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The Power of Now
Recently I read this post on Steve Pavlina’s Blog recommending the self-development / spirituality book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
As luck (or was it something else – synchronicity?!?!) would have it, a couple of days afterward I walked through the Cherry Blossom bookstore, which happens to be next to my local coffee shop. Not 20 cm from my face was The Power of Now, so I went ahead and bought it.
All in all, I think it was a very worthwhile purchase. The central message is contained right there in the title – that living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. Do you often find yourself dwelling on the past or thinking about the future (I know I do)?
If that’s you, then you may find this book worthwhile. It not only provides a philosophical basis for focusing on the present moment as you go through your day, but also contains a number of practical steps toward making it happen.
I notice that on Amazon.com, the reviews of this book are extremely polarised. Some people give it 5 stars, others give it 1. I can see how that would happen – some people comment that the content of the book is so simple (live in the present) and that 200-odd pages of explanation were a waste of time.
Personally, I needed that extra explanation to cover all the angles and questions that I had about the concept. For example, how can you reconcile living in the now with future-based activities such as goal setting, or learning from past experiences?
And as a result of reading The Power of Now I do feel a greater sense of wellbeing as I go about my daily life. That, to me, is the only question I need to answer – does it work?
I recommend this book highly, but keep in mind that it wont be for everyone, so no hate mail please 
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Thanks Will.
Would you believe that I have been curious as to what you and your mate did and I nearly asked you guys they other day, and here you are.
Rachel and I both put our hearts and souls into what we do and it is very cool to us when someone just takes the time to mention us, let alone link to us. Your experience is why we have set up the shops that we have.
Comment by Morgan Daly — June 20, 2006 #
Hey Morgan – thanks for your comment – so you’ve been checking your traffic logs!
I love what you guys do! Mmmmmmmmm…tasty flat white.
Comment by Will — June 20, 2006 #
Actually, what version of wordpress are you running?
In the dashboard we get a technorati feed that tells us about incoming links. You will see now on the Cherry Blossom website that I have added the same backend function to our home page. Now when you talk about us, a link from our site to yours is auto-generated.
We are using wordpress 2.0
Comment by Morgan Daly — July 2, 2006 #
Ahhh that’ll be it then. I’m only running WordPress 1-point-something at the moment. I know I should update and will no doubt get around to it before long.
Cheers,
Will
Comment by Will — July 4, 2006 #
Most successful entrepreneurs have in common 3 things, 1 – spotting a market by either being in the right place at the right time or just by hard work and making sure they are well informed on many different markets and seeing possible trends and opportunities. 2 – having a risk personality so that they are more likely to seize that opportunity and 3 – having the skills to manage that opportunity with regards to putting in place the finance and marketing and basically being pushy enough to make it happen with the perseverance to keep up momentum and make sure it happens despite any pitfalls along the way.
The old saying of the harder you work the luckier you get is very appropriate.
By focusing on the now and near future and not worrying about possible pitfalls and failure in the far future you are more likely to get over any hurdles in your business and personal life and therefore succeed.
Regards
Rob
Comment by Rob - b2bsee.com — March 4, 2007 #