Michael Gelb

It means that if you have a higher purpose, if you have a raison d'etre, then those principles, that love of truth, beauty, and goodness, that commitment will be your north star, will help you navigate in times of difficulty.

Well, I have to have read him when I was 14 years ago, which is a really long time. And that's part of what set the stage for my whole life and everything I've done since then.

Well, I have to have read him when I was 14 years ago, which is a really long time. And that's part of what set the stage for my whole life and everything I've done since then.

Well, I have to have read him when I was 14 years ago, which is a really long time. And that's part of what set the stage for my whole life and everything I've done since then.

Right. But this comes back to something you said before too about how everybody's work, work, work and totally focused. And even when they go outside, they're doing something and we feel we have to justify ourselves and the guilt and the shame, the Michelangelo flayed body that's pushing you forward to achieve so that we'll say you're worthwhile and you'll have some reason for being here.

Right. But this comes back to something you said before too about how everybody's work, work, work and totally focused. And even when they go outside, they're doing something and we feel we have to justify ourselves and the guilt and the shame, the Michelangelo flayed body that's pushing you forward to achieve so that we'll say you're worthwhile and you'll have some reason for being here.

Right. But this comes back to something you said before too about how everybody's work, work, work and totally focused. And even when they go outside, they're doing something and we feel we have to justify ourselves and the guilt and the shame, the Michelangelo flayed body that's pushing you forward to achieve so that we'll say you're worthwhile and you'll have some reason for being here.

Versus part of what I love about Italian culture is la dolce vita, the intrinsic notion that life is beautiful, that life is sweet, that we're here to enjoy the beauty and the pleasure of just being. The French have something similar, which is why they just passed that law that your boss can't call you, because they have joie de vivre, the joy of living. So the Italians have dolce vita,

Versus part of what I love about Italian culture is la dolce vita, the intrinsic notion that life is beautiful, that life is sweet, that we're here to enjoy the beauty and the pleasure of just being. The French have something similar, which is why they just passed that law that your boss can't call you, because they have joie de vivre, the joy of living. So the Italians have dolce vita,

Versus part of what I love about Italian culture is la dolce vita, the intrinsic notion that life is beautiful, that life is sweet, that we're here to enjoy the beauty and the pleasure of just being. The French have something similar, which is why they just passed that law that your boss can't call you, because they have joie de vivre, the joy of living. So the Italians have dolce vita,

The French have joie de vivre. Unfortunately, in the U.S., all we have is happy hour. One lousy hour where you pound down some drinks before you go back to your miserable life and try to achieve more. But this notion, which is also a Taoist Buddhist notion about, and it's not just a notion, I think it's closer to real life.

The French have joie de vivre. Unfortunately, in the U.S., all we have is happy hour. One lousy hour where you pound down some drinks before you go back to your miserable life and try to achieve more. But this notion, which is also a Taoist Buddhist notion about, and it's not just a notion, I think it's closer to real life.

The French have joie de vivre. Unfortunately, in the U.S., all we have is happy hour. One lousy hour where you pound down some drinks before you go back to your miserable life and try to achieve more. But this notion, which is also a Taoist Buddhist notion about, and it's not just a notion, I think it's closer to real life.

to what I consider to be the source of truth, beauty, and goodness is being able to be fully present and savoring presence for its own sake. Savoring the joy. Like what's the most exquisite pleasure? Could it be breathing? Like right now?

to what I consider to be the source of truth, beauty, and goodness is being able to be fully present and savoring presence for its own sake. Savoring the joy. Like what's the most exquisite pleasure? Could it be breathing? Like right now?

to what I consider to be the source of truth, beauty, and goodness is being able to be fully present and savoring presence for its own sake. Savoring the joy. Like what's the most exquisite pleasure? Could it be breathing? Like right now?

like the apogee, the zenith, the solstices of the breath, the fact that we're connected to everything, we all breathe the same breath, that as all sentient beings, we're made of the same cosmic dust. And what if we could just get out of our yakety yakety yak and be that even a little part of the time? And don't get me wrong. I'm, you know, I am an achiever. I'm a maniac.

like the apogee, the zenith, the solstices of the breath, the fact that we're connected to everything, we all breathe the same breath, that as all sentient beings, we're made of the same cosmic dust. And what if we could just get out of our yakety yakety yak and be that even a little part of the time? And don't get me wrong. I'm, you know, I am an achiever. I'm a maniac.

like the apogee, the zenith, the solstices of the breath, the fact that we're connected to everything, we all breathe the same breath, that as all sentient beings, we're made of the same cosmic dust. And what if we could just get out of our yakety yakety yak and be that even a little part of the time? And don't get me wrong. I'm, you know, I am an achiever. I'm a maniac.

It just, I have, I just woken up to, okay, I don't have to worry. Like that's my default setting is to work hard and achieve and be disciplined. I just grew up that way. So it, it's hardwired into my system and, So the edge for me has been to learn, oh, how about just being? How about just being present with myself? And then try it in relationships.