http://www.ronnienurss.com A Gen-Y-er's quest to designing the living the ultimate lifestyle Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:23:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Worrying about other people seems to be a common theme I notice, among myself, men and women, young and old, that rules people's thoughts and essentially their minds. Its everywhere; gossip magazines about the lifestyles of the rich and famous, the constant slandering of those who make mistakes, ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/94 For the past three years I have worked part-time at a private gym, or as tennis players call it, a club. At first, being the oblivious teenage kid I was, I only looked at the gym and my job as a paycheck that covered gas, food, and party essentials. I ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/92 The following are a few of the questions asked at the panel I served on a few weeks back. My answers were relatively short due to a limit of about 30 seconds, or a few sentences, for each answer. By all means, these answers are my personal opinion ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/91 I have been pretty busy, mostly productive though, during my first weeks of summer. I have experienced some new things and met some very influential and interesting people so far. Just recently, I was invited to serve on a Generation Y expert panel by P.K. Agarwal, the Director ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/90 I just started reading Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly and absolutely loving it. One thing that particularly captured my attention was how Mihaly explained the difference between pleasure and enjoyment. According to Flow, we can experience pleasure by without any investment of pyshcic energy, whereas enjoyment happens only ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/77 Finals are finished and the summer has already snuck up on me. After seriously take deep relaxation and catching up on sleep lost during finals week, its time to evaluate what I want to do this summer. I normally coast through summer with no defined goals and things ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/72 “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become." - Buddha For the past 6 months I have waken up every Friday morning at 6 AM to participate in a meditation club. I was lured to "Mind Your ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/71 I realize more and more the gift of Laughter. Laughing is healthy for you and obviously makes things more fun. Besides releasing endorphins and increading your heartrate, its great for relationships socially and in the workplace. According to Robert Provine, from the book A Whole New Mind, ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/70 Metaphor is the understanding of one thing in terms of something else, and is a product of Right-brain thinking.  The book, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, stresses the importance of developing and using Right-brain thinking in the businesses world and life.  Left brain = literal and textual.  Right brain = ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/69 Flow is something I try to attain and work on every day. Flow is also referred to as "On the money" and "In a groove". According to the definition on Wikipedia, Flow is a mental state of operation where you are fully immersed in whatever you are doing. ... http://www.ronnienurss.com/archives/68