15Jan 2013 by aryask@gmail.com

Breathe: from strategy to performance

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Guest post by Sohrab Alborzian About the author: Sohrab Alborzian trades commodities full time and plays competitive tennis. This article is written for anyone who desires anything and needs to perform well in moments of great pressure. Whether you are a business man or athlete, you want to follow proven strategies that enable your success. In this article, I'll provide a simple strategy to tackle big moments at work. Strategy: Something that we all think we need so badly but once we are given the strategy, so few of us have the discipline to use it. A couple short stories to explain the uselessness of strategies: 1. I recently read a book called, "The way of the turtle". It was about a very famous group of 13 commodities traders who…
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11Jan 2013 by aryask@gmail.com

Art of surrender

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Nothing is for certain, Risk is a constant, Chaos embraced, Passion is the world we live in, Keeps Earth spinning in orbit, Trust in the way, Supporters kept abreast, Cash flow constant, Giving is a blessing, Needing nothing else to address.
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06Jan 2013 by aryask@gmail.com

Creative progress

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When observing human behavior, one may discover that we are obsessed with success! It is a dire craving, an endless addiction, carrying people to their graves even at the cost of meaningless ends. And as it turns out, humans are also terrified of screwing up (especially in front of others). It threatens our image of success which we work so hard to protect and keep unchanged. To be creative, which is a natural aspect of being humanly born, requires us to get supremely good at making mistakes and failing repeatedly. We do not learn how to walk by agonizing over clumsy misteps. Children try tirelessly until they are able to walk and then they work at running...their parents crazy. Children are masters of creative progress. Thomas Edison provides the hallmark…
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10Dec 2012 by aryask@gmail.com

Enter the unknown

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The process of innovation is much more complex and mysterious than we like to admit. Creative possibilities are often crammed into neat mental models so logic-based, historically-fixed thinkers can bask in the illusion of progress. The problem with this approach is that we limit our potential and fall astray from a true path of creation. To expand and deepen the creative process, one must be able to let go of all beliefs and assumptions that have piled over time. Zen masters call this the Beginner’s Mind. Children have it, Einstein had it, and anyone can develop it. Innovators use the artistic passion and flow to overcome the dynamic conditions and uncertainties that enrich the innovation process. They feel for taste, touch, and intuition, moving their consciousness beyond empty words and static images.…
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21Nov 2012 by aryask@gmail.com

Do your job (part 1)

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Doing your job does not begin and end at the workplace. Your job is a lifelong interaction with what you hold sacred in any given moment. Sacred might seem like a strange word, but all it means is that you give importance to something; that there is an underlying, often hidden, value to the whole experience that's not limited to the habit patterns of the mind. It means you are open and alive in the moment! It could be as simple as the way one sits on a chair, or the way one drinks water from a cup. These seemingly mundane acts often reflect how we collaborate with co-workers or parent at home. It's in the language of subtly and emotions. This writing process, for example, is important to me…
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