Welcome (incl. summary, etc.)

This is about the journey of life, for all of us going over hurdles, all ups and downs, yet moving forward with will and passion, with insight, love, and compassion.  (I plan to give brief summary and index on this page as we move along)

My brief background:
I am from Japan, currently live in California, worked at Toshiba, involved in designing the now infamous Fukushima Nuclear plants as a safety analyst for few years.  Worked at GE California representing Toshiba, and got an MBA from Stanford.  After Boston Consulting Group where I worked on corporate strategy, I moved to LA to do more consulting as an independent consultant to introduce Toyota Production System (Waste elimination and appreciation of human potential), and Total Quality Management (with the concept of mini-company to promote self-managing) to US and the world.  I also started to offer counselling to individuals years after I had a spiritual awakening in 2000.  As of April 2012, I am 64 years old.

I have written various books in English (The most recent book, Results form the Heart has the Dalai Lama's foreword), produced two 3.5 hour videos, and worked in 40+ countries.  I have practiced Zen and meditation (Vipassana) for decades, but after 2000, I am more diverse in various spiritual disciplines of Hindu, Sufi, Christianity, etc.

The aim of this blog:
Share stories and experiences to be the hero in our journey of life, overcoming various hurdles and living a happy life.  Some areas of subjects to be covered are; work, hobby, relationship, health, finance, and connect them all under what I call living truthfully.  There will be discussions on how we use our brain, listen to the heart, and live with mission (already discussed in the book, Results from the Heart, but go more in depth)  In youtube, I uploaded 7-min. video for your information.  Wish we have an interesting, fun, and meaningful exchange of ideas.


Best, Kio (Kiyoshi) Suzaki


FYI
Resources:
My books at Amazon! (all from Simon and Schuster)
My facebook (books and blog alone cannot convey who I am)
New Hero's Journey Home Page  (always under construction - it is a journey)
My Youtube Channel  (about 80+ videos uploaded, with more recent ones tied to NHJ)
FAQ on "Mini-company" (this is tied to the book, Results from the Heart - mainly targeted for business but idea is applicable to manage our life as in Life Profile)

My home page (Japanese) (From 2003; discussion on various spiritual topics, personal life, etc.)
My English Home page (till 2003) (I shifted my activity to Japanese site since 2003)
* As I move into my last chapter of life, I am to synthesize/summarize my essential learning in this blog.

History of Posts
* April 2012:
Welcome, Beginning, Dream, Heart, Over the hurdle; PDCA, Intimacy and New DNA

* May
Primary Relationship, Impossible Dream, Results from the Heart; Self-Management, Have Fun; Express Who We are, Sex, Meditation and Aikido, Hypnosis and Aikido, Brain and Heart, Eckhart Tolle, Navigate Our Life: Life Profile, 

* June
Lester Levenson, Deeper Level of Connection/Communication, True Love, Poem:Symphony of Light, Bliss, Ecstasy, Ultimate Happiness, Living Truthfully: with Woman, Men and Women: Intellect and Emotion,