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Talk about life style in a tech environment. How to have life balance and start-up sustainability while enjoying, having fun and making others and yourself happy. Bitspiration 2013 Krakow

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The Buddhist

Start-up

Alex Barrera (@abarrera) Bitspiration Conference 2013

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in the universe

Dent

Create impact

How do you measure it?

success

Money?

Fame?

Recognition?

All about happiness

But it’s frugal...

The Wheel

of

Life

3 stages of happiness

Pleasure

Maximize positive

Minimize pain

Short lived

Engagement

Flow

Time stops

existing

Invigorating

14h shi!s

Weekends

Meaning

Why where you born?

Bigger than

yourself

Trascends ourselves

HELP OTHERS

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It all started when...

e-nnovation 2012

Tired

Stressed

Empty

Personal Assistant

Cynical

Became the person I hated

Reflected on my year

World of pain ™

Got Aikido?

Relationshipstrain

Change

F*CKYOUALL

Build upon the past

No more trips

Learn to say NO

Learn to say YES

Seek more meaning

Zen concepts

3 dimensions of change

Health

WiThings

76Kg 68Kg

3 months

Stop eating shit(Sorry Robin)

Training & running

Nature

Seeking green

Can be hard

Walking

Observing

Mind

Live in the NOW

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No tomorrow

No yesterday

Goals exists

Regain human touch

More time with my wife

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Fuck time notion

Don’t stress about time

Procrastination

Noise

Meditation

Religion or not religion?

MUSCLE

Ramon y Cajal

Two types of meditation

Stronger mind

Calmer mind

What changed?

Stopped talking (so much)

Started listening

Less jumpy

Observation powers

THE MENTALIST

Laser focus concentration

Multitasking is overrated

A lie

Typical����������� ������������������  day

WHAT IS TIME?

Human construct

Relative

The more I trained...

High intensity focus burst

KARMA

Butterfly effect

AND A START-UP?

Full of shit

Need to deliver

Need for money

We can’t choose

live with less

Smile more

Be positive

Your mind creates the world

KARMA APPLIED

Be nice, be humble, be honest

What goes around, comes around

Customers know

Live NOW

Crazy deadlines

Things happen for a reason

Sleep well

Time to relax

Time to think

Monotask

LIVE

DEMO

can do itAnyone

Life is too short, enjoy it

smile

Alex Barrera (@abarrera)alex@press42.com

THANK YOU!!

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