Scott BowmanApr 48 minVisualization – BS or BFF?Many a new age guru claim that “the secret” to getting the things you want is to “visualize” them – to see them clearly in your mind, to...
Scott BowmanJul 5, 20216 minGetting ourselves to do things: Brute force vs. eleganceSo when it comes to change, getting stuck projects moving or actually doing those things we SAY we are committed to (…anyone need to lose...
Scott BowmanDec 16, 20204 minBottom-Up vs. Top-Down ChangeThere’s a story I like to tell my clients, when they’re dealing with some of the aspects of change and how we integrate it. Classical...
Scott BowmanNov 19, 20206 minWhat makes you think that will ever change? I think a lot about the path of mastery. I have since I was a kid - ever since the first Shaolin Kung Fu movie masterpiece graced my path...
Scott BowmanOct 16, 20202 minI gotta write these jokes…I was thinking of this bit that Mitch Hedberg did… back when he was alive. (I think Mitch would have appreciated that addendum btw). If...
Scott BowmanSep 17, 20204 min“You can ask better questions than that...”I started reading Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferris recently. It was a christmas gift that did not fail to deliver, even in the first...
Scott BowmanAug 21, 20204 minSo... no bag?In Sausalito there is a store that sells socks. Just socks. It’s called Soxalitio. (See what they did there?) In this sock(s?) store...
Scott BowmanJul 24, 20205 minDon’t ruin your movie with itThere’s a concept I learned in business school that’s really useful to keep in mind - it’s called Sunk Costs. If that sounds familiar,...
Scott BowmanJun 18, 20203 minStopping and Frog JumpsWas thinking of a great lesson Tosh Stone taught me about stopping - which I do a lot. Tosh trained me in Kung Fu and... well, life I...
Scott BowmanMay 22, 20202 minThe stone is always the same distance from your faceMost of us (and here I mean those reading this) have done a lot of self-work. Or are working hard at improving in some other way. Facing...
Scott BowmanApr 16, 20206 minSexism done right...I was 8 or 9 I think, when I first consciously saw sexism, though I had no idea what was going on at the time. I think my Mom was taking...
Scott BowmanMar 19, 20209 minWhat is your problem? (How to ask the right question)Ever ask yourself that question - ‘What IS my problem?’ I do. I seethe with it when I’m frustrated with myself. Or I’ll yell it at...
Scott BowmanFeb 14, 20205 minThe most beautiful man I've ever metOne of the odder things I’ve done with my life was to live in a log cabin on a 60 acre guest ranch straddling a beautiful cove on the...
Scott BowmanJan 23, 20202 minHow to get luckyI had some random thoughts on luck that I wanted to share with you. We tend to think of luck as the dice coming up seven, or the lottery...
Scott BowmanDec 12, 20193 minSinging for your lifeI’ve recently become addicted to the television show “The Voice.” …actually, do we even have “television” anymore? I haven’t had a TV...
Scott BowmanNov 15, 20192 minMy first day of school...Recently I found out that my alma mater, BGI has closed. It took me a while to process this, but I wanted to share my first day of school...
Scott BowmanOct 17, 20195 minPractice makes perfect - but it’s boring...I just saw a 2 minute clip of Katelyn Ohashi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ic7RNS4Dfo). Katelyn is... well, a gymnast I suppose,...
Scott BowmanSep 12, 20194 minThe best pebbles of the day...Do you ever feel like a cliche? Sometimes I think Anna and I are just too cliche to live. She runs a healing practice teaching Reiki and...
Scott BowmanAug 15, 20193 minSometimes a heart is there to breakI’m listening to Erik Satie’s Gymnopies. Stunning little silhouettes of minimalism and longing. Remember George Winston? I took my first...
Scott BowmanJul 18, 20194 minFalling up...A friend of mine, Lisa, lived south of us a ways in one of the neighborhoods close to Dodgers’ Stadium. It was a pretty rough street and...