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Tag: Tom Volkar

Tag: Tom Volkar

The Quality of Questions

The problem, I am starting to realize, is that I am focusing too much on answers. I wrack my brain trying to come up with answers, and most of the times I can conjure some of them. But I’ve lived 4+ decades and there are some places where I remain …

November 17, 2020 November 17, 2020 Life Insights  questions / Tom Volkar
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Seek “Proud,” Enjoyment Will Follow

This is a paradigm change that occurred to me very recently.  I’m still exploring what this means but let me share with you my thoughts thus far. A few weeks back I came across a video on Facebook, where a former TV newscaster who went through a personal tragedy (I …

June 13, 2017 June 13, 2017 Life Insights  decision-making / Tim Ferris / Tom Volkar
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Work in a Way That Works for You

I come from Japan, where they value hard work and diligence more than Americans do.  I have been to a number of countries but I haven’t seen a culture with more rigorous work ethic than Japan.  But I say that with mixed feelings because I don’t believe that all that hard work …

February 16, 2017 February 15, 2017 Life Insights  goals / Steven Pressfield / Tom Volkar / work ethic
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What’s Good about This, That I Don’t Yet See?

That question was one of the biggest takeaways from my session with coach Tom Volkar. It is a powerful question.  It stops negative judgments on its track.  With this question you open the door to possibilities that negative jumping-to-conclusions would have shut out. In addition to asking that question, the …

January 31, 2017 January 29, 2017 Life Insights  Tom Volkar
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What 2016 Meant to Me

Predictably, the end and beginning of a year is a time of reflection.  A lot can happen in a year.  In my 2016, here are some of the things I went through with my artistic pursuit. I started releasing singles as Aristotle’s Hope. I released two extended songs, “If I …

December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 Ari's Music  Amy Colleen / ChangeDirection.org / Elizabeth Gilbert / Michael Brown / Tom Volkar
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