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Deepening

When I opened my Facebook page Monday and read “What’s on your mind?” my response was “Deepening.” Here’s why.
The weekend of March 12th I facilitated a Working for Good workshop at Mii Amo Spa in Sedona, Arizona. The journey through the workshop was profound and catalytic, for the participants, my collaborator, and me, and its [...]

March 25, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Making a Difference, Together

Shortly after I finished writing my book, Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living, people started asking me if I planned to write another (as if finishing one weren’t enough!) My response typically was, “If I do, I will probably call it Working for Good: Together.” Out of all of the insights [...]

March 8, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Coherence

At the recommendation of my general physician during my annual physical, I recently purchased a portable emWave device from the Institute of HeartMath as a tool to reduce stress and increase heart wave coherence and overall health. In this context, coherence is the “highly efficient physiological state in which the nervous system, cardiovascular, hormonal, and [...]

February 22, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Restoration

I’ve been dancing with this blog post since last Saturday, when the theme appeared to me. I recognized that the week ahead (now nearly past) called for a deep level of retreat and restoration, while maintaining full out engagement with the river of activity in my life (parenting, training, building, serving, etc.).

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January 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  4 Comments

Development

“I don’t develop. I am.”Pablo Picasso

An oak tree takes decades to reveal its size and shape. Bamboo, even 50 foot tall varieties, can grow to full height in 9 months, but to reach full maturity (for harvesting for use as a building material, for instance) takes three to four years. Each has an inherent [...]

January 5, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Just Say “Yes!”

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the [...]

December 8, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

New Life

I’ve been a gardener for most of my life, and have been a father for a little more than 11 years. I’ve also been a seeker for as long as I can remember, and have spent decades consciously cultivating awareness, understanding, and core capacities such as love, compassion, mindfulness. There is something so exhilarating about [...]

December 1, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Refinement

Every other year or so I dive into a couple months of therapy. I find that taking time to reflect with a professional and to have someone probe the nooks and crannies of my body-mind is extremely informative and productive, and supports me to see things I may not have noticed and to work through [...]

November 24, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Team Work

“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” ~ H. E. Luccock
Over the past year, with an intensive focus over the past few months, a wonderful team has been coming together around the idea of Working for Good and around a shared vision for catalyzing an “ecosystem” to cultivate, [...]

November 18, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

In the flow…on the beam…in the zone…

Have you ever had the experience of being “in the flow” or “on the beam” or “in the zone”? Some refer to this experience as being in a state of grace. Whatever you call it, it is that experience of effortlessness, where time seems to be suspended, and whatever you need to move forward appears [...]

November 10, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments