I have been reading the proposed changes to North Carolina’s Innovations waiver services and supports, which are designed for individuals with significant intellectual or developmental disabilities, in order to offer some comment to the state and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. One thing I’ll be giving feedback about isn’t actually changing but…
I am 47 years old. I turn 48 late this month. I haven’t been someone who has ever given too much weight to birthdays or the passing of the years. But this year my impending birthday is hitting me some. I’ve really not thought too much about age until very recently, but at some time…
Ray: Your first book, Turning the Mind Into an Ally, serves as a guide for training the mind with meditation practice. Your second book, Ruling Your World, is more broadly philosophical. At the same time, it seems designed to help people make their practice practical and relevant to day-to-day life. I already am using one…
Ray: Peter, many businesspeople and workers struggle to maintain balance between their personal and business lives. They confuse the two, with their personal lives often becoming subsumed by the business. Peter: That’s the way it is. Forget about fixing it. Don’t even try to be balanced in your life. Don’t kill yourself, but my response…
Ray: In the book The Answer to How Is Yes, you recommend confronting people with their freedom. What does this idea mean? Let’s talk about it in a business context, as an example, even though it has obvious relevance to our personal lives, too. Peter: Business owners confront people with their freedom by giving people…
