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Papermaking, Podcasting, and Politicking

In this rip-roaring interview with Mark Reid, we discuss the gentle art of traditional Japanese papermaking, Zen and podcasting, and just a tiny dose of global politics.  Mark Reid is an American ex-corporate lawyer who moved to Japan in pursuit of a more ethical lifestyle, having studied philosophy and ethics and been a teacher. He now specialising in the ancient art of making traditional Japanese paper (washi) and podcasting via his channel Zen Sammich.

During the interview, we stumbled over some important learnings:

  • Zen must not be confined to monastery retreats.  It must be available to all and a key starting point is about living in the present rather than in the past.
  • Make love, not war, make paper, and make ethics more popular than populist politics.
  • We do well when we don’t dwell on things we regret or have failed.  As per the SUMO (shut up, move on) method:
  1. Shut Up – Try not to ruminate on your inner dialogue
  2. (Learn from it) It – Not really part of SUMO but implied I’m sure.  Without learning from mistakes we are doomed to repeat them.
  3. Move On – Live in the present with the learnings acquired from the past

Check Mark’s interview out below:

Featured image credit Tomomarusan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peter Cook
Peter Cookhttp://www.academy-of-rock.co.uk/
PETER leads Human Dynamics, offering Business and Organisation Development. He also delivers keynotes around the world that blend business intelligence with parallel lessons from music via The Academy of Rock. Author of and contributor to twelve books on business leadership, acclaimed by Tom Peters, Professors Charles Handy, Adrian Furnham, and Harvey Goldsmith CBE. His blends his three passions are science, business, and music into unique inspiring keynotes based on the art of storytelling. His early life involved leading innovation teams for 18 years to develop life-saving drugs including the first treatments for HIV/AIDS, Herpes and the development of Human Insulin. 18 years in academia teaching MBAs and 18 + years running his businesses. All his life since the age of four playing music. Peter won a prize for his work from Sir Richard Branson after his mother claimed he was a Virgin birth. He now writes for Virgin.com.

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