Seeing with Fresh Eyes The third tenet of mindfulness, Beginner’s Mind, invites us to approach life with curiosity and openness, as if experiencing it for the first time. This mindset encourages us to let go of preconceptions, assumptions, and judgments, allowing us to see things with fresh eyes. Beginner’s Mind is about embracing the unknown …
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The third part of our five-day look at mindfulness. Patience... Patience, the second tenet of mindfulness, is the practice of allowing experiences to unfold naturally, without rushing or forcing outcomes. In a world that often prioritizes speed and efficiency, patience can feel counterintuitive. However, it is a vital aspect of mindfulness that fosters acceptance, resilience, …
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The first instalment of our five-day look at mindfulness. The first tenet of mindfulness, non-judging, is perhaps the most fundamental and transformative aspect of the practice. It involves observing our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and experiences without calling them as good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable. This principle challenges our habitual tendency to …
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What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? Well, this is an easy one. My name is Richard Joseph Kirk. I was born Joseph Richard Mason during the early 1950’s in East Dereham, Norfolk, England. Like most people, I have a birth certificate to prove it. My birth mother died when I …
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Failure? I have never failed, I have only experienced learning opportunities. Throughout life, failure was never something I admitted to, any apparent failure, or what may have looked like a failure to other people was just an opportunity to learn, hone and …
You're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence? My mother passed away when I was four days old... https://josephmasonauthor.com/about/
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. Matthew 25 I'm living my best life right now and won't have to say goodbye for a while. I retired 10 years ago at 63, best 10 years of my life. No more KPIs to worry about, no budgets, no monthly reports. Life …
What bores you? Boring... Boring, Boring, Boring…Boring, boring, boring—This meeting has me snoring.The clock hands move like slugs in glue,My soul is slowly warping.The PowerPoint is endless,Graphs and charts so senseless."Synergy" and "paradigm shift,"I’d rather eat a cactus. And don’t forget the KPI’sThe bosses really love themI’d rather stick needles in my eyesIf you understand …
Tell us about your favourite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. These shoes are beautiful, they are black patent leather crocodile skin shoes. (Crocodile pattern, no 🐊 crocodiles were harmed in making these shoes). They have taken me dancing, to parties and fine dining. They have been worn with dinner suits, lounge suits, …
