Mister Ching’s
VIVERE The Art and Mystery of Living
If you do nothing else, design your life for joy. If you can, find a way to Bring joy to others.
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Our bodies are our avatars for moving around in the world, our vehicles for expression and identity, and the containers for our soul. The better you treat them, the longer they will serve us.
(MORNING) FUEL Smoothie, peanut butter & acai Bacteria, birchermuesli Low volume caffes, iced cortado GROOM Shave, Proraso Teeth, Oral B professional Hands, Aesop hand wash STYLE Temporary tattoos, Tattly Chic brands that celebrate your hometown, Salvage Public Fitted aloha shirts, Roberta Oaks Print on print on print Jumpsuits, New Market Goods Custom italian-made shoes, Bocache & Salvucci
AVATAR MAINTENANCE Smiling during yoga, Yoga Garden Going all out in group classes, Barry’s Signing up for something that scares you, SF marathon Hara hachi bun me, 80% full
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DESTRESS Italian apertifs, Etnea Spritz, Belmond Grand Timeo Digestifs, Amaro Siciliano Sunset mai tais, Halekulani Large bottled sparkling water (not La Croix) Thin-rimmed old fashioned glasses, CB2 Foot reflexology Sleep with gratitude and surrender
LO 20 seco Licks from your favori Conversations with Family reunions, Nonsensical
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COMMUNITY When we take care of ourselves, we give ourselves permission to take care of those around us. When we take care of those around us, we get closer to the full potential of us as a species.
Riding public transit Afternoon chai and adda, Dhaka Pastries and coffee and fika Friday shabbat and Sunday shabbat Sunday morning hospitality, St Francis Lutheran Sunday celebrations, Glide
Ching’s
HINGS 2018
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MIND
PIRIT
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Our minds are our holders of wisdom but often the source of much suffering. They need to be purified constantly.
MEDITATIONS Salt baths or rainshowers Toilet time Watering plants On Being with Krista Tippett Hawaiian music KINE Making homemade pasta Ittadekimasu Washing dishes Reading before bed, New Yorker Spring and fall cleaning Surfing, Waikiki
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EXPLORATIONS Genetic sequencing and modification, The Gene by Siddartha Mukterjee Seeing beyond our tribe Inclusiveness How to bring joy to others The role of religion What I wish I learned in school Modern art in Google slides
ONDER rs, Mauna Kea va, Kilauea atching, Jan-Mar, Maui asai mara akh and Nagaland
AVOID Falling asleep to a screen Jumping to conclusions from Facebook posts Checking Instagram for likes
TEAM/WORK
For many of us, we spend more time at work than in any other pursuit in our lives. Work gives us dignity and purpose and is a core part of our social identity. Today, anything worth doing takes the collective work of a large team.
Daily team lunches LifeSHOP and WorkSHOP Connection cards Taking notes and sharing credit Unorthodox offsites, hip hop & comedy
MORIRE MEANING
SPACE BIRTH
TIME
DEATH of AVATAR
The bright pink dot For all of us, success in this life will ultimately be measured not by career achievement¹ -- but by how well we love², how comfortable we are with ourselves³, how we make others feel⁴⁵, how well we inspire others to be their best selves⁶ and how well we leave the world better than we found it⁷. These are what David Brooks calls the eulogy virtues⁸, or what people will remember you by when you leave this planet. My favorite quote is an adapted version of John Wesley’s quote⁹ by the Kuumba singers of Harvard College: “Do what you can with what you have to leave a space better than youe inherited It.”
¹ “People tend to overinvest in their career (rather than relationships) because of the tangible, daily achievement that a career is designed to make feel real” - Clayton Christenson ² “I believed--and still believe--that when all is said and done, none of us will be measured on how much we accomplish but on how well we love” - Krista Tippett ³ “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken” - Oscar Wilde ⁴ “People will forget what you said, but people will never forget how you made them feel” - Maya Angelou ⁵ “Be kind anyway” - Seen at a sign in little shop in Khan Market in Delhi ⁶ “You have a responsibility to be your best self -- and to share that responsibility with others” - Luigi, Soul Cycle ⁷ “To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded” - Ralph Waldo Emerson ⁸ The Moral Bucket List - David Brooks ⁹ “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley, founder of Methodist branch of Christianity