http://www.workingforgood.com/blog The Process is the Product Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:09:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=396 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=392 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=388 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=384 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=380 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=376 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=372 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, ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=369 Yesterday the Working for Good founding team met to finalize our formal organizational process, discuss our business development strategy, review current project, and break bread together (we're really good at that!). Consistent with the rich organic process by which we have come together, it was so enjoyable and productive, no one ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=365 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 ... http://www.workingforgood.com/blog/?p=359