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		<title>1,320 steps to work from the beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I wanna work from a beach!&#8221; I&#8217;ve heard this all my life from my mom. Now I have my own mantra. &#8220;I wanna work remotely from a beach.&#8221; Maybe I would like to add to that a number and a mission statement, but for now, let&#8217;s keep it simple. If you had the opportunity would you take it? I live 1 kilometer which is about 1,320 steps to the beach. But I don&#8217;t take my work down there. The beach for me is my sacred playground. I run alone. I like solitude. I try not to answer the phone while running. But today, before I started running, I got a message that the Show-N-Tell book translator could only talk for the next 10 minutes. We Skyped and I made some business decisions on the beach. I felt like I was living that mantra: working remotely from a beach. Glad I wore sunscreen today! I still won&#8217;t check messages while running. But maybe just before or after I&#8217;ll schedule some working hours down by the beach regularly since it is my dream. What&#8217;s your dream work mantra?]]></description>
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		<title>Tired to Energetic in 3&#8217;44&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Are you feeling tired or energetic?&#8221; I surveyed the seminar. 24:1 in favor of tired. I did the same poll for 43 seminar attendees after a long day at work 41:2. &#8220;Everyone please stand up,&#8221; as the music volume began to increase, I requested. Politely, and curious, they all complied. &#8220;Nod your head,&#8221; I sweetly directed. Leading the group into a clapping, shaking, shimming frenzy, including the salarymen. Less than 4 minutes later I took the same poll, &#8220;Are you feeling tired or energetic?&#8221; Move your body, move your mind. When can you take a few minutes to reinvigorate your body and mind in your busy day? Can you get more flow that way?]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Deprivation = Harvesting Seeds</title>
		<link>http://www.soness.com/2011/10/reading-deprivation-harvesting-seeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>soness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say all things begin with a seed. An idea. A source from which inspiration grows. My seeds remain unharvested. What happens with disregarded seeds? My voice. I have a sore throat. I know what this can lead to. My first day of Reading Deprivation (no books, magazines, media, news, social networking)&#8230; and now I can&#8217;t talk. I vow absolute silence until I&#8217;m healed. My voice = my biggest asset. So much for my plan of calling everyone in my iPhone and Skype rosters! What do I want instead? &#160; The Head Gardener has been asking me for weeks from 9,000KM away, &#8220;Have you collected the Aas Gao (Morning Glory) seeds?&#8221; No. &#8220;Have they turned brown?&#8221; Yep. Like, um, 3 weeks ago. &#160; Too busy. Got stuff to do. Gonna (fill in the blank) right now. I want the Head Gardener to come back and do it for me. Everything is so much easier when someone can do it instead. &#160; Reading Deprivation. No books. No media. No social networking. Email once a day after noon. What do I do instead? First thing (without being asked by the Head Gardener) I picked the seeds from the skeletons of Asa Gao buds ready to sleep for the winter. Easy. It took 15 minutes. I enjoyed plucking them from the crispy case and finding the seeds. I put them in a pretty &#8220;strange English&#8221; envelope and labeled them. I enjoyed being in the garden. I collected ideas. Ready to grow my next project immediately. I did that project + 3 more. Things I&#8217;ve never done before. I&#8217;ll tell you more about that next time. What was I doing that was so important that I couldn&#8217;t collect these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Deprivation Week.  What would Socrates say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Books stare at me. I stare at books. Often I miss the point. Socrates said that nothing should be written down; we should pass on history and philosophy by word of mouth lest we forget how to remember. We wouldn&#8217;t know what Socrates had said if Plato had not taken notes. Have you ever felt like there&#8217;s too much noise? Maybe you&#8217;ve been busy or can&#8217;t seem to get a chance to hear your own voice? Mind Fasting: This week I&#8217;m again teaching and practicing Reading Deprivation for week 4 of The Artist&#8217;s Way+ in Tokyo. It&#8217;s a week to sit in the juices of creativity, listen to what is around me, and engage in dialog. I&#8217;d love to have a dialog with you! Please call me or Skype me as I&#8217;ll only be checking my email once a day. Did you know that Tim Ferriss of The 4-Hour Work Week doesn&#8217;t read the news and only checks his email once a week? Leo Babauta in Zen Habits has 20-minute email ninja secrets too. What would you be able to create if you could listen to the world around you? In the meantime, leave a comment. I&#8217;ll get back to you next week. Even better yet, call me]]></description>
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		<title>In a bottle&#8230; It must be better</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water. Our natural resource comes from a bottle. What else comes from a plastic PET bottle? Listen up, Seven-Up, as I find out. &#160; Water is more expensive in a bottle. In fact, water in a bottle is more expensive than gasoline. How is that? &#160; And now:  Earphones in a bottle? So basically, anything in a bottle can gain more profit. I think I&#8217;ll start bottling my blog and my smile in a bottle. Maybe then I&#8217;ll start bringing in the big bucks! What unusual things have you seen in a PET bottle for sale? What would you bottle up and sell? I&#8217;d love to hear! Leave a comment!]]></description>
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		<title>Expanded Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like a horse with its blinders on&#8211;only able to look straight forward? Wouldn&#8217;t you rather receive all the information that you need around you like a Samurai? I share in this video talk with The Artist&#8217;s Way+ in Tokyo the secrets to Expanded Awareness allowing you better problem solving, absorbing new content faster, and Jedi Knight awareness. &#160; What could you do if you could get into Expanded Awareness at any time?]]></description>
