by Chade-Meng Tan | Aug 18, 2010
All my best ideas come to me during my morning meditations. I’m not sure if that makes me a really good or really bad meditator. I think it’s both, and neither, simultaneously. During my morning meditation today, I figured out what I want for my40th...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Aug 17, 2010
I need some suggestions from you, my friends. You see, I have an embarrassing problem: I’m turning 40 in October. I’m going to be, like, old. Pretty soon, boy scouts will offer to help me to cross the street and people will give me senior citizen...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jul 31, 2010
Sunday: Flew out of California. Monday: Set foot on Europe for the first time. Tuesday: Got to hang out with Tom Oliver (CEO of the World Peace Festival). Tom took us around Cannes, Nice and Eze. It was nice and easy. Thursday: Went to Rome for the first time. Got to...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jul 24, 2010
I’m on unpaid leave from Google until November 16, 2010. For details, see FAQ below (which is an edited version of the “out of office message” from my google.com account). Frequently Answered Questions (some occasionally asked) about Meng’s...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 28, 2010
My friend, Sudhakar “Thaths” Chandra, compiled playlists of personal growth-related talks at Google (some of which were hosted by me). Emotional Intelligence Mindfulness and Meditation Neuroscience of Meditation
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 13, 2010
Life is funny. The biggest joke in life is that, after all that has been done in the pursuit of happiness, it turns out that sustainable happiness is achievable simply by bringing attention to one’s breath. If you practice brining a firm and gentle attention to your...
