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Box It and Act Now
Is there a project you have been meaning to get to? Are you procrastinating it? Renowned dancer/choreographer Twyla Tharp starts work on a creative project by writing the name of the project on an empty box. Once the box exists so does the project and Tharp is committed and connected to it. In the box ...
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Don’t Trash, Converse to Learn
In my previous entry, I shared my son’s pile of “treasure” which some might perceive as trash. Using that metaphor as a segue, I offer some communication gems that can help us draw out treasure from an exchange. In the Society for Organizational Learning’s journal “Reflections“, Raymond D. Jorgensen shares “five guidelines for learning conversations.” ...
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New Disorder Reported in HMWPD-M
The Holistic Manual of World Perspective Disorders is currently under review by artists, scientists, philosophers, healers, and other visionaries for its thousandth edition (HMWPD-M) before its official printing in 2013. Included in the draft of the HMWPD-M is a newly conceptualized disorder termed left-brain-centric- disorder, also referred to as half-brain disorder. Known to wreak havoc ...
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Failure
What is failure to you? Do you fear it? This topic was inspired by the beginning of the classic movie with Julie Andrews, “The Sound of Music.” While the Sisters attempt to “solve the problem of Maria” the wise Mother of the Abbey reserves judgment. According to Wikipedia, “failure is the state or condition of ...