You Don’t Call Me. I Call You

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Bengt

The business card below popped up on a friends wall on Facebook. It’s a card with attitude and the story behind how it ended up in the press can be read at The Best Business Card Ever: A Warren Buffett Story, Starring His Girl Friday, Devon Spurgeon.

The Huffington Post wrote about it too at Devon Spurgeon, Warren Buffett’s Chief Of Staff, Keeps Hilarious Business Card: ‘You Don’t Call Me. I Call You’.

For some occasions that kind of card can be useful but using a Gmail address is a bit generic. I, for fun, bought the domain youdontcallme-icallyou.com which carries the message in a different way.

Change is inevitable

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Bengt

Not accepting change Thx

Change is inevitable! Deal with it

I love that dialogue. One way to deal with change is to Work with me.

I found the image at Brilliantly smart-ass responses to completely well-meaning signs.

How To Set Categories On WordPress Pages

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Bengt

I have a site, CoachGuiden, where I list coaches and needed to be able to set categories on the coach pages. I found Ninja Page Categories and Tags which is a plugin that solves my problem. CoachGuiden is in Swedish but you’ll be able to see how the plugin works anyway.

On the individual coach-pages, see Bengt Wendel – Key Coaching as an example, the coach categories are listed at the bottom. Clicking on any category will bring up a list with all coaches that are in that category.

I then created a main category page, Coach per kategori where all coach categories are listed and clicking on any of them brings up the coaches in that category.

How to connect Google+ with Evernote

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Bengt

I am no avid user of Evernote but I want an easy way to save some of the things I read in Google+ somewhere else. +Brian Caldwell posted Share Google+ Content Directly Into Evernote:

1. Open your Evernote desktop application and click…
Mac: Evernote Menu >> Account Info
or
Windows: Tools Menu >> Account Info

2. In Account Info locate your special evernote email address and copy it (you can save it to an Evernote note for future reference)

3. Login to Google+, click the Circles tab and create a new Circle

4. In the Circle creation dialog window…
Name your Circle “Save 2 Evernote” or something you will remember
Click “Add a new person” and paste your unique Evernote email address into the text field
Click “Add ‘EvernoteEmail@m.evernote.com’ by Email”
Click “Create Circle with 1 member” to complete the Circle creation process

5. Share Content: Whenever you want to save something to Evernote, simply share it with the “Save2Evernote” Circle that you just created.

The post has a link to Brian’s shared Evernote-post, there are some images too if you need to see more how it’s done.

How to create your own vanity URL

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Bengt

Google+ creates long numeric user ID’s and has – at least at present – no way to select your own vanity URL (like your name or nick).

That opens up for services like gplus.to which offers you to create a nick or vanity URL for your Google+ account.

If you have a domain of your own and can modify your htaccess-file then it’s easy to create your own personal vanity URL’s. You simply add code like this:

Redirect 301 /me/gplus	https://plus.google.com/google+idhere
Redirect 301 /me/facebook	http://www.facebook.com/bengt.wendel
Redirect 301 /me/twitter	http://twitter.com/BengtWendel

The code above gives me short links like these:
Google+: http://bengtwendel.com/me/gplus
Twitter: http://bengtwendel.com/me/twitter
Facebook: http://bengtwendel.com/me/facebook

Vivo Barefoot Ra black

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Bengt

Vivo Barefoot Ra black Today I took one step further in my transition to barefoot walking. I went to Fotkultur in Malmö and bought a pair of black Vivo Barefoot Ra.

The Ra is one of the most classic VIVOBAREFOOT styles to date. The sumptuous vegetable tanned leather upper sits on the original VIVOBAREFOOT sole. It’s a truly versatile shoe; smart enough for the office and stylish enough for a night out, offering barefoot health benefits from day-to-night.

Vivo Barefoot Ra black I wanted real barefoot shoes which means no heal, no built in support and a thin flexible protective sole. The VivoBarefoot concept gives me that.

No heel, no midsole, no arch support, no gimmicks! VIVOBAREFOOT encourages us to move as million years of evolution intended – barefoot.

Ra features (from Terra Plana):
- Flexible.
- Ultra thin 3mm TPU sole.
- Puncture resistant.
- Vegetable tanned minimum chrome leather upper.

The lining is Naturetex 50 which is made from 50% recycled plastic bottles. I like the slogan, At Cosmo we strive to make the world we live in a better place.

Now I have barefoot or almost barefoot shoes for all occasions:
- Vivo Barefoot Ra is a more “dressed” shoe.
- Keen Sayulita Lace is a leisure shoe.
- Nike Free 3.0 V2 is for walking and running (when/if I want to run).
- Keen Sun Valley Slipper is my indoor shoe, I’m usually barefoot at home.

Read more in the Tag Archives: barefoot.

Keen Sayulita Lace

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Bengt

I bought Keen Sun Valley Slipper in September and I really like them. Today I got my Keen Sayulita Lace. These are, just like the slipper, “barefoot” in style with almost no heal and a fairly flexible sole. The shoes are wide and really comfortable.

Perfect for your transition from work to play, week to weekend, Keen’s Sayulita lace-up shoes are made of soft, flexible suede and styled with a laid-back look.

How does one become a butterfly?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Bengt

“How does one become a butterfly?” she asked.

“You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

- Trina Paulus

Serendipity at work

I had finished reading “Enchantment” by Guy Kawasaki which has an origami butterfly on the front cover. The quote above turned up in my Facebook stream and the butterfly connection is obvious.

Going from caterpillar to butterfly is a great example of change which is what my business is all about.

Photo source: Butterfly World June 2010

One-Moment Meditation

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Bengt

One-Moment Meditation (OMM) is an interesting concept. Many, me too sometimes, claim there’s no time to meditate. OMM is

a simple form of meditation that you can do anywhere, anytime. It begins with an exercise that takes just one minute per day. With practice, this takes less and less time, until it takes no time at all. Then each and every moment gives you a chance to reduce stress, refresh your mind, and open yourself to new possibilities.

The video below turned up in my stream on Facebook. Social media does at times contribute to peace of mind.

Video: One-Moment Meditation

Source YouTube: One-Moment Meditation

Here is basic training in One-Moment Meditation – helping you reduce stress, focus better, and find a bit of peace … quickly.

Me as a collage

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Bengt

My bio-text on Twitter says “Inquisitive, openminded, loves life. Professional coach, mentor. Please note that Twitter is my water cooler, I prefer conversation over promotions.”

Today I felt like creating a collage that shows the first part, “Inquisitive, openminded, loves life.” I think the collage can be titled “a harmonic thinker with a childlike mind.” Childlike in the sense of being open and inquisitive. It’s also about playing more, one of my goals.

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