ahead… but now I am like the Zen Warrior… It’s a completely calm existence…” This short 7 minute video by Bill Beaty shows how he has learned to drive in dense traffic, leaving a long gap between himself and the car in front. This reduces the [...]

“…a grotesque figure moving erratically, crab-like toward me…” At the end of World War II there were more Kentuckians in Detroit, where they had come to work in defense plants, than there were back in Kentucky. Well, maybe I exaggerate a bit but there were a lot of mountain people working in Michigan back then. [...]