Deepak Chopra and Intent

By Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond Balance Your Exercise Before you decide that hard work is the way to prevent aging, consider that “work” as defined by physics is not synonymous with sweat and strain. Exercise has a quantum effect, regardless of how much or little you do, by giving the body a chance to…

Among the myths about leaders is that they are born and not made. When a leadership vacuum appears, there’s stress. Chaos threatens to erupt. It would seem that only a unique person, someone whose chemistry mixes ambition, charisma, and ego, can fill the vacuum. But when teaching an approach I call “the soul of leadership,”…

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Here comes 2011! More than 40% of American adults make a resolution to change their ways each year. It may not surprise you to learn that fewer than half keep their promises to themselves for longer than 6 months. Our habits are hard to…

By Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond What Would Jesus Do? What would Jesus do in my shoes? He would keep walking the path. He would manifest as much courage, truth, sympathy, and love as he actually possessed. He wouldn’t pretend to be what he wasn’t. The Son of Man was most human when he mirrored…

Crises exist to test who the real leaders are. During the present crisis, as people lose confidence and anxiety grows, two leaders stand out, in the media at least: President Obama and his most vocal antagonist on the right, Sarah Palin. This might seem like a radically unequal contest. A sitting President versus a woman…

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Every time your heart beats, its power propels blood through your arteries as it begins its journey to the rest of your body. Your blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against your arteries with each beat. When your doctor measures your blood…

By Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond Annie Bond What Does Responsibility Mean? Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself. Having accepted this circumstance, this event, this problem, responsibility then means the ability to have a creative response to the situation as it is now. All problems contain the…

I’ve noticed that a reassuring phrase that’s going around lately is “American exceptionalism.” At a time when 65% of Americans tell pollsters that this country is on the decline, and more than that believe that we are headed in the wrong direction, one hope is that the U.S. can be exceptional in the future as…

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Every complete medical checkup includes an analysis of the fats in your blood–mainly, your cholesterol levels. The balance of “good” and “bad” cholesterol in the blood is an important factor in your risk of cardiovascular disease. A combined cholesterol total of less than 200…

By Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond Annie Bond Attention and Intention Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment. Intention and desire in the field of pure potentiality have infinite organizing power. And when we introduce an intention in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, we put this infinite…

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