Take care of yourself, and when you find peace, when your mental environment is balanced, then be the expert who can go out to balance the planet, fearlessly, caringly, and effectively. And, in the meantime, do the best you can, just like the rest of us, even us corporate people. How can an internally imbalanced, …
Category Archive: Literature
Feb
18
The 14 Foods Diet
Before speaking at The Bar Method Vancouver‘s fitness challenge kick-off a few weeks back, I had an impromptu conversation with the nutritionist that works out of the Yaletown studio. She said that we usually only buy 14 foods and rotate through them when we go shopping. I thought about the foods I order in our …
Feb
04
Disconnecting For A Weekend
This past weekend I unplugged. My friend Josh arranged for us (along with 6 other people I had never met) to go over to Bowen Island for an open retreat. No set agenda. Nothing specific to do. Simply a time to read, reflect, write, sweat, and eat. The only caveats were the food was to …
Jan
10
What Are Schools For?
Seth Godin recently gave a TEDx talk about his thought provoking book Stop Stealing Dreams. It’s marvelous. This is the same book that inspired a week of posts on teaching and learning earlier in 2012. I still urge all educators, trainers, students, prospective students, and the staff that support any kind of learning and development …
Jan
01
The Top 10 Posts of 2012
Who knew when I started this little site 5 years ago that it would grow into what it is today. Almost 600 posts later with over 41,000 annual visitors from over 121 countries – WOW – you totally amaze me. Thank you. This site is my artistic playground. And so I share this list of …
Jan
01
The Highlights of 2012
I glanced back at the previous highlights of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and laughed. I was in awe of how things have changed each year in such big ways in merely one celestial rotation! I love writing these posts each year as a way to document the reflection that happens during this season – …
Dec
21
Happy “The World Was Supposed to End Today” Day!
When the Princess said to her, “We’re all so looking forward to your hunderedth birthday,” Queen Elizabeth replied, “Oh, you mustn’t say that, it’s unlucky. I mean I might be run over by a big red bus.” Parker said he thought this was very unlikely, to which Queen Elizabeth replied, “No, no, it’s the principle …
Dec
06
Take Advantage Of Your People Luck
But the environment doesn’t determine why some companies thrive in chaos and why others don’t. People do. People are disciplined fanatics. People are empirical. People are creative. People are productively paranoid. People lead. People build teams. People build organizations. People build cultures. People exemplify values, pursue purpose, and achieve big hairy audacious goals. Of all …
Nov
19
A Vision Changes The Pursuit Of Our Goals
Inside the framework of a vision, goals and objectives spring from an outlook of abundance. A goal – even the goal “to be Number One in office design in America [by 2020]” – is invented as a game to play. Games call forth a different energy [...]. They draw out the creativity of the players, …
Nov
16
Love Letters To Strangers
This video is proof that a hand written note of love, regardless of whether we know the author or not, can still make a huge difference in someone’s life. Heck – Hannah has even created a notable company centered around giving out more love to people she and her team have never met before. Love …