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What is love?
Love is wanting to hug blogger Sasha Dichter for starting a movement. Because I used to be anti-Valentine’s Day. I used to think of it as a contrived, inauthentic excuse to make those of us in a...
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Operation Generosity – an experiment in a different kind of love
Yesterday, I answered the call to transform Valentine’s Day into Generosity Day. I decided to hand out quotable cards and magnets to random strangers on my commute to work. I wrote inside the cards and...
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March 10 – International Day of Awesomeness
I’m feeling very sheepish because it’s been almost a month since my last post. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. I have at least 70 different ideas for blog posts that are just dying...
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Sustainable Birthday
In the days leading up to my birthday last week, there was definitely an aura of funk in the air. That kind of funk born of the frustration that I mentioned in an earlier post that is so hazardous. Am...
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Renewing the enthusiasm of our organizations
Our organizations – private sector, academia, non-profits, public sector – are in trouble. Tomorrow, I will attend a conference that’s dedicated to rewriting the design rules of the organization, with...
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“Mindfulness – the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves…”
“Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves…it can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.” - Thich Nhat...
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How do we dominate the world?
In the past month, I attended two conferences that have had a profound effect on me – so much so that I’ve spent reams of paper mind mapping my notes, trying to make sense of the shift that’s happening...
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Nurturing a mountain
A view of Bear Butte from the south. It gets its name from its resemblance to the form of a slumbering bear. In early July, I visited my Mom and step-dad in South Dakota, where they spent this summer...
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What makes you come alive?
Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, posted a question on Facebook this weekend “Agree or disagree? ‘September is the other January.’” Having spent Labor Day weekend in somewhat of a...
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What to do when enthusiasm leaks out a torn back muscle…
When I came up with the framework for What Makes You Come Alive, I was looking forward to an autumn filled with rock climbing and connecting with old friends. And then…my back, which had been sore for...
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Renewing my own enthusiasm – by design
Confession. It’s been nine months since my last blog entry. And before I get to a recipe I’ve found for getting awesomeness back, there’s a bit of a back story. Last fall, I worked to heal a minor...
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