Making a Difference While Making a Living

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

Foundations

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 wanted to leave when it [...]

January 20, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Working for Good  No 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 Tips for Working for Good

Last week I posted a piece entitled “Ten Reasons to be Working for Good.” Here is a follow up, with some tips on how to do so. You can find more in depth information and insights into these at workingforgood.com and in my book, Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living.
1.     Cultivate [...]

January 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: 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

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

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

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

The Role of Collaboration in Working for Good

The promise and possibility of collaboration is joyful, playful co-creation. When the hearts, minds, and spirits of a group come together to address shared opportunities and challenges, the palette of options, ideas, and energies we employ expands, and new colors emerge from the synergies between participants.
In the context of Working for Good, with our commitment [...]

October 19, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments