Enjoy Freedom By Traveling Light

After finishing my work in Krakow I decided I will return to my thoughts of not owning more than I can carry. This lead to some serious choosing and selecting. Clothes that I spent a lot of time looking for have went into the donation bag or in the bin. One of the advantages of being part of cool organizations is that they constantly print t-shirts for various occasions. It also means sometimes we get attached to these items, as they are the present connection to that past event or person. I had to give up a lot of those, some of which I haven’t used in months.

Tons of advice has been written about packing light. Here are but a few I’ve used:

I like this advice: <<The name of the game in world travel is being “fashionably light.”>>

A tip that I created for my own needs and habits is this one: give yourself time when getting rid of stuff. Take a week, for example, and sort things out for a few minutes each day. Sometimes, what seems important today will look different in the light of a new day.

 

 

Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors – Anthony Tjan – Harvard Business Review

To attract and retain great people, several things need to coalesce. From the extrinsic reward of a salary to the more nuanced (and more important) intrinsic reward of people feeling that they have a meaningful role, it requires thought and a proactive approach to keep talent once you’ve got it.

One of the most critical elements in retaining great people is effective mentoring. But what does that really mean?

via Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors – Anthony Tjan – Harvard Business Review.

A farmer had only one horse… fable

As I’m waiting for the end of the month to see what will happen with my staying/ leaving in Poland, I can only think that the best is yet to come and what will happen will happen for a reason. The fable I found on Derek Sivers‘ blog translates into words my current state of mind. Enjoy!

A farmer had only one horse. One day, his horse ran away.

All the neighbors came by saying, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.” The man just said, “We’ll see.”

A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. The man and his son corraled all 21 horses.

All the neighbors came by saying, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!” The man just said, “We’ll see.” Continue reading →

My Wage by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I found this poem while reading Think And Grow Rich. This book is powerful, the poem is startling…

My Wage

 

“I bargained with Life for a penny,

And Life would pay no more,

However I begged at evening

When I counted my scanty store.

 

For Life is a just employer,

He gives you what you ask,

But once you have set the wages,

Why, you must bear the task.

 

I worked for a menial’s hire,

Only to learn, dismayed,

That any wage I had asked of Life,

Life would have willingly paid.”

 

-Jessie B. Rittenhouse

Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)

I read at one point an article and I kept thinking about this acronym…  Here’s how Wikipedia describes it:

Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) is a demographic defining a particular market segment related to sustainable living, “green” ecological initiatives, and generally composed of a relatively upscale and well-educated population segment. The author Paul H. Ray, who coined the term Cultural Creatives in his book by the same name, explains that “What you’re seeing is a demand for products of equal quality that are also virtuous.” Included in the cultural creative demographic are consumers of New Age goods and services.  Source: Wikipedia