Dec 31, Toronto, Ontario: D-day. Have you completed all or some of your 2009 resolutions? Have you made progress? And perhaps a back-door: do you allow yourself to carry them … [Read more...] about New Year’s resolutions 2010 – Dec 31st – do deadlines work?
- Personal Reflections
New Year’s Resolutions – to change? why? do they stick?
Dec 29, Toronto, Ontario: For the past several years I have challenged myself with New Year's Resolutions. True, this game is not for everyone. Currently I am running a poll on my … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions – to change? why? do they stick?
“The future is always changing …
"The future is always changing ... in the largest of ways by the smallest of things"—PUSH, the movie. What a great concept. It jives with Jim Collin's notion in "Good to Great" … [Read more...] about “The future is always changing …
I don’t know what I don’t know – do you?
It's a cute but profound challenge - how does one understand, conceive, or even glimpse that which one has no awareness of? In the Western world, particularly in the dog-eat-dog … [Read more...] about I don’t know what I don’t know – do you?
You can’t get there from here
Sometimes when we start we don't really even know where "there" is (or sometimes, frankly, where "here" is). Such statements are made light heartedly, but not lightly. We may … [Read more...] about You can’t get there from here
The “beginner’s mind” – blue sky
A Google search suggests that the most common reference to the "beginner's mind" originates from the title of Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki's book: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. It is … [Read more...] about The “beginner’s mind” – blue sky
What is the ‘sneakiest’ of words?
"It just takes guts" - I love this statement for so many reasons. It is from Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "The Black Swan"(1) and speaks of the challenges of planning - specifically … [Read more...] about What is the ‘sneakiest’ of words?
“That was easy” – reflections on haiku
Magical words - rewarding and rare. Who gravitates to "easy"? Sure on a Saturday afternoon. But the challenges of complexity are much more rewarding. In fact, making complexity … [Read more...] about “That was easy” – reflections on haiku
The Experiment
Okay - first confession. This is an experiment. Basically to see what is the big deal. Great to write but does anyone else care a hoot? Grass grows even when nobody is … [Read more...] about The Experiment