Author: ki’une
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Reflecting On Steve Job’s Inspirational Speech And Something For Your iPod
I’m spending some time as a guest at Stanford University right now, enjoying what the university offers and learning what I feel like without any academic pressure. It’s pretty quiet here, and it seems like everyone is studying. For me, it’s pretty relaxed, and I’m often drawn to riding around campus on an old ’72…
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Interview: Videodancescapes, Intention, And What Scares The Pants Off Of Me
Olga Moritz of Full Circle Healing Arts posed these interesting questions after previewing my Sunscreen Song Tribute the night before the release. I hesitated on answering the questions immediately, thinking interviews were something more akin to celebrities, but after a number of readers asked me similar questions, I thought I’d share it with everyone. What…
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How To Get Younger As You Grow Older And Other Advice From Someone Who Hasn’t Quite Made It Yet
Mary Schmich penned the article “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young” many years ago to which my Sunscreen Song Tribute is derived from. Following the release of my video on Timothy Ferriss’ blog, a lot of people asked me for some life advice. The truth is, just like Tim wrote about himself…
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Real Resolutions Aren’t Made Today, So I Only Resolve To Stop Getting Parking Tickets And Losing Umbrellas
This year, I only have two New Year’s resolutions: avoid getting parking tickets and stop losing so many umbrellas. That’s it. They’re simple because my true goals are not made on the first day of every year. It’s going to be the busiest time of the year for all fitness gyms as they sign on…
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The Sunscreen Song – My 10 Year Tribute (Everybody’s Free)
I’ve been sidetracked on my other projects because I really wanted to put this video out there before the year end. I’m really happy to have the freedom to work on a creative project with no real purpose other than to put some good energy out into the universe. It’s a video I’ve compiled from…
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Children As Teachers
Continuing on my thoughts on the “Children Full of Life” series, I thought about how I consider my son to be a great teacher after watching the above clip (part 3). Children see things differently, and it’s important to treat them as equals. Recently, I’ve facing quite a lot of uncertainty as I uproot myself…
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Children Full Of Life And Real Schooling
This video series on how Japanese kids are taught compassion sparked a thought. A good friend of mine and mentor, George, often discusses with me his vision of what schools should be like. He tells me that they should go beyond the formal institutions that they are now and teach necessary life skills. In some…
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A Week Of Adventurous Living
This is the text of my speech I delivered a few weeks ago as the meeting’s Toastmaster. Last week during table topics, I recanted a story about rock climbing at night in Mexico that led to my choice of today’s theme: Adventure. Although the climb I described sounded incredibly dangerous and high – if this…
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Give Up The News Now! (Part 1)
News Keeps You Informed, Right? When I was a little tike, my dad thought the same thing, and he introduced me to the daily newspaper. I began with the comics (minus Doonesbury because I didn’t understand the humor) and the front page. Soon I was devouring the entire first section. By the time I finished…
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Don’t Just Sit There! Tips For Better Meditation
In my previous article on meditation, I introduced the benefits of meditating. In this article, I’ll offer some tips on getting on the meditation track. When I first started doing meditation, I couldn’t believe how difficult it was to stay focused. Unless I was concentrating on a climb, getting into a meditative state was elusive…