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JST 72 – The 5 Reasons Why You Don’t Need to Meditate (revisited)

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dzidek Sabat

I’m having some R&R in the Canary Islands then running my Clarity Life Transformation Retreat until mid-may, so for the next couple of weeks I’ve gone into the vault to find some of my best-loved articles. Here’s The 5 Reasons Why You Don’t Need to Meditate. Enjoy!

“The way to do is to be.”

– Lao Tse

“What type of meditation do you do?” I get asked this question regularly, and people are often surprised by my answer. “I don’t meditate.” The next question is inevitably,“Why not?” In this article, we’re going to be exploring 5 reasons why you don’t need to meditate, as well as an alternative that’s incredibly fruitful, enjoyable and practical. Click here to read the rest of the article from the vault

JST 71 – Driving in the dark: the art of navigating the unknown

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Dzidek Sabat

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

E.L. Doctorow, Author

I came across this beautiful quote from the prizewinning author, E.L. Doctorow, when I was first starting my business in January 2003 (“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”) I loved what he was pointing to, and used this idea as the basis not only for how I wrote, but for how I developed my business. You see, there are three powerful things implied by this simple quote:

JST 70 – Strategic intuition: an alternative to clear goals

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Dzidek Sabat

Photo courtesy of The British Library

“It’s how innovators get their innovations, how artists get their creative ideas, how visionaries get their vision, how scientists make their discoveries, and how good ideas of every kind arise in the human mind.”

William Duggan
Author and Senior Lecturer in Business at Columbia Business School

A few weeks ago, I went out to several Facebook groups centred around coaching and personal transformation, and ran a short poll that produced some fascinating results. I asked them to choose which of the following statements they agreed with more: Read More →

JST 69 – The 7 Unanticipated Reasons to Write Your Book

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Jamie Smart

“Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.”
Paulo Coelho

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People often ask me how things have changed for me since my first book – CLARITY – was published in 2013. The curious thing is that, while some of the changes I expected never ended up happening, becoming an author has also brought blessings I never dreamt of. In this article, I’m going to reveal 7 reasons you might not even have anticipated to get your book written and out into the world.