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  Rejection is protection!

  November 3rd, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, design thinking, Strategic Mind/Ego, Transformation, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on Rejection is protection!

  What? Rejection is protection! How can that be?   This is a saying in 12-step programs.  When someone rejects you, or your proposal, it is actually a sort of “whew…dodged that bullet!” because even though you wanted “it” or wanted a relationship with this person, your IDEA of what you would actually receive in the bargain […]

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  “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand…”

  September 4th, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, Coming Alive, design thinking, discovery, Innovation (possibility thinking, Transformation, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand…”

  “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand the origin of … wonderment.” The Brooklyn artist Swoon was quoted as saying this in the New York Times and when I read it so many things came together for me. Why adults and adolescents love small children. Why it can be […]

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  Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of wisdom. Nei Jing

  March 10th, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, design thinking, TED, Transformation | admin | Comments Off on Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of wisdom. Nei Jing

  So, how does one do this?  What does this look like in action?  Here is an exercise to test drive this wisdom.  (I believe Nei Jing is a Chinese text written in  2nd century BC) 1. Bring to mind a situation that is disturbing you for any reason.  Then, pause, take 3 deep breaths and […]

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  “What will you do, God…?”

  February 1st, 2014 | Become Who You Are, Both/And Thinking, Coming Alive, design thinking, Transformation, Wholehearted, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on “What will you do, God…?”

   From the great poet Ranier Maria Rilke… “What will you do, God, when I die? I am your pitcher (when I shatter?) I am your drink (when I go bitter?) I, your garment; I, your craft. Without me what reason have you?…” It is true, for each of us.  We are a little piece of […]

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  They’re really saying I love you…

  January 3rd, 2014 | Both/And Thinking, design thinking, Destiny or Become Who You Truly Are, discovery, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on They’re really saying I love you…

  They’re really saying “I love you”… Everyone who has heard this song loves it.  It is a song of wonder and joy.  A song of seeing deeply to the heart of what is happening.  Yes, on one level that person that just reached out and said “Hi” or “What’s up?”  or “How’s it going?” is […]

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