The Mushin Way to Peak Performance

Index

• Acceptance, in sumi-kiri (clarity of mind and body)
• Adair, Red
• Aiki (unity)
  • in daily life
  • developing and applying
  • embracing weaknesses
  • force-against-force versus
  • humility and
  • leverage and
  • in the Marine Corps
  • nature of
  • new markets and
  • self-awareness in
• Aikido
  • described
  • energy balance in
  • finding nen (one-point) and
  • instruction in
  • life-changing action and
  • as martial art of peace
  • meditation at beginning of class
  • musubi (connection) in teaching
  • origins of
  • seduction of strength and
  • state of flow in
  • zanshin (calm awareness and)
• Alarm clocks
  • smartphones as
  • vibrating
• Analysis paralysis
• Asperger's syndrome
• Authority
  • “command presence”
  • establishing personal

• Backup, automatic
• Berkowitz, Roger
• Berkshire Hathaway
• Branson, Richard
• Breath-work. See Kokyu (breath-power)
• Buffett, Warren
• Bullying
  • aiki (unity) and
  • sumi-kiri (clarity of mind and body) and

• Calendars
• Cancer treatment and recovery
  • ki (energy) in
  • kokyu (breath-power) in
  • zanshin (calm awareness) in
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Centripetal force
• Chanting, Heart Sutra
• Chen, Tim
• Cloud backup services
• Coelho, Paulo
• Coffee, benefits of
• Comedians
• “Comfort zone” concept
• Command presence
• Corporate turnarounds, musubi (connection) in
• Cortisol
• Courage
  • heiki (equanimity) and
  • irimi (to enter) and
  • kokyu (breath-power) and
  • in violence prevention
• Covey, Stephen
• Crisis management
  • heiki (equanimity) in
  • mushin (no-mind/no-distractions/no-fear) in

• Daily routines
  • journal writing
  • ki (energy) and
  • kokyu (breath-power) ...