Monthly Archives: June 2011

The problem is your doorway

“The problem is your doorway.” – Pema Chodron in a talk at Omega Institute, Spring 2011 What a challenging relief! If we’re looking for a door that leads us to a better place, a more comfortable place, a more loving place, a more successful place, the above quote is a blueprint for how to find [...]
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Savor the planet!

“I wake up each morning torn between the desire to improve the world and the desire to enjoy it. It makes it hard to plan the day.” – E.B. White Savor the planet! Savor the whales! Savor the humans! Savor the children! What if the first step to saving something we love is to savor [...]
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The supreme pleasure of being you

“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.” - Salvador Dali Each morning when you awake, you too have an opportunity to experience a supreme pleasure – that of being YOU. You are here on earth with a unique set of DNA, unique talents, strengths and passions. [...]
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Some Time to Call Your Own

“A man needs some time that he can call his own.” – from Eating Out of Your Hand, a bluegrass standard It continually stuns me (I must be a very forgetful person) how even a few minutes a day of delight, of play or indulging in my passion for playing music soothes, energizes, relaxes and [...]
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How to Grow the Garden (Set the Goal, Not the Path) – Six Steps to Becoming a Strengths-Based Manager

Are you a manager? Even if you don’t think you are, you probably are. Even if you don’t have the job title of manager, if you’re a parent, in a relationship, have friends, have pets, have many different interests, a gardener, then you’re a manager. Anyone who is trying to bring some greater whole to [...]
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