It’s a new week….Need help getting offa that thing? We found this works great!
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The New 10 Commandments and A Few More
We recently came across this tweet from God, with a new set of refreshing and useful commandments. Equally compelling, were tweets sent in response with suggestions for additional commandments. Here are some favorites:
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An Improvised Goodbye to Gilda, from Bill Murray and Friends
How do you say goodbye when you know you might not see someone again? Bill Murray tells the tell of an unexpectedly improvised, completely perfect goodbye to his friend Gilda Radner: Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a…
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more bill murray: ‘being relaxed’ (+ how to get there)
In the the Bill Murray interview we excerpted recently we held back an essential chunk, perfect for right NOW: I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked. Q. That seems to be a philosophy you apply not only to your work but to your entire life. A.…
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bill murray’s life lessons
Sunday’s New York Times featured a wonderful interview with Bill Murray, a man who never ceases to astonish us for his very improvised ways. (He’s the guy who spontaneously said: Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.) The first couple of pages of a 2010 GQ interview we stumbled on intimates that Murray is not…
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daily tonic: how to enjoy every moment
We find this simple practice from Thich Nhat Hanh‘s great book Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life to be a tonic. You can do it anywhere — subway, shopping mall, supermarket…It changes everything. It’s on a par with Bill Murray’s “Grab this day by the neck and kiss it”. Related posts: ‘don’t give up what…
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how to slow down, via leo widrich and bill murray
(Video link here.) After we posted the anxiety-producing riff on Banksys “No stopping”, we found this great post called Slowing Down by Leo Widrich. It’s worth reading Widrich’s process of slowing down. Here’s an excerpt the essential, powerful technique he learned from Paulo Coelho in his book The Pilgrimage; it’s called The Speed Exercise: It is very simple.…
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a mantra from bill murray
We recently clipped a compelling quote we found on Swiss Miss from Esquire’s great interview with Bill Murray. In the Comments section following, we found this amazing story-ette from from “Claire”, who seems to be a make-up artist: My brother is a huge Bill Murray fan so recently having had the “experience” of working with him I…
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