Latest Posts by Keith Jones

Episode 44: What Events in Your Life Have Been Your Biggest Teacher?

150Keith JonesJanuary 24, 2018

In this podcast, Rick and Keith share about the events that have been the biggest teachers in their lives. When life is challenging, it’s often difficult to see the lessons and gifts the situations offer. Listen as the guys show you how you can be grateful during tough times so you learn from them and celebrate the present moment no matter how it shows up.

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Episode 13: Surfing Rough Seas

150Keith JonesJune 8, 2017

In this episode, Rick and Keith share about surfing the rough seas of life. They talk about the tools they acquired along the way that help them manage the ups and downs of the journey. We hope this is helpful on your journey.

Rick’s Reference:

Querencia is a metaphysical concept in the Spanish language. The term comes from the Spanish verb “querer,” which means “to desire.” Querencia describes a place where one feels safe, a place from which one’s strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home.

In bullfighting, a bull may stake out his querencia, a certain part of the bull ring where he feels strong and safe. Ernest Hemingway‘s 1932 nonfiction book Death in the Afternoon describes the querencia in this context: “A querencia is a place the bull naturally wants to go to in the ring, a preferred locality… It is a place which develops in the course of the fight where the bull makes his home. It does not usually show at once, but develops in his brain as the fight goes on. In this place he feels that he has his back against the wall and in his querencia he is inestimably more dangerous and almost impossible to kill.”

— Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon

Keith’s Reference:

Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Buddhist teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Master Seung Sahn and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of yoga and studies with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. The stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations.

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Episode 8: Embrace the Unknown

150Keith JonesMay 11, 2017

In this episode, Rick and Keith talk about how they learned to embrace uncertainty and the unknown. They share how doing so quiets fear and opens the door for new opportunities, experiences and beginnings.

Keith’s reference:

Landmark was founded in January 1991 by several of the presenters of a training program known as “The Forum”.  Landmark licensed the intellectual property rights to The Forum from Werner Erhard and Associates. The new company offered similar courses and re-employed many of the staff. The Forum was updated and reduced in length from four days to three, and this revised course was named “The Landmark Forum”, which has been further updated over the years. It has since developed around 55 additional training courses and seminar programs, which it delivers in 20 countries around the world. The core concepts center around self improvement and self- empowerment. www.landmarkworldwide.com.

Rick’s Reference:

Mark Twain, “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” He wrote some of the best observations about fellow humans and himself. He was highly controversial at the end of his life for his criticism of organized religion. Mark Twain was a fabulous writer, independent thinker, and quite witty.

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