This Will Also Pass: an interview on Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 20, 2012 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessJohan Bergstad is a licensed psychologist in Sweden, mindfulness teacher, writer/poet and photographer. The movie he recently released: This Will Also Pass” is a wonderful interview he did with, retired surgeon and Mindfulness teacher, Andries J Kroese.
For those interested in learning more about Mindfulness a good starting place is Mindful.org, that is hosted by Shambhala [...]
Mindfulness: Living and Leading with Intention
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 8, 2012 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessI have been influenced in the practice of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh since the mid-80’s and by Karen Sothers and Steve Alper since the mid-90s with their work at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine under the leadership of Dr Mimi Guarneri. With my 25 years as a Vistage Chair I have been blessed [...]
Lee Thayer on Leadership Virtuosity: Steps To Being Mindful
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 31, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful LeadershipLee Thayer’s Leadership Virtuosity in his series of books on leadership is a must read for all who want to see what is the cost of becoming a virtuoso leader.
Some of Lee’s thoughts:
The Performing Leader
The primary advantage of de-personalizing performance–of making the person’s performance and not his psyche and/or personality the issue–is that the [...]
And Then There were 15-Mindfulness In Life and Leadership
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 11, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness
Today was added the 13th, 14th and 15th women who have received the Nobel Peace Prize. These women Nobel Prize winners, many who you will not have known until you read about them, embody mindfulness.
The first nine women Peace Prize winners you can read [...]
Creating A Mindful Society-Free to stream until November 1st
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 10, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindful Running, MindfulnessGreat Opportunity to listen to excellent program on Mindfulness for free.
You can stream the video of this marvelous session on Creating A Mindful Society. It can be viewed for free for 30 days starting October 3rd.
Go to: live.soundstrue.com and register (name and email) You can then return when you have time to listen [...]
Understanding Mindless To Begin To Comprehend Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 25, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessThe Century of the Self is a 4 part series for the BBC by Adam Curtis.
Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.
To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved [...]
Mindfulness & Lessons from the Lakers
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 12, 2011 / Posted in Breathe, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessLooking backwards over today; what a marvelous day with Kip, Alan and Cheryl. What a wonderful scone that Vince made along with the flat white that Shelley put in front of me. The unexpected warm evening as I walked in the dark here in Yallingup to get the lasts 400 steps of my 10,000.
While [...]
Be Mindful: Silent is hidden in the word “Listen”
3 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / May 31, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, The Running MindI decided to carry 3 books and a journal with me during Kip’s and my 3 month travel portion of my 4 month Sabbatical. The three books are:
Mindfulness for Dummies by Shamash Alidina
Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing by Lee Thayer
Claiming Your Place At The Fire: Living The Second Half of your Life on Purpose by [...]
Mindfulness: Present Moment. Kairos: Appropriate Time
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / January 16, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, UncategorizedBruce Peters is a dear friend, former fellow Vistage Chairman, host of WCEOhq-Radio, and like me a champion of the work and wisdom of Lee Thayer. Check out his archives with his numerous dialogues with Lee.
I wanted to share Bruce’s response which reflects: When the mind is ready, the message appears.
Bruce [...]
Mindful Reflection: Living the Questions.
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 15, 2011 / Posted in Breathe, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessLive the questions and life will move you to the answers.
Who Am I?
What Do I Want?
What’s My Purpose?”.
Deepak Chopra was speaking on the Dr Oz Show
Deepak Chopra said when I reveal my secrets of the aging process the implications are huge. Deepak Chopra says close your eyes and watch your breath for about [...]
