“…our experience is altogether momentary. From one point of view, each moment is so elusive Continue reading
Day: November 6, 2010
Built to Last
When you’ve built an institution with values and a purpose beyond just making money—when you’ve built a culture that makes a distinctive contribution while delivering exceptional results— Continue reading
Creating the conditions for genuine growth and change
“How do things grow in nature? Do we drive them to grow? Do we say, ‘You must grow five inches a quarter or you’re out of here!’. No. Continue reading
If you don’t play the game, you can’t know enough to make the rules.
Oratory is empty if it has not been field-tested on the battlefield of experience. And I have little use for those who write beautifully and live sordidly; or those who withdraw from the world and issue instructions for how to live in it; or priesthoods that deny the realities of the flesh but wish to control the appetites and activities of those who live as whole human beings. If you don’t play the game, you can’t know enough to make the rules. If you are not engaged in the sweaty work of the world, you should not be in charge of the deodorant concession. And if you cannot find a way to aid progress in human affairs, then know that the smirking cynicism of the sideline critic is a form of plaque – and to be one of those is to be a carrier of death instead of a preserver of life. Strong words? Yes, and deeply felt”
– Robert Fulghum
Spiritual Communication and Healing
There is an obscure story about of one of Freud’s personal conversations that puts an interesting twist on the state of psychology in the West. Continue reading
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