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		<title>The Naked Presenter&#8211;I can see your underwear!</title>
		<link>http://www.soness.com/2011/10/the-naked-presenter-i-can-see-your-underwear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see London, I see France, I see your underpants! You&#8217;ve been given the advice to calm your nerves before speaking to &#8220;imagine your audience naked.&#8221; Why not create a presentation where everyone is naked&#8211;being authentically you. Garr Reynolds in his book The Naked Presenter encourages us to create relationships with the audience like hadakasukiai (everyone naked and on the same level with no ranks). &#160; In Reynolds&#8217; book The Naked Presenter, he clearly teaches through simple steps how to present with impact. Speak to your audience as in a conversation. Get rid of the TV shopping approach. Give them a &#8220;Why?&#8217; to begin your presentation. For those of you who are familiar with Bernice McCarthy&#8217;s 4-Mat method, this is the first component to reaching of your whole audience. Zen. Be here. Right now. Show your passion. I call this State Elicitation. If you want your audience to have a change of state, you have to embody that state. Present yourself. In the early age of PCs, I remember my teacher saying WYSIWYG. What You See Is What You Get. Your audience looks for that in you. Additionally, your sound. Only 7% of communication is through words. 38% is through tonality (how you say it). 55% is your physiology. Punch! Use storytelling to bring punch to your presentation. I remember a time when I used storytelling in a &#8230; The Naked Presenter teaches familiar concepts in a clear way. Reynolds focuses on the presentation rather than hiding behind wordy PowerPoint and demonstrates how to keep those simple as well (check out Zen Presentation). If you want to become an authentic presenter, get The Naked Presenter. And practice the techniques by speaking every chance you get. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Plan&#8230;B?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving to Chigasaki beach to surf, I became a runner. The surf is often flat. When your plans don&#8217;t turn out the way you expected them, what do you do instead? Whine or run? &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Artist&#8217;s Way Plus in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.soness.com/2011/09/artists-way-plus-in-tokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winds of change are blowing&#8230;are you ready? Take a moment. Imagine if you could tap into your creativity whenever you wanted. What would you do if you could do anything? What would you try if you had no fear? Maybe you want to&#8230; Discover or rediscover your creativity&#8230; Find your passion and genius&#8230; Remove blocks&#8230; Be supported&#8230; Live passionately&#8230; Simplify your life&#8230; Wake up! Join The Artist’s Way Plus in Tokyo! Through the next 12 weeks of introspection, rediscovery, and support, you will create those changes. Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way: A course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self book has been a best seller for 20 years. It works! Previous Artist’s Way in Tokyo students include: singers, actors, I.T., Management, Restaurant owners, filmmakers, painters, bloggers, coaches, professional athletes, yoga teachers, and more. Professional Photographer Peter Blake says We follow the traditional Artist’s Way process; and have fun with Playful Games; plus, I share a series from my consulting on empowering topics such as: How To Be Your Own Best Coach Listen: I’m Hear for You Creating More Connection Through the 5 Love Languages How to Hypnotise Yourself&#8230;You Already Have How to Connect With Anyone in Under 30 seconds When: Wednesdays from 7-9PM Sept. 28 through Dec. 21. Where: Shibuya, The Pink Cow How much: 30,000yen for the whole 12 weeks. If you pre-pay by PayPal or Bank Transfer by Sept. 27, only 25,000 yen. If you decide to cancel during the introductory meeting, you may have a 100% refund. Spots are limited so register and pay now to reserve your spot. Who is Soness Stevens? I am the founder of The Artist’s Way in Tokyo. I have taught workshops on Vision Boarding in Tokyo, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only 72 Hours to Rock Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.soness.com/2011/06/only-72-hours-to-rock-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rock Your Life kind of courses at a bargain! You know I take a lot of interesting seminars internationally and do online courses.  I love to learn.  I want to live life fully.  These Rock Your Life courses are by some people whose lifestyles and philosophies I admire.  These are people I study with who have impacted the world.  I think you&#8217;ll enjoy them, too. In November 2010, I purchased a different set of courses through the 72Only sale and it blew me away!  Here are some new courses. If you get these courses separately, it will cost $1087, but with this package, you can get it for $97. Plus, $5 from each sale will be donated to the Kidney Foundation to support research and prevention of kidney disease. The sale lasts only for 72 hours. It goes from Monday, June 20, at noon (EST) to Thursday, June 23, at noon (EST). It’s strictly for 72 hours only. Visit this page before the sale ends. You can go to the website for this special sale from here. Let me introduce 22 courses included in the package. Only72.com/ss Focus by Leo Babauta ($35) The full version of the book, including bonus chapters, in PDF, EPUB, and AZW An email fast guide (PDF) A decluttering quickstart guide (PDF) A guide to changing habits 3 Audio Interviews 5 videos &#160; Momentum Kickstarter Kit by Charlie Gilkey ($47) Living the Good Life (PDF) Email Triage (PDF) Premium Planners Set Reclaim Your Dreams by Jonathan Mead ($47) Reclaim Your Dreams – “Everything Package” (70-page PDF) “I’m Serious About Action” Worksheets (30-page PDF) &#160; &#160; &#160; The Language Hacking Guide by Benny Lewis ($67) Language Hacking Guide in PDF (129 pages), [...]]]></description>
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