Article by Peter J. Normandia. Follow me on Twitter.
WARNING: The following article will obliterate any and all excuses you have created for why you can not be successful. If you wish to continue to effectively believe these excuses, please skip today’s post.
When I was a kid, I used to be sure that I was going to be rich. When I was in film school, I was sure I was going to be the next big movie director. And today, for the first time in a long time, I am sure of those things again. It’s just a matter of time.
I realized this the other day, before Jiu Jitsu class, while reading the back of a t-shirt. As stupid as that sounds, it is actually true. I’m sitting there stretching between classes and I see this printed on the back of my boy’s t-shirt Read more...(1086 words, 1 image, estimated 4:21 mins reading time)
Article by Peter J. Normandia. Follow me on Twitter.
Every Wednesday is Personal Development in Business…
Unless you are living under a rock, I’m sure you are aware of the historic day that took place yesterday. Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th president of the U.S.A. Stepping aside from our own political views, you can not help but like this man. It is undeniable that he is a natural born leader, regardless of what you think he will do as our President.
This country has been desperate for a leader to guide it into the information age, and to connect with the exploding youth of today. It appears for now that we have found what we have been looking for. Read more...(787 words, 3 images, estimated 3:09 mins reading time)
I was awoken this Friday morning by the 5 am alarm clock on my iphone. As I wiped the crust from my eyes and stumbled into the bathroom, I realized that today was really the 1st day in 2009. I turned on the shower, debating whether to really count the 1st, which is more of a holiday than a typical day. Now that that was over, I had to once again teach a Muay Thai class at 6 am, just like the Fridays of last year.
As the water warmed, I stepped in the shower and thought about why this is considered a new year. I mean, yes the calendar has changed, and the dates on my checks will have 2009 on them, but other than that, what exactly is new? My routine is still the same. Nothing significant has changed in my life, and yet I am supposed to be excited for 2009? Read more...(787 words, 2 images, estimated 3:09 mins reading time)
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
- Aristotle
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Personal Development is something we take very serious at Yin vs Yang. We have found the best way to approach something serious day after day is to make it as enjoyable as possible.
With that in mind, and our perpetual creative urges in need of a fix, here’s our 1st video post featuring 2 of the co-founders discussing what Yin vs Yang is really all about.
If only we could agree ….
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“Don’t set compensation as a goal. Find work you like,
and the compensation will follow.”
-Harding Lawrence
About 8 months ago, Yin vs Yang was born. My partner and I, along with another person we were working with at the time, had decided to start a blog. I came up with the concept, and we all agreed it was a good idea. We were passionate to start blogging, especially me, cause I love to write.
New ideas are always a lot of fun.
We immediately began writing and trying to figure out this idea of blogging. It was not easy, and the spark from the original night only lasts so long. When you write something and no one on earth responds, that original idea can seem like hogwash. So, after a short while, it was just my partner and I left with Yin vs Yang. Read more...(985 words, 3 images, estimated 3:56 mins reading time)
A little while back, my aunt mentioned to me that she had a Yin vs Yang moment one day. My aunt is an avid reader of the blog, but I was not sure what she meant by this. She explained that she was running on a treadmill, about to give up at the same time she always does, when she thought of what I wrote in a post. She sincerely said it gave her the strength to run longer than she ever had before. I smiled, as the compliment immediately inflated my head.
Then again, the other day, a friend of mine mentioned to me….
‘Dude, I had a Yin Yang kinda moment the other day.’
Read more...(887 words, 2 images, estimated 3:33 mins reading time)
YinvsYang is just now entering its 7th month. I thought that is a good reason to celebrate. Maybe I am in the celebratory mood as my wife’s birthday is today (happy birthday babe!). Either way, it’s a great time to look back on the incredible journey that started with a simple idea.
The first 6 months of writing for this blog have taught me an awful lot about myself and the world around me. Anytime you have consistent communication with people from various places & backgrounds it seems you can’t help but grow as a person. Read more...(930 words, 2 images, estimated 3:43 mins reading time)
The reason yin vs yang was developed was to give us an outlet to discuss the secret battle going on inside the human mind on a daily basis. Our mind is our most powerful asset. But with every gift comes a curse, and the mind can be a powerful enemy as well. Yin vs yang was developed to balance people’s lives by shedding light on how to deal with this eternal battle within us.
Each day we face a myriad of choices. And each day those choices we make effect our future. Every single one of them. Sometimes, including me, we make the easy choice. Sometimes we push ourself and make the tough choice. Yet, we always debate internally about which choice would have been better. That is the battle within, the Yin vs Yang. It’s the struggle for the mind to get the body to do what it needs to do. Sometimes, our body does not want to listen. Only our mind can make it listen. Read more...(332 words, 1 image, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)
This is a place where there is no right and wrong. There is only what is. We do not judge. We do not hate. We simply understand. Welcome to our site.
The basis of this site is based on an ancient philosophy that simplifies the complexities of life: The Yin & the Yang. In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang are generalized descriptions of the antitheses or mutual correlations in human perceptions of phenomena in the natural world, combining to create a unity of opposites in the theory of the Taiji. The term liang yi, “two mutually correlated opposites”, also known as Yin and Yang or heaven and earth, has a similar meaning:Read more...(457 words, 1 image, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)
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This is a place where there is no right and wrong. There is only what is. We do not judge. We do not hate. We simply understand. Welcome to our site.
