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About the blog

My name is Misha Lyuve. I am a Wall Street management consultant and an artist. I started this blog as an expression and belief that one can live life artfully while working on Wall Street or having a corporate job. The key is to be empowered and inspired. What is artfully will very much depend on you and defining artfully might the very first step for you to take.

I write about how to make one's life more fulfilling and meaningful. I share my personal experiences and inquiries. My goal is that this blog ignites your passions, opens up streams of your creativity, has you re-examine your life and take an action. I will support you in making your corporate career into a pathway to a full and rich life that makes a difference.

Stay connected with me through my weekly email updates, Facebook and Twitter. Most importantly - talk to me - this is the only way for me to know whether I am doing my Job.

The $1,000,000 game

I just released my first album ARE WE READY, 11 songs written and performed by me. It was quite an adventure given that I've never done anything of this kind before and have a full-time job in a "Big Four" serving several demanding Wall Street clients. I am donating all profits from my album sales to Worldwide Orphans Foundation, an organization with an unbeatable mission and integrity. My goal is to raise $1,000,000 for them through my album sales and donations; and I am well on the way.



Random Facts About Misha Lyuve

> Born and grew up in Urkaine


> Has degree in Mathematics and Computer Science


> Is in the process of writing a book


> Can turn this all into a poem


> Lived in four countries and speaks four language


> Married to another person named Misha


> Lives on Upper West Side, NYC


> Last big travel included Thailand, Cambodia and Israel


> Strives to meditate daily

Blog Entries by Misha Lyuve

The Mystery of Your Potential

(0) Comments | Posted March 28, 2013 | 3:21 PM

How do you know what you are capable of? Don't even argue with me here -- you have no idea. Our own potential is a mystery. It might show signs of itself here and there. But its true abundance can only be revealed in a committed courageous exploration.

If you...

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What If You Are Really Against Gay Marriage?

(3) Comments | Posted March 27, 2013 | 9:12 AM

What if you really against gay marriage? -- Could it be because of your religious views -- after all, the Bible says what it says. Or you might have some other socio-economico-political reasoning of why gay marriage is not a right thing for the society.

I don't have any intentions...

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The Joy of Haiti

(0) Comments | Posted March 15, 2013 | 8:47 AM

A drummer starts the beat. In a school playground, the teenage youths break into a dance. Several dozen of 6-14 year-olds can't take their eyes off them and they are about to join in. It's a dance class....

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The Job Offer You've Been Waiting For

(0) Comments | Posted February 24, 2013 | 10:39 PM

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
-Khalil Gibran "The Prophet"

Recently I made a

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Valentine's Alternatives: Options for Couples and Singletons

(1) Comments | Posted February 14, 2013 | 9:19 AM

From Art Beauty Life blog:

"Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice." ― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

I used to be a Valentine's Day hater....

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Being Alive as Privilege

(4) Comments | Posted February 7, 2013 | 9:26 AM

Over the years I've learned there are ways to profoundly experience being alive: by allowing yourself to be vulnerable, by letting yourself to be moved by what life has to offer whether it is big or small,and noticing the interactions and relationships between life participants.

Last...

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2013 Manifesto

(0) Comments | Posted January 2, 2013 | 8:39 AM

From Art Beauty Life blog:

Let us not measure success of 2013 by lists of our accomplishments and failures, money we make or lose, promotions and hard work -- don't worry, those aren't going anywhere.

This time around I suggest to look into the quality of...

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2012 Year-End Remarks and Bests Of

(1) Comments | Posted December 30, 2012 | 11:50 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog:

My 2012 has been a year of plentiful hard work and it has been a fruitful year. In fact on December 30th I will share some of the fruit with you -- a new website that includes the page for my upcoming album...

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The Best Thing About the Hurricane

(1) Comments | Posted November 16, 2012 | 9:09 AM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

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Rockaway beach, New York

I never experienced a natural disaster and hurricane Sandy was the thing that got the closest to my home. With that, the area where I live...

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Your New President

(1) Comments | Posted November 6, 2012 | 11:20 AM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

Let me suggest unspeakable.

Tonight we will know the results. Let's take the rest of the week to unwind, lick the wounds, celebrate victories.

And then.... how about this:

Let us embrace whoever is the next president regardless of your views....

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A Judgmental Jerk

(1) Comments | Posted October 22, 2012 | 5:00 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

The bed & breakfast was clean and cozy. The owners were friendly. I mean, very friendly. To tell the truth, so freakin' friendly, they were killing me. Do you want coffee? Smile. More toast? Smile. Eggs? Big smile. More coffee? Juice? Pancakes? Homemade...

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Why Not Give Money to Politicians

(0) Comments | Posted September 24, 2012 | 4:31 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

The 2008 U.S. presidential and congressional elections cost the country $5.3 billion. 2012 projections are closer to $6 billion ($6,000,000,000 -- in case you are not proficient in billions). This amount is an equivalent of a yearly GDP of a small...

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Remember?

(2) Comments | Posted September 11, 2012 | 12:03 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

In memory of Neil Shastri.

Remember New York after 9/11?

when you could find compassion in the eyes of a stranger

when there was togetherness in grieving for people we didn't even know

when a...

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Rooted and Unbendable Ai Weiwei

(1) Comments | Posted September 4, 2012 | 2:10 PM

Every society has constraints that offer opportunity for vision, freedom and courage. "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" by Alison Klayman is a documentary about a man who appreciates the possibilities and challenges of this opportunity in China. Ai Weiwei...

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Do Not Be Yourself

(0) Comments | Posted August 27, 2012 | 6:00 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

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Don't be yourself. When Oscar Wilde said that everyone else was taken, he was kidding. And if you think that everyone else is taken, you just have poor imagination.

After all you've been "yourself",...

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The Artist Is Indeed Present

(2) Comments | Posted August 2, 2012 | 4:38 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

"I test the limits of myself in order to transform myself, but I also take the energy from the audience and transform it. A powerful performance will transform everyone in the...

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Coincidences

(0) Comments | Posted July 17, 2012 | 3:59 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

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Do you think it is a coincidence that you are now reading about coincidences? Or is there more to this? Fate? Divine guidance?

Some say there is no coincidence as if they know some mystery that...

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Preparing My Funeral

(1) Comments | Posted June 28, 2012 | 2:55 PM

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From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

So a few weeks ago I started with this cold. Every day I was hoping that next morning I would feel better, but within a week's time, it just got worse. And then I've been in...

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To Life Without...

(1) Comments | Posted June 12, 2012 | 5:16 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.

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My never-ending to-do list...

  • donate the clothes I don't wear

Its numerous items crawl into my head as I go to sleep and greet me first thing when I wake up.
...

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Saving Butterflies

(7) Comments | Posted June 5, 2012 | 5:42 PM

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog.


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Last weekend I spent at the beach befriending butterflies.

Butterflies are like celebrities -- they are known to be bright and perfect, freely roaming in beautiful places. But that day on...

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