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Apr 13 2016
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art, Change The World, Leadership

Your Job

I jotted down a list of artists today that have moved me recently…and one from 20 years ago….see below.

Grant Achatz – Artist

Jimmy Fallon – Artist

Jeff Koons – Artist

Mrs. Collins – Artist (my 6th grade math teacher)

Aaron Franklin – Artist

Ryan O’Neal – Artist

Lin-Manuel Miranda – Artist

Your job is to make sure your name is on such a list of those you are looking to reach and lead.

You do this by giving gifts that help allow the world to taste, see, and hear what would not have been tasted, seen, or heard without you.

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Apr 13 2016
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Awareness, Leadership

Ineffective effectiveness

Palker J. Palmer teaches that the “the tighter we cling to effectiveness the smaller and smaller the tasks we will take on”.

In other words, you can’t white-knuckle happenstance, whimsy, change, and possibility.

Thank you, Parker.

We needed this brought to our attention.

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Apr 11 2016
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art, Awareness, Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Imagination, Leadership, success, words

The Space Between (Part 2).

The space between creativity and something new being crafted is me.

The space between me and you is compassion.

The space between compassion and awareness is empathy.

The space between empathy and action is love.

And that is the space that changes the world.

I’ve connected quite a few dots since Part 1.

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Apr 04 2016
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Awareness, Change The World, Discipline, Focus, Leadership

Happy Birthday Maya

Maya Angelou would have turned 88 today.

Many of her words often, still, speak to me.

Here’s some of them I have cherished the most.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

“There’s nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

“Life loves the liver of it.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

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Mar 23 2016
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Awareness, Leadership

Going Big.

Time stood still for me today with a quote I heard from the great Dr. Parker J. Palmer.

He said, “As long as we are wedded to “effectiveness” we will take on smaller and smaller tasks, for they are the only ones with which we can get results.”

Here’s a HUGE question for all of us. Is effectiveness your drug of choice?

If so, be careful.

It’s a short buzz with a small ending and the only fix is another hit of the same scenario.

PS – Last week I released a podcast that has struck a chord with many of our listeners entitled “Ludicrously Happy”. You can listen to it here. It was a short riff off of a poem from Rumi and it may help you connect some dots with growing your capacity, increasing your awareness, and living out the difficult and necessary paths for a great-big-lovely story.

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