In this speech, I expand upon the concept of "Flow" and talk about how we use the concept of Consciousness Engineering to enhance the performance of my team at MindValley. It's based on two things: first giving people bold visions. Next, teaching people how to be 'Happy in the Now'. In this video I reveal 10 ways we do this at our company. This presentation was voted by the audience as one of the best presentations of the entire EngageToday 2009 event. Enjoy!

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Alexandra Cattoni, one of my managers at MindValley just started her new blog. You have to love her style and attitude.

Personally, I love the fact that she's living a life that's the epitome of what I'm trying to create with my work-culture experiments at MindValley.

Here's her bio from the blog:

I work with an amazing online publishing company called MindValley where I manage and grow a multi-million dollar a year personal development business online. When I’m not at Starbucks working some marketing magic on my MacBook, you’ll find me doing one of the many other things I am passionate about: traveling, diving, writing, photography, surfing, dancing or wake boarding. Sound fun? It is.

For me, life is all about living and I wake up every morning with this mantra echoing in every corner of my mind. I’m a member of an elite group of “go-getters” that Tim Ferris (author of “The 4-Hour Work Week”) refers to as the “New Rich.” Not rich with money (although money is definitely not something I worry about), but rich with time and mobility to do whatever the hell I want, whenever the hell I want. This is the reason behind why, at the age of 23, I have already lived in 3 different continents, traveled to over 120 cities in 23 different countries and am able to travel somewhere new almost every single month.

I am not going to lie.

Life. is. good.

Oh yeah, we're still hiring. Visit www.MindValley.com/careers »

Check out AlexandraCattoni.com here »

At Leidensplein in Amsterdam

From left to right.

• Adelle  from Atlanta: who was our first employee and joined us in Jan 2005 (see this post from our early blog)
• Djoeke from Netherlands : interned with us for 3 months in 2005. Employee #7
• Hani : our media team lead
• Me.
• Meike from Germany : who worked for us in 2008. Now back in Germany completing her Master's degree.

It was an awesome night!

Sean did 5 amazing speaking sessions for us in Bali but he saved his best for last.

Back in our office this Tuesday after 3 days in Bali, Sean did an amazing hour long presentation on "How to Manifest the Impossible"

I'm a speaker too, and I've seen many of the greatest speakers in the world on stage. But seeing this 3 foot tall man in a wheelchair dazzle and sway the audience is something else. Sean dove into our hearts and left with ideas and views that will stay with us for a long time.

Sean with his fans and friends at MindValley

Kristina and I with Sean. It was a pleasure to host him and his parents for the week.

Among the guest in our audience were Khailee and Joel of YouthSays, two of the smartest young entrepreneurs I know.

Our other special guest included model/actress Stephanie Chai and Miss Malaysia 2007, Deborah Henry. Here they are posing with our Wonder Woman statue. Both were thrilled to hear Sean.

Stephanie is a local actress and model whose face is recognizable on billboards across the city. Next week she's actually in a movie with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. But makes her special is her brilliant sense of humor, smarts and radiant personality.

She shared the story of how she built her career from scratch, became a financially independent at the age of 23, and got into property investing.

Stephanie described MindValley as being back in her international high school. Where else can you find 15 different countries represented in one single room.

More on Stephanie Chai here »

After winning the WorldBlu Award for Most Democratic Workplaces of 2009, for the second consecutive time, MindValley was featured in an article in Fast Company.

“The vast majority of companies today are still organized under an antiquated hierarchical structure that was borne of an earlier era. But a movement toward organizational democracy—a more transparent style of workplace dedicated to employee self-governance—has been gaining steam in the last few years. And today WorldBlu published its annual list of the Most Democratic Workplaces, that includes some eye-opening descriptions of alternative office styles that will either delight or horrify you. Here are a few examples that stand out:

… At MindValley, a Malaysian consulting firm, each employee is given a monthly allotment of 100 points to award to colleagues for their contributions. The five people with the most points at the end earn a “Monthly Awesome Community Award,” and a bonus of 2.5% of that month’s profits.”

Continue reading the article here »

Watch a segment of the interview below.

“Oone of the 12 speakers who will be discussing key talent management issues and challenges at the upcoming Asia Strategic Talent Management Forum 2008.

Others include organisational and clinical psychologist George Kohlriesser, MindValley chief executive officer and co-founder Vishen Lakhiani, General Electric Co human resource director Anusoorya Themudu.

The Asia Strategic Talent Management Forum 2008, which is organised by training firm Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd, will be held on Nov 13 at the Sime Darby Convention Centre.”

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