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Freedom rings true, even in, or most especially during, disorienting times. Remember that day when you first learned to ride a bike without the training wheels? When the grace of gliding and pedaling with just two wheels elevated your spirit to new heights of belief in yourself? Independence! Strength! Travel! Well of course, maybe when we were children the experience …
Managing life transitions or career transitions can sometimes feel unmanageable. In the busy schedules of activities that regularly structure the day, we can often forget the improvisational component of life. How do we remember to embrace the unknown possibilities just around the bend? Transitions embody an element of time, a duration not always known, or anticipated, but they often provoke a sense of …
Reading Clay Johnson’s book “The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption” opens the door to an awakening and energizing experience and I have already become an evangelist for the message and thoughtful suggestions he has written. The Information Diet is truly an inspired book, but don’t just take my affirmation for it, go and read it for yourself. Well wait a few …
“Share thoughts and ideas that foster inspiration, creativity and a meaningful approach to life.” The mission statement for why I write in this medium. To share is to give. It is an energetic form of personal expression, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Thoughts and ideas inevitably result from consciousness and this is the great gift bestowed upon us as human beings. Inspiration or …
In my last post, about the possibility of transforming the elevator pitch, I touched upon a reframing of that question as “who are you?” In this post, let’s dig in deeper into this perennial question. What happens when we tell our story, when we answer “Who are you?” upon meeting someone new? Of course, it’s difficult to answer such a big …
Let’s talk about the elevator pitch. The often dreaded question: What do you do? On the surface it’s an innocent enough question and meant only to start a conversation, but it boxes us into a human doing rather than a human being. I personally would much rather be a human being. I appreciate and remember often the ‘be-do-have’ principle, and this …
“What’s one thing you’re proud of?” Today, yesterday or many years ago. What’s fascinating about this questions for me is how my ego reacts to it and with not much humbleness. My ego wants to choose what I’m most proud of with the added constraint that it be one of the most flashy, successful moment, especially through the lens of how the outside world …
Here’s are two wonderful concepts about why goals matter that has stuck with me ever since I read it in Keith Ferrazzi’s book “Never Eat Alone.” Goals are concrete steps, “a dream with a deadline.” I love the value of defining concrete measurable results. That may sound somewhat daunting, but the power of declaration cannot be underestimated. The common wisdom is …
Today, I’m taking on the dare to share. I’m writing to utilize will power, build confidence and put ideas out into the world. It takes stepping out of my comfort zone of introspection and sharing thoughts and ideas that might otherwise just live written on paper organized in a desk drawer. First, here’s some current events contextual background information. I’m in the …
In the process of learning a new skill – at present for me that happens to be web development – creative ideas and possibilities burst into my mind in a flash –– Create a link to such and such. Write a page about this and that, which connects to the primary initiative for the site. Remember that inspiring passage from Stephenson’s book. …