Have you ever wondered if you’re a person of integrity? I’ve got good news for you: yes, you are. Always have been. Only it is likely not what you thought integrity was. Integrity is consistency of actions and values. But despite of what you think your values are, real values are those that get manifested [...]
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Integrity: Did You Know You Have It?
Posted: May 24, 2012 in motivation, what makes us tickTags: integrity, life, unmaskd
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The Test of a Small Screen
Posted: March 6, 2012 in what makes us tickTags: books, ebooks, integrity, reading
Generally I adopt new tech very quickly. If something makes my life more convenient and is reasonably priced, I start using it right away. The most notable exception to this rule has been ebook reading. Although using ebooks and carrying an entire library with you beats paper books hands down when it comes to convenience, [...]
A man stopped by the house of the world famous sage Puram Bam. Nobody answered his confident knock, so he opened the door and found the sage looking thoughtfully at two masks he held in his hands. “I didn’t come for help, sage” the man said. “I’m not one of those who need you to [...]
Do People Change?
Posted: February 22, 2012 in Unmaskd Tales, what makes us tickTags: change, life, tale, tales, unmaskd
A man came to see the world famous sage Puram Bam. He found the sage in his small bungalow, reading a thick black book. “Oh wise sage,” he said. “I need your help!” “Do you?” asked Puram Bam, his eyes on the thick black book. “I don’t know how to live my life anymore!” said [...]
Let’s face it, most of us have faked something in life. Feelings, expertise, attention, indifference — there’s so many things you can fake. Yes, that thing too. Sometimes faking is necessary, sometimes it’s the most natural thing to do and sometimes it’s even fun. But doing it for too long is a bad idea. It will [...]
Waking Up in a New World
Posted: February 1, 2012 in a lonely journey, what makes us tickTags: life
Imagine this situation. A man wakes up in a world he knows nothing about. It’s full of objects he’s never seen before. It’s full of people he’s never met before. He doesn’t speak the language they speak. In fact, he doesn’t even understand the very basic concepts they rely upon. He knows nothing about their [...]
Biting the Bullet and Facing the Music
Posted: December 8, 2011 in a lonely journey, what makes us tickTags: unmaskd
Life is full of tough choices. Some are tough to make. Others are tough to live with. But the hardest ones are those that we avoid making — sometimes for years. You keep dancing around a choice like this, pretending it’s not there, but deep in your heart you are fully aware of its existence. [...]
We all have our special dates, places and memories. As I mentioned previously, September 28 has become my special date, though not in a traditional sort of way. It just has a special meaning for me, and as it turned out today, for more than one reason. It’s a time to reflect on a year and [...]
Make It Or Break It
Posted: September 23, 2011 in a lonely journey, motivation, procrastination, what makes us tickWhen a year ago I posted my letter from a swamp, many of my readers assured me that procrastination is a very natural thing. You know, some of them said, maybe there’s a good reason for it. Maybe you actually need it. Back then I didn’t agree with that point of view, finding it too [...]
Some of you may remember this post. I’m not a big fan of remixes, but recently I came across the most inspirational piece of music I’ve ever heard. Now it all fits together perfectly. While making this video I realized that it’s been almost a year since I came up with these words. I wish I could [...]
Life is a series of realizations, and this blog has turned into a place of documenting mine. Today I’ve realized something new. It’s another old truth that all of a sudden has started making sense… For a while — at least for 10 years — I’ve been waiting for a moment that for the lack [...]
Your Life Is Your Most Important Legacy
Posted: August 10, 2011 in a lonely journey, what makes us tickI wouldn’t even pick up a book like this, yet sometimes I find myself right in the middle of this dull boring story. And every time I have to remind myself that I’m not only its protagonist. I’m it’s author. Not the publisher. Not the reader. The writer. The one, who day after day creates [...]
– Inspired by all the Goodbye-Harry-and-You-Know-Who buzz The world is too big and life is too short, You are no Harry and no Voldemort. Not even a sidekick — bystander at best, Watching the heroes to go on a quest. Exit the theater, [...]
This has occurred to me just recently even though the theme of failing and getting up has been a big part of my life for many years. It is so simple that it surely would sound like a “Well, duh!” statement for most people. But to me it has a much deeper meaning. It feels like I’ve [...]
Wouldn’t it be cool if lost & found service worked not only for umbrellas and shirts? Sometimes we lose things that are way more important… – …It seems that I have lost my confidence. – Let me see sir. We have a special bin for those. Anything distinctive about yours? – Don’t know. I’m not [...]
One day a book will be written about this Unmaskd experiment. Well, maybe it will. An odd, strange book that at this point exists only in a shape of disjointed thoughts, images and ideas in one pretty troubled mind. But when — and if — it is written, and when — and if — it [...]
For a guy whose identity has remained unknown for nearly a year, I surely haven’t been blogging much about masks. Well, I haven’t been blogging much recently, period. With this post I’m addressing both gaps. This is not a return to a regular posting schedule, but then again I haven’t been really gone, as those [...]
Stepping Through the Looking-Glass
Posted: October 1, 2010 in a lonely journey, mind, what makes us tickTags: self-discovery
I have a thing for a good opening line. No matter what I write, I want to grab attention of my reader in first 10 words. But this time I don’t want to be fancy. This time I want to start with simple words: Thank you! Thank you everyone who took time to post a [...]
Unmaskd at the Crossroads
Posted: September 23, 2010 in a lonely journey, what makes us tickTags: crossroads, decision, digest, identity, journey, summary, unmaskd
Time flies and it always flies a bit too fast. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 6 months, since I first tweeted as Unmaskd. This journey has come to a crossroads, and today I’d like to shed some light on Unmaskd’s origins and the dilemma I’m facing. Once upon a time… No, that [...]
Accept/Refuse: Video Version
Posted: September 20, 2010 in motivation, what makes us tickTags: motivation, music, princliples, video
I’ve been pondering over the future directions of Unmaskd Inc and will post the results here this week. In the meanwhile here’s a video version of Accept/Refuse. Kudos to Animoto.com for creating a very useful and simple to use service and to Mike Gallagher for his The Party’s On instrumental, which made a great intense [...]
