Erich Stauffer

  • The Gristmill at Spring Mill State Park: Mirror Matter Moon

    I always looked up to Zac at college.  He was cool and people liked him.  I can only remember talking to him once my freshman year.  He and I were both standing in line to make our own omelets.  I was wearing a Plank Eye shirt at the time and somehow we started talking about…

  • First Days of Summer Spent at Spring Mill State Park

    Vacation; The Art of Disengaging For the last few nights, when I go to sleep at night, I have been dreaming about my day job.  I’ve been helping out with business continuity planning for the last couple of weeks and it’s taken up more time outside of normal business hours than I realized.  It wasn’t…

  • LOST: How Providence Affects Jack’s Actions

    [6:45:06 PM] Zac: no pink elephants [6:45:30 PM] Erich: I would define greatness as character (being the same at home and work for ex.) and legacy (leaving the world better than you found it) [6:45:52 PM] Zac: that’s largely as i see it as well. [6:46:05 PM] Zac: my spirituality is shifting like crazy [6:46:13…

  • Top 10 Ways to Live a Purpose-Filled Life

    [Edit: I wrote this post before I heard about Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life. Shortly afterward I found out about it and so I wanted to share a link to his book here. I’ve been listening to it on CD in the car. It’s a great book and it may change your life. 09/13/2009] 1.…

  • 7 Steps to Turn Desires into Reality

    A method by which desire can be transmuted into reality in seven steps. 1. Fix in your mind the exactly what you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say in general what you want. Be definite and specific. 2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for what you desire. (There is…

  • How to Have a Happy New Year

    How to have a happy new year: 1. Tell yourself you are going to have a good year.  Give up on the thinking that for every good thing that happens there will be something bad.  It doesn’t have to work that way, but will if you want it to.  Say you are going to have…

  • 5 Ways to Stay Alert and Focused

    How to Avoid the Afternoon Loss of Energy If you’re like me, you get tired in the afternoon just after lunch and just want to lay down.  Most employers discourage this (although some encourage it) and for those who want to fight off this feeling and get more done, here are five things I have…