ValleyZen on ABC’s View from the Bay Today at 3pm PST

04.14.08 | Category: Simplicity, Video, Zen Earth

ABC's View from the Bay

Today ValleyZen was featured on ABC-TV’s View from the Bay.

Watch the View from the Bay segment.

View photos from today’s interview.

ABC's View from the Bay

The executive producers asked Drue to talk about Zen and how it applies to our information over-loaded lives in the Valley.

Simplicity, Asymmetry, Tranquility, Immediacy, Naturalness…

These Zen tenets are invaluable for business men and women, VCs, executives, entrepreneurs, students. In short, anyone creating technology or being shaped by technology.

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20 Comments so far

  1. sandy 04.14.08 at 7:12 pm

    I saw you on TV and I also looked at all of the you tube videos. I spent a lot of meaningul moments at your web blog and sites. I know you will continue to increase in abundance.

    You dress so beautifully and your spirit shows through. I’m over 56 years old and I was looking for inspiration on simplifying my life and appearance. I’ll stay tuned. You have a lot to offer.

    Thank you for being there.
    Sandra

  2. Costa Casasbuenas 04.15.08 at 4:34 am

    Hi Drue! Your comment on the spring cleaning and the coffee bean made one of Basho’s haiku come to mind:

    Yes, spring has come
    This morning a nameless hill
    Is shrouded in mist

    It is from his poems “On Love and Barley”. Thanks!

    Costa

  3. Joyce 04.15.08 at 11:31 am

    Drue, what excellent advice for us all! I love the way you present things in such a “simple” way. More times than not, we get wound up over something that is really not complex at all. I love the scenario about dropping the rock in the pond. Thank you for sharing your strength with us.

  4. Greg Davis 04.15.08 at 11:51 am

    Hi Drue! I loved the TV spot. Spread the word for all of us to pay attention to what is really important in life–that word may just make the world a little better place to hang our hats.

    It was great meeting you out in the Valley and I hope I get the chance again.

    Greg

  5. Aliya 04.15.08 at 1:49 pm

    Hi Drue,
    Congrats on the TV spot! I really enjoyed your insights about taking time out to experience our own personal complete moment of Zen by utilising all five of the senses…

    An important reminder of what’s truly important in life.

    I love the juxtaposition of Zen as being both relaxing and energising at the same time: it’s a form of personal calm like no other.

    Thanks for sharing, and for bringing us our own individual Zen space on the internet!

  6. Diane von Rivenburgh 04.15.08 at 6:36 pm

    Dear Dru – just want to let you know what an inspiration you are and how proud I am of you. You and Bill Fenwick are reaching out to so many people in this area – those of influence and those of us that can learn from them.
    Bravo and carry on.
    PS – do you still play the flute??
    Always a fan,
    Diane

  7. Susie 04.15.08 at 8:30 pm

    Drue, I simply marvel at your pre-Zen-tation skills – always so calm, so eloquent, so fluid. There really couldn’t be a better person to discuss the concepts of Zen. Although for me Zen predominently brings the ideology of simplicity to mind, I LOVE the notion of the 3rd Zen principle that you bring to light: Break Your Rhythm. I am going to do my best to take this to heart. I think as we get older and more grounded it is increasingly difficult to break out of our daily routines. Your words have inspired me to take the plunge, take a step in a different direction and re-energize. Thanks for the nudge. I needed it.

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  9. Jcyreus 04.16.08 at 8:28 am

    Great lessons for life Drue. With all of the madness that I’m facing this month, your suggestions will be put to good use in helping my family and I to maintain our sanity. Thanks again!

  10. HENRI 04.16.08 at 11:55 am

    DRUE,I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THIS INTERVIEW,ESPECIALLY ABOUT “LIVING IN THE MOMENT”. JAZZ!!!!

    THANK YOU
    PEACE

    HENRI SMITH
    NEW ORLEANS

  11. Elena Danielson 04.16.08 at 1:15 pm

    Your interview has inspired me to clear away some clutter. (Now the guys at Salvation Army and Good Will know my car….) The mental clutter is next….

    Thanks, Drue! – Elena

  12. Robert Young 04.16.08 at 3:18 pm

    Drue, so glad to see you on the local airwaves! Great principles for all of us to snap out of the daily grind, and find our new, true selves. There’s a diamond inside all of us waiting to be polished off from the everyday dust, which is really not that hard to find. Thanks for the continued reminder to all of us!

  13. Joe Andrieu 04.16.08 at 7:57 pm

    Drue,

    Wonderful. I especially liked the reminder to live in the moment with disregard to what came before or what came after.

    Also, the invitation to break your rhythm and let that moment ripple throughout your whole day, evoked a visceral reaction in me. I could feel the moment wash over me. Wow. It was also fun to see your interviews resonate with that same message.

    Powerful stuff.

    Thanks for connecting the so often crazed technology world with Zen. Consider me a new subscriber.

    p.s.
    I’d be remiss if I didn’t cheer your call for simplicity with a pointer to my own commentary last September on our information-overloaded life: http://blog.joeandrieu.com/2007/09/24/change-of-ages/

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  15. A Taylor 04.17.08 at 2:25 am

    Drue,

    Excellent interview….I learned quite a bit about the principles of Zen in the 5 minute interview.

    Simplicity is a concept that we all need to embrace a bit more…especially those of us heavily involved in technology ventures.

    You probably have this planned, but could you give us some pointers in the future on recommended reading for those of us interested in exploring Zen principles in more detail?

  16. Mark Evans 04.17.08 at 9:49 pm

    What a great interview; very simplified, very in the moment. One of the wonderful aspects of your message is that it can be repeated again and again and be like hearing for the first time,every time i.e.,

    -M.E.

  17. Vlasta Diamant 04.18.08 at 9:09 am

    Drue,

    I love both,simplicity and technology, the latter in a justifiable measure; it is a wonderful idea, to bring the two together. I admire how you fitted Obama in that framework. Also your site has so many valuable references. I enjoyed watching Guy Kawasaki lecturing on entrepeneurship. I read him when he was writing for MacUser and enjoyed his pearls of wisdom; a nice guy and you, Drue, are a scent of fresh grass.
    Keep on growing.

    Vlasta

  18. Mark Evans 04.18.08 at 11:58 am

    A quick follow-up to my post #16:

    My whole life I’ve been told by family to “slow down and take a deep breath”…. I never get tired of hearing that phrase, and it made me think of this quote from a wonderful person who touched many, many lives throughout her life.

    “Every breath, well lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and tomorrow ecstasy.”

    - Mary Burmeister, Jin Shin Jyutsu Master

    M.E.

  19. BA 04.18.08 at 5:11 pm

    Great Interview Drue. Your responses to their questions were perfect.

    BA
    http://nobosh.com

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