“If you want to be happy, be.” — Leo Tolstoy
Be well. Do good.
BG
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Never too late
"For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. You can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength and courage to change your life around."
~ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Friday, December 9, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Another reason to love NYC
We have a good man as our Mayor.
Thank you Bloomberg.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Thank you Bloomberg.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Home
The word alone conjures mental imagery of mothers, fathers, schools and smiling faces.
The next level of interpretation is the place that houses your material items. Who hasn't caught themselves in a foreign city, beckoning back to the hotel and using the word "home".
Across the two asymmetric definitions, I think of my home off of Union Square (pictured). Straddling both definitions, my current apartment is my "home". Beyond housing my items for now, it has been the longest residence I have kept since high school. I moved every year in college. In my first 3 years in NYC, I moved every August.
Here now, I think about these 3 years and how much has changed, how much things have stagnated and the implications of those differences.
I guess I let the platitude scribbled on the inside of the Dove chocolate wrapper really reach me today:
"You are exactly where you are intended to be."
I hope that you all relax when you get home tonight.
be well, do good.
BG
Friday, October 21, 2011
Quote of the Week
“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Monday, October 17, 2011
Another amazing TED find
It is rare that you are able to watch something, get excited for developing countries, be proud of your own and smile at the thought of green capitalism.
Bonus: Great Google ad at the end
Be well. Do good.
BG
Best Thing I've Watched this year
Google is amazing.
So is TED.
All technology.
All mental application.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Monday, October 10, 2011
Freakonomics: Thought of the Day
Freakonomics, "The Upside of Quitting"
Last 2min hits hard.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Last 2min hits hard.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Coffee Snobs
Coffee Snobs - watch more funny videos
I laugh because I love good coffee and hate the pretension. If you have been to Seattle, Portland, Raleigh, Chicago or New York (especially Brooklyn).... you get it.
Be well. Do good.
BG
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Quote of the Week
Source
People Who Ask The Wrong Questions
Get More Answers
Than The Ones
That Don’t Ask Any
Be Well. Do Good.
BG
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Learn Spanish with me
For those gringos out there who don't speak Spanish, here's quick download to help guide you as I learn more of the language and culture.
Hasta pronto,
BG
Hasta pronto,
BG
Friday, September 30, 2011
How I hugged a beggar last night
It's 1:30am in Brooklyn on a Thursday night. The wears of the week have built up, and my nerves are threadbare. I am waiting on a Manhattan-bound L-train back to the city, and I am surrounded by hipsters, beggars and cops in the Bedford subway station. I was disheveled and ready to collapse into bed.
Frustration and aggression incrementally increased during the week. My general mood has been terribly sullen. Trying to use that energy in a productive yet exhausting way, I just played hockey. My team, the Manhattan Moose, had the midnight ice time. Coming back after the win, I am standing on the platform stinking of hockey and leaning on my hockey bag to prop me up.
Frustration and aggression incrementally increased during the week. My general mood has been terribly sullen. Trying to use that energy in a productive yet exhausting way, I just played hockey. My team, the Manhattan Moose, had the midnight ice time. Coming back after the win, I am standing on the platform stinking of hockey and leaning on my hockey bag to prop me up.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Work Habit
Source 
In a recent debate about prioritizing time, I found myself defending this tagline: "Work wins."
Be well. Do good.
BG
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Mother Teresa's view on life
Mother Teresa's view on life:
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
by: Mother Teresa
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
What clothes men should have
Source
For the menswear enthusiast in us all.
Otherwise, it is a nice reminder for me to replace my grey suit to finish off the list (note: not my checkmarks/quanitities to the left.
Be well, do good.
BG
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Revisiting... Confucian Ideals
Huston Smith on Confucian Ideals: "
Huston Smith sums up Confucian ideals under five key terms:
The first term is jen, which “involves simultaneously a feeling of humanity toward others and respect for oneself, an indivisible sense of the dignity of human life wherever it appears…In private life it is expressed in courtesy, unselfishness, and empathy, the capacity to ‘measure the feelings of others by one’s own’…
The second is chun tzu “Fully adequate, poised, the chun tzu has toward life as a whole approach of an ideal hostess who is so at home in her surroundings that she is completely relaxed, and being so, can turn full attention to putting others at their ease. The chun tzu carries these qualities of the ideal host with him through life generally…Only as those who make up society are transformed into chun tzus can the world move toward peace…
The third concept, li, has two meanings. Its first meaning is propriety, the way things should be done. It is comme il faut. It is wary of excess and it guards the Five Constant Relationships, “those between parent and child, husband and wife, elder sibling and junior sibling, elder friend and junior friend, and ruler and subject. It is vital to the health of society that these key relationships be rightly constituted.
