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Monthly Archives: September 2010
The joys of triple distillation
Yesterday I wrote about distilling your harvest. While in the Rocky Mountains recently I enjoyed a glass or two of Jameson Irish whiskey. It’s smooth and delicious, the product of triple distillation. What’s triple distillation? The whiskey makers go through the distillation process three times. Each time, more and more impurities are separated from the [...]
Posted in Passion, Persistence, Purpose Tagged Jameson Irish whiskey, Passion, Persistence, progress, Rocky Mountains, triple distillation, vodka triple distill Comments closed
Distill your harvest
The phrase, “distill your harvest” keeps coming up for me the last few weeks. I got curious. Why the word ‘distill’? What is distillation anyway? I looked it up and a summary definition is – separating something into its essential parts (and to remove impurities) by using a boiling liquid mixture. Alcohol is distilled, but [...]
Posted in Passion, Purpose Tagged blanching, distill your harvest, distillation, distilling your passion, Grow, harvest, Quixote Consulting Comments closed
This is the week for gathering your harvest
The Autumn season started on September 23rd, the night of the Harvest Moon. Farmers and gardeners throughout the northern hemisphere are very busy harvesting and preserving what they planted from seed and grew all summer long. The oaks around the house are dropping their acorns and the squirrels are very busy gathering and storing them. [...]
Posted in Happiness, Play, Purpose Tagged Autumn, Grow, harvest, harvest moon, Purpose, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, savor, savoring, Team Building, Training Comments closed
A Pocket Poem – The Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes
September 23 was this year’s harvest moon. Here’s a pocket poem from famed British poet Ted Hughes to inspire you to enjoy the night sky this weekend. What in your life is ready to harvest? The Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, A vast [...]
It’s a big night – autumn equinox and a full harvest moon!
Today is the autumn equinox. And tonight is the harvest moon. It’s the first day of the fall season, and it really feels like it here in New England. After being on the road with clients for much of September I came home to find that fall had arrived already. The leaves are changing and [...]
Posted in Persistence Tagged autumn equinox, balance, Grow, harvest moon, harvesting, Persistence Comments closed
Can you commute collaboratively?
Collaboration is powerful, but does require practice. Every day offers endless opportunities to be looked at from a collaborative view. I invite you to try this team collaboration tool on your way to and from wherever you’re commuting today and tomorrow. Ask yourself: “How would I drive or travel differently if the object for all [...]
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Three Tools for Building your Collaborative Team
The next time you are together in a team, try out on or all of these three team collaboration tools. 1. Set Clear Goals Together. Set a clear, ambitious goal with lots of measurable steps to progress. Leave the path to get there undefined while using people’s passion as the fuel to get the team [...]
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Three ways to practice team collaboration on your own anytime, anywhere, with anyone
Team collaboration doesn’t need a team in place and all together for you to practice a collaborative approach. Here are three ways to practice anytime, anywhere, with anyone. 1 – All on the Same Team Imagine that your co-workers are on the same team, your kids are on the same team, your spouse is on [...]
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When was a peak moment of team collaboration for you?
Happiness research as well as the strengths and Appreciative Inquiry fields all tout the benefits of recalling past peak moments. Here’s you chance to recall a peak moment of team collaboration. Think of a time when you were part of a team that exceeded expectations while there was a feeling of cohesion, of mutual caring and [...]
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