“What is hope? It is the presentiment that imagination is more real and reality less real than it looks. Continue reading
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We know no other moment than the present moment.
“…our experience is altogether momentary. From one point of view, each moment is so elusive Continue reading
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
The spiritual pathway
The spiritual pathway is facilitated by certain characteristics which become reinforced and more powerful with practice, experience and success. Continue reading
Creativity
Creativity is the quality that you bring to the activity that you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach – how you look at things…. Continue reading
Getting on the Balcony – Ronald A Heifetz
Leadership is both active and reflective. One has to alternate between participating and observing. Walt Whitman described it as being ‘both in and out of the game’. … Continue reading
Successful role for the CEO in a transformation
Our experience with scores of major transformation efforts, combined with research we have undertaken over the past decade, suggests that four key functions collectively define a successful role for the CEO in a transformation: Continue reading
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