The fourth pivotal concept, Te, means literally, “power, specifically the power by which men are ruled.”..No state, Confucius, was convinced, can constrain all its citizens all the time, nor even any large fraction of them a large part of the time. It must depend on widespread acceptance of its will, which in turn requires a certain positive fund of faith in its total character…Real Te, therefore, lies in the power of moral example…”
The final concept, Wen, refers to the ‘arts of peace’ as contrasted to the ‘arts of war’; to music, art, poetry, the sum of culture in its esthetic mode. Confucius contended that the ultimate vitory goes to the state that develops the highest Wen, the most exalted culture…For in the end it is these things that elicity the spontaneous admiration of men and women everywhere.
– Huston Smith, The Religions of Man, pp. 159-166
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Scratch the other one... true Quote of the Week
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Mind is blown. Let's all take that inspiration and run somewhere with it. Only you know where that somewhere is.
www.ecaware.org.
be well, do good.
BG
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Mind is blown. Let's all take that inspiration and run somewhere with it. Only you know where that somewhere is.
www.ecaware.org.
be well, do good.
BG
Quote of the Week
“There is no God and we are his prophets.”
- Cormac McCarthy, Uninspired Thoughts
Not promoting or suggesting atheism here, just that the impetus is on the individual to take action. No external force is going to lift you from your state of being. It is the internal force, the drive, the will, the passion --- that will overcome.
be well, do good.
BG
- Cormac McCarthy, Uninspired Thoughts
Not promoting or suggesting atheism here, just that the impetus is on the individual to take action. No external force is going to lift you from your state of being. It is the internal force, the drive, the will, the passion --- that will overcome.
be well, do good.
BG
Sleeping vs. Dreaming
source
Sleeping is for the dead, dreaming is for the living
be well, do good.
BG
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Reblog from Zen Habits
Do One Thing Well: "
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Post written by Leo Babauta.
I’m often asked how you can start doing work you love — how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
I don’t profess to have all the answers, but the answer for me has been fairly simple:
Do one thing really well.
People want a more comprehensive answer than that, but in my experience, if you learn to do this, the rest will follow.
I write about simplicity. That’s all I do. Over the last 4 1/2 years of writing Zen Habits I’ve found success by focusing on that alone, and stripping away everything else that gets in the way. I’ve removed comments, I don’t do much social media (except for fun), I don’t do much email, I don’t sell ads, I don’t do consulting. I write about simplicity.
By doing this one thing over and over, I’ve gotten much better at it. Good enough, anyway, for people to want to read my work, and as the audience for my work has grown, so have the opportunities to make a living in a non-spammy way. The ways I monetize (print books, ebooks, online courses) are less important than how I’ve grown the audience.
Do one thing well.
It’s really that simple. Narrow down what you do, and do it repeatedly. Learn, grow, improve, read, watch, do it some more. When you’re really good at that one thing, people will want to pay you for it, or to learn how you do it.
It takes a lot of focus and practice to get good at doing one thing, but I’ve found that if you truly love it, it’s not really work. It’s play. And I never complain about playing at something I love.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Lessons from Confucius
I just finished reading "The Sayings of Confucius" and found the following lessons to be excellent.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Role Models
Source
Eastwood once famously noted, "Men must know their limitations."
Don't see any here. Time for me to groom my beard.Be well. Do good.
BG
Friday, July 8, 2011
Closing Out the week in Style
Talk, laugh, build.
After all, this picture is looking up. Shouldn't you?
Be well do good.
BG
BG
Thursday, July 7, 2011
What you won't see this Summer
....well, at least on me.
via Sartorialist
I disagree. Cargo shorts and sportcoats is not a favorable look.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Before the weekend...
Source
before the rush of the holiday weekend...
remember to slow down.
come to a stop.
think.
be grateful.
be modest.
be generous.
be well, do good.
BG
Quote of the Week
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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