Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company magazine and author of Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself, declares that adequate products and services are no longer ‘good enough’ in the market place. …
In December 2010, I chose new directions with the launch of a new website and a new way of being in the world. With the appearance of these just-in-time stepping stones, I began the journey of tasting each step along…
In an earlier blog, I wrote about the shifting global paradigm reflecting how we think about and deal with information in our daily lives. With the proliferation of digital technologies, we moved from out-right secrecy in the 70s into greater…
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn Don’t know why you should feel That there’s something to learn These lines from Al Stewart’s 1978 platinum song and album, Time Passages, remind me to be patient during those in-between…
I am always interested in how others view change, particularly other disciplines. But my research does not necessarily bring clarity. Take the two change models illustrated below as examples. In the first, produced by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, their…
I suspect we share this truism. Trusting one’s convictions is always tested by Life’s emerging experiences. In other words, whatever we are challenged with learning, Life will continually provide us with relevant opportunities in which we can choose to…
Although North American society speaks of human development as passing from survival and safety > belonging and love > esteem > self-actualization, Hindus recognize four quite different transitions of the human evolutionary journey – the desire for pleasure the desire…
Many years ago I read a relationship book that differentiated between romantic and real love. Unfortunately, the book has disappeared from my ‘lending library’ and I cannot remember the author’s name. Maybe s/he will read this blog and claim…
Over the past 15 years, my personal healing and growth primarily focused on letting go of limiting behavioral patterns—smoking, taking others’ comments personally, comparing myself to others, envy, etc. Although these habituated old behaviors once were useful, they no longer…
When we choose to create change in our lives, our tendency is to begin outside of ourselves with what we can see with our eyes. One of my ‘early warning’ signs of coming change is I find myself tidying…
When I was a 10-year old girl, change meant something new was about to happen; an adventure was in store. Life was rich with experience and I, awe-struck, determined to try everything once. In sharing this memory with others,…
For years I wondered what it really meant to “surrender one’s will.” On a superficial level, I understood I was not able to control my external environment. Although I might be able to influence or even manipulate it, the only…
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