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US Coach Dan Millman was the 1966 Olympics gold medal winner for gymnastics.  He went through many ups and downs in his life, including breaking his leg and two near-death accidents. Since 1980, Dan dedicated his life to inspire others based on what he learned from gurus from China and India .  Dan wrote 9 books, including the best-seller, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" in 1985. This book has since been turned into a movie called "Peaceful Warrior" (2005).  In the movie "Peaceful Warrior", Dan Millman  said that most people live their entire lives without being awake. We thus need to 'wake people up' if we want to help people break free from their own self-limiting beliefs and get closer to their potential.  This course, which we have been conducting since 2008, was based on the strategies and tactics in Dan's work. It answers many questions that people face at work: how to motivate people other than money, how to persevere in ...

Mindfulness is often thought of the same as meditation, when in fact it is more than that.  Perhaps it is easier to understand mindfulness from the opposite, i.e. when do we consider someone as mindless?  When he does things without thinking, or when he does things with so much 'auto-pilot' that he becomes robotic and apply the same approach to different situations.  Like many salespeople assume customers like details and would go into details without considering the client's needs.  Mindlessness can also be found in salespeople that are ill prepared and incompetent, and yet try to pretend that they know.   Simply put, mindfulness has 3 elements: you need to first take note of something, be aware of it, and remember that awareness .  So for example if I am being mindful in a sales meeting, it means that I have to take note of my client's objections, be aware that it is an objection and remember that awareness.  Note that once you have mindfulnes...