One of the greatest things I ever learned was how to forgive like a Samurai warrior. Samurai warriors apparently didn't forgive often, but when they did they fully unburdened themselves from bad feelings.
It was a friend and history buff who told me about it shortly after my marriage dissolved. It stayed with me and I even did a hypnosis script on it if anyone is interested: http://summonthewarrior.com/the-samurai-warrior-forgives/
I agree. I've read most of his books but Linchpin has depth to it that the others don't. I've heard people remark they were "confused" with the message and had to re-read the book to digest it. It's just pure unadulterated Seth Godin, that's all.
To the author of the post: I really respect how you are addressing a specific threat to nature (balloon releases) and taking action in a polite and positive manner.
I'm going to forward this to my daughter) who is very ecologically conscious but overwhelmed at the immensity of the issue) as an excellent example of how they can make a positive change.
As an adjunct to this article, I should mention an experimental project I launched just yesterday called VOW of NOW. It's a 30 day program that tries to instill meditation as a daily habit by leveraging powerful incentives: http://vowofnow.com
A bunch of people are taking the vow already, and I'm excited and hoping it works for them and is the beginning of a more zen life. We'll see. I welcome everyone to try.
Well, that's a little unfair to say since you don't know me or my motivation behind this project.
The only person that can "fail" you is your evaluator - the person YOU choose to help you keep your vow. Your evaluator must fill out an assessment after your 30 day vow which decides whether you get your refund.
EDIT: Bailing out early from the vow also makes a person ineligible for a refund. The VOW of NOW is for 30 days in a row, no less.
Twenty seemed like the magic number for me after much deliberation, but maybe I could add "commitment levels" or whatever so people can increase or decrease the amount of their pledge.
I certainly can't wait to get feedback from the people who are already taking the vow. Hopefully they achieve greater peace and make meditation a fun habit and will tell others. Then I can get some testimonials for the site.
I'm trying to help and motivate people to make meditation a daily habit using powerful incentives.
VOW of NOW was designed to have as few moving parts as possible. The focus is to meditate so to achieve greater peace and emotional stability. Besides, if you're worrying about money all the time, all the more reason to meditate.
Basically, the Zen Master provides an assessment form for your evaluator to fill out and sign.
The evaluator you choose is the one who decides at the end of the 30 day VOW of NOW whether you have achieved zen mind through diligent meditation practice - and get a refund (or not).
This system provides feedback from a trusted peer, as well as provides a money incentive (your own money).
Am I the only one who appreciates the work he did to bring us these findings? I've tried Cloudflare before and "underwhelmed" would be as good a description as any. I don't know if it helped at all.
It was a friend and history buff who told me about it shortly after my marriage dissolved. It stayed with me and I even did a hypnosis script on it if anyone is interested: http://summonthewarrior.com/the-samurai-warrior-forgives/