10 February 2010
By Nico
As a business owner, web designer, yogi, father, husband, brother, uncle, consumer and human being, I find it very challenging when someone doesn't deliver on what they have promised and do it on time. It can be a project, email, product, phone call, or just an answer to your question. I pride myself on delivering on time. If I don't, I inform the person that I can't and why. I do all that I can to do this before the deadline, not after. I learned from someone a long time ago that 90% of getting a job done is showing up. There is nothing worse than chasing after somebody that was supposed to deliver something to you, then not being able to find them when the deadline arrives.
I'm not saying that I'm perfect, but there seems to be a lot of serial “deadline dodgers” out there.
The Solution
10 February 2010
By Nico
My wife asked me if I would like to blog on our website. I thought for a while about what I would say. Do I really have anything to write about that would be of interest to others? The answer I came to, probably not. But, I decided to do it anyway. (Take that, nobody!)
In my experiece of practicing yoga, I have found it very hard to align my day-to-day life with the philosophies of being a yogi. There is a seemly large gap between the capitalist western culture and a yogic lifestyle. This lifestyle doesn't necessarily have to be a religious path, but it i believe it most importantly encompassess compassion, love and non-harming behaviour.
I often find this very hard when I am trying to provide for a family in a often turbulant society. I guess you would say that I sometimes have one foot in the day-to-day and one foot on the mat (Sometimes, it feels like just a toe).
