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The importance of slowing down to reflect
October 14, 2022Over the past few posts, we have seen that Nelson Mandela’s quiet reflection in his prison cell led to a...
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Experience versus reflection on experience
September 30, 2022In a number of recent entries, we have noted that Nelson Mandela’s most consequential personal experience, the event that...
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Mandela’s unusual approach to incarceration
September 19, 2022Last time, we observed that among the most critical roles Nelson Mandela played during his presidency was that of...
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How Nelson Mandela reshaped himself in prison
November 26, 2021In the previous post, we looked at the extraordinary change of attitude that transpired during Nelson Mandela’s lengthy incarceration....
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The value of processing your life’s experiences
April 26, 2018In the previous post, we looked at a personal story from Steve Jobs’, about “connecting the dots”. One of...
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Time for reflection and good wishes
December 29, 2017As I often do this time of year, I am taking a week off from writing the blog. My...
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How multitasking and smart phones change human interaction
October 8, 2015I’ve had something of a busy travel schedule for the past 15 days, flying to the US for a...
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Finding idleness in the swimming pool
September 24, 2015In the last post, I commented that the lifestyle of Pico Iyer—a travel writer who lives unplugged from nearly...
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My own search for stillness…or why I often ski alone
September 17, 2015The last two posts—on idleness and stillness—have pushed me toward some further reading and exploring around these and other...
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Why we have trouble doing nothing
August 20, 2015When I began perusing the research paper “Learning by Thinking: Overcoming the Bias for Action through Reflection”, one of...