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Do-gooder

Why does Sanjiv Suri get up at four o’clock in the morning and want to give away everything ?

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Antarctica Matters ...

I just got back from an expedition to the seventh continent - Antarctica. Not only was it the farthest I have been from home but probably the most amazing journey I have ever made in 57 years.

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The power of gratitude and purpose

One day a couple of years ago, I was alone with my eldest daughter and we were having dinner together.

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The power of attention

Most of my learning comes from my children, so when they asked me, “What is the diference between us humans and the animals“?

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The biggest energy challenge...and the opportunity

If we see projections to 2050 we see some very depressing information regarding lack of natural resources and an energy challenge.

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Rich or poor - making a life or just a living?

A couple of years ago my younger children Jasmine (then 6) and Shaan (then 8) asked me a simple question: How rich are we?

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Everybody may become a good angel

Zátiší Group has been supporting non-profit projects and organizations ever since its beginning.

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Letting go ...

A couple of years ago, I started on this journey that I will share with you. Things were happening in my life that I was not able to control.

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Grateful for the opportunity

A woman once went to Buddha and said: “I want Happiness“. Buddha replied: “First remove the ‘I’ - that is ego. Then remove ‘want’ - that is desire. See now, you are left only with ‘Happiness’.“

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Every single moment of every day

I am going to share with you a part of my spiritual journey – if it can be called a journey at all – as it is not about destination & movement, but about stillness & silence. A spiritual journey is impossible to put into language but I have tried...

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Whether you believe you can or you believe you cannot - You are right

I always dreamt of travelling across the villages of India on a bicycle or in a way that would put me in touch with the lives of the ordinary people.

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Of profits, happiness, integrity & responsible capitalism

Let´s start with Profits. “By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of society“, said Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations talking about the famous invisible hand.

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Our thinking creates our lives and our happiness

This is the first time I am sharing my personal life which till now was shared only with a few close friends. What are the events in the past 9 years that have shaped me to become the man I am today? I can think of four, three in the past and the fourth one that is unfolding now.

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Happiness is the way

Six months ago, I shared with you the story about how I fainted in the South of France due to three severe slip discs in my lower back, the need for immediate surgery and how I should be walking around with 2 Titanium rods in my lower spine ever after.

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Inspiring happiness

We are extremely grateful to you for enabling us in 2012 to send over czk 8 mil to various projects with Unicef, People in Need, World Vision India and others in Rwanda, Congo, India, Sahel as well as support projects in the Czech Republic.

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How can we make this World a better place by "being happy"?

I was at the beach in the South of France in June when suddenly a severe pain in the lower back got me. I was diagnosed with a case of three severe slip discs and the immediate option was an operation to put two Titanium nails along my spine – which I refused.

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How can we make this world a better place to live in?

Many years ago, Joseph Epstien said: “We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents or the country of our birth. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time of our death. But within this realm of ‘choicelessness’, we do choose how to live.”

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Happiness - an inside job

“I was knocking at the door of happiness all my life. When the door opened, I realized that I was knocking from the inside.” RUMI

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