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The Pleasure Purpose Principle

March 10, 2018 by philipp68

What is Happiness? We all want to be happy. But what is happiness? In his recent book, Happiness by Design Paul Dolan gives a very nice definition of happiness: happiness is experiences of pleasure and purpose over time. Happiness Happens in the Present Moment I like this definition because it doesn’t turn happiness into an abstract concept. Instead, it emphasizes that how we lead our lives, what we turn our attention to, the activities we engage in, or our ability to open up […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Happiness, Mind

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How about taking the day off?

May 6, 2017 by philipp68

A short conversation between body and consciousness

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Body, Consciousness, Doing, Intuition, Memory, Mind

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I see

January 31, 2017 by philipp68

Short story to help us appreciate the moments in our life, when we manage to go beyond judging and controlling everything we experience

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Buddhism, Compassion, Ego, Meditation, Mind

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What is your leadership style?

September 29, 2016 by philipp68

Learn how your leadership style can help to shape a playful problem solving environment.

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Culture, Leaders, Meetings

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Lead in the now

August 28, 2016 by philipp68

Here a few thoughts how our individual history, our past can influence our ability to create a better future. Deciding based on past experiences By putting yourself, your history, at the center of your decisions, you let your past shape everyone’s future. You unconsciously create boundaries within everyone has to operate, because you’re trying to protect your colleagues from repeating your own, bad experiences. Trying to protect the people you’re supposed to lead is the right thing to do. But we should remind ourselves […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Attachment, Attitude, Leaders, Modern Workplace

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Be the leader you want to follow

March 11, 2016 by philipp68

I believe that to become better leaders we should look back at the people who inspired us, at the people who helped us to be where we are today. If we can learn from them, we might inspire others to follow us As Simon Sinek explained in his famous TED talk: We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves. Choosing a career I think I would never have entered the world of software engineering, if it hadn’t been for […]

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Sketchnote: J. Krishnamurti on fear – complete

March 1, 2015 by philipp68

Here the complete sketchnote about fear, based on chapter 5 of “Freedom from the Known” by J. Krishnamurti. Fear is always old. It tries to keep us save by making sure, that we don’t repeat bad experiences. Fear does not like change and yet we all know that the only constant in our lives is change. No wonder we’re afraid most of the time. The only way to end fear is to realize that fear is part of us and we are […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Fear, Mind, Sketchnote, Wisdom

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The mystery of consciousness

January 3, 2015 by philipp68

Here some illustrated quotes on consciousness that inspired me in 2014. I wish you all the best for 2015. Thank you for reading my blog and leaving a comment here and there. Happy new Year!

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Consciousness, Mind

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Melancholy

December 23, 2014 by philipp68

Here a visual summary of a short Facebook post by Michael Stone. I wish you peaceful, happy Christmas holidays. If I get melancholic taking a deep breath, relaxing my face, focusing on inhaling and exhaling, usually helps a lot. It makes me open my senses to the world around me, just being there in the moment. What do you do when you get melancholic? Namaste, Philipp

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Depression, Meditation, Mind

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The world is not a Lego set

December 13, 2014 by philipp68

Here a short story how the mind likes to take the world apart, so that it can store all the concepts it learns for later reference. It want’s to keep us save, by building up a complete, internal Lego set representing the world. Thus creating the illusion of control, if we could just understand how everything works. Namaste, Philipp

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Illusion, Mind

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Let your body learn how to dance

October 13, 2014 by philipp68

To learn anything we need to let our body do the steps, without our critical mind interfering all the time. The rational mind is great for setting goals, but learning always happens in the body. Introduction This summer, on the ferry back to Athens, I finished The Inner Game of Tennis by W.Timothy Gallwey. One of the best books I’ve ever read and I don’t even play tennis. The inner game is what takes place in our mind What fascinated me was […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Action, Mind, Mindfulness

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What can we learn from peeling potatoes?

April 27, 2014 by philipp68

My latest hero for awesome advice is Alan Watts. In his books he addresses the big questions of our existence by describing and contrasting the different schools of thought of east and west. I like that he never takes sides, that he sincerely wants to put the reader in a position to decide for himself what a fulfilled life could look like. And the best: according to Zen tradition Alan knows that life is far too serious to take it too seriously, and that often […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Attitude, Meditation, Mind, Nature, Wisdom

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Welcome to 2014 – Welcome to your life

January 5, 2014 by philipp68

Dear readers, Another year of blogging. Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my posts. Here my new year wishes for you all. Stay connected to each other, stay connected to life and to ourselves. Namaste, Philipp

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Relationships, Wisdom

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Let your life be your message!

Your Life is your Message

July 25, 2013 by philipp68

How dreams are important, but solely focusing on the fruits of your dreams will make you unhappy.

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Action, Attitude, Bhagavad Gita, Mind, Wisdom

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Seeing the good in the bad

June 5, 2013 by philipp68

A short introduction how dualistic thinking can make us unhappy.

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Buddhism, Dualism, The middle way, Wisdom

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Commit to your dream

March 14, 2013 by philipp68

An evening a couple of months ago my godchild called. “I would like to quit high school and start an apprenticeship*. Do you think this is a good idea?” she asked. “Why would you want to stop studying and start working?” I asked surprised, tired of a long day at the office. “You know,” she said, “I want to experience what real life feels like. It’s not about the money. I have this dream…” “Let’s talk about your dream!” Had […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Attachment, Bhagavad Gita, Compassion

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Finding the Being in the Doing

February 13, 2013 by philipp68

One of the secrets to our wellbeing is to find the balance between being and doing. To be ourselves, to connect to the things that make us happy, we need to learn to simply be. Cleaning out a busy schedule or taking a long vacation will help, but ultimately we will need to find the being in the doing. How we got busy The natural state of an infant is to be. There is nothing to do, no expectations to […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Action, Being, Bhagavad Gita, Doing, Emotion, Karma

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