Apr 14
I could never become a… What a horrendous self-infliction, and more times than not, a mere illusion. Let me cut right to the chase. This is not yet another “you too can live your dreams” exposé as much as it is a heightening of your awareness to the fact that we are masters at cognitive …
Apr 08
We all experience numerous metaphors and aphorisms that for the moment, get us thinking. As my personal focus began to shift from a life in the Arts to that of an author and mentor of sorts, I found that the aphorism if you will, the journey is more important than the goal, surfaced time and …
Apr 08
An Impresario is an Italian word for someone who undertakes some action. This is an individual who organizes, invents, creates projects, and spins something out of nothing using insight and connection. She is a pathfinder, an improviser – someone who tries to create some kind of value where none existed before. The way things stand, …
Apr 05
Obviously some clarification needs to be right up front. There are multiple definitions and representations of the word daemon. The Latin daemon is looked upon as a genius, or guardian spirit. From Greek mythology we find it representing a god, or protective spirit. Plato saw the word as synonymous to one that is all knowing …
Mar 30
There’s no doubt personal accountability matters, especially in this day and age. It’s the driving force behind who you are and what you do. Author Greg Bustin speaks in this same light with his statement that accountability trumps any financial, intellectual, structural, or technical abilities in these times. It’s more or less an attitude of …
Mar 26
Let’s face it. Communicating is what we do the most and consequently pay attention to the least. Beyond that curious enigma of sorts comes a rather enlightening stat. According to Compton’s Encyclopedia, the total number of words in the English language is around 750,000. Of that number, we typically, or better said “habitually” use around …
Mar 23
The process of emulation is a tried and true method for expanding anyone’s possibilities, without a doubt. It is at the heart of most educational endeavors, studying and learning from those we have deemed relevant to our pursuits. We are actually wired to respond in this fashion. As I mentioned in a previous post, your …
Mar 19
We’re all familiar with the placebo effect in medicine and the highly scrutinized but mystifying success that has been experienced using it. It is a procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than the physiological effect, and sometimes the results are quite amazing. In the best selling book Mind Over Medicine, author …
Mar 14
It’s been said that the opposite of comprehensible is thought-provoking, a clever insight if you will to potentially seeing the merits of making a move in your life that spews of going against the grain. But logic would seem to dictate that aspiring to any new way of doing something is usually a stressful endeavor, …
Mar 10
You’re frustrated with your present job, which 9 times out of 10 begs the response; I’m going to have to learn a new skill set so I can change my work environment. There’s no question this is a legitimate response, but I promise you it’s a limited perspective. We all understand that quote/unquote learning a …
