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Cultivating Brilliance

As I understand it, diamonds are the result of coal combined with plants, fungi, and bacteria under extreme pressure over a really long time. And the brilliant multi-faceted gems we know as diamonds are the result of a refined process of cutting and polishing.
As I reflect on the process of launching Working for Good [...]

June 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

The Role of the Conscious Leader: Facing Edges & Embracing Emergent Process

I note that I have been relatively quiet with my blog posting and external communications in general during the past couple of weeks. While I have been under the weather for over a week (which undoubtedly has something to do with the silence in this realm) and intensely focused on the work at hand, I [...]

April 9, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

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

Take Care of Yourself

Boy, this is a big issue. I’ve always know it to be so, but since I started writing this piece a couple weeks ago it’s significance has become even more apparent.
People frequently ask me how I do all that I do and how I look and act so young. I suppose I have a pretty [...]

February 20, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Gestation

This is my first blog post in over ten days, after posting twice a week since April 2009, with a little break over the holidays. Interestingly (at least to me) I wrote or started a few pieces since my last post - Restoration – on February 1st.
For some reason, I decided not to post, but [...]

February 13, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, 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.).

Adobe Creative Suite [...]

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

Reflections on the Week of 1.10.10

The second full week of 2010 was quite extraordinary. If I try to characterize it in a word or two some of those that come up for me are movement, signs, early fruit, acceleration, foundations, and can’t forget full and fulfilling!
There was so much energy flowing in and around me that I found myself waking [...]

January 17, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Ten Reasons to be Working for Good

Many of us aspire and dedicate ourselves to Working for Good – making the world a better place through our work. The essence of Working for Good is a calling, a sense of passion and purpose that stirs us to action from deep inside. It is based on the belief that what we do matters, [...]

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

From Fear to Love: The Heart of the New Business Paradigm

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
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January 2, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments