In trying to teach my 11 year old son how someone can become financially wealthy I had to really think about how I wanted to explain myself to him. I could have used any number of stories of how people work hard, study hard, and then it all pays off but I found myself looking… Continue reading with risk comes rewards?
Why Jim Carrey’s video about gun ownership is stimulating conversation.
Why is Jim Carrey’s video “Cold Dead Hands” about gun ownership stimulating conversation? What! A celebrity you like speaking out on an issue and challenging you because you thought he was such a cool wacky guy? He is joking about the kind of gun pride stuff many of us joke about with people we can… Continue reading Why Jim Carrey’s video about gun ownership is stimulating conversation.
do I want to be a part of moon shot thinking?
How much of the 6 hours left in my day after the work-sleep-eat-cycle can/should I spend on entertainment? Well, if you have a family like me you decide to spend quality time with your wife and kids but what do you do with the rest of it? I understand that we have a great privledge… Continue reading do I want to be a part of moon shot thinking?
Connection – Potential – Rewards
Making a good Connection creates Potential for great Rewards I have had the good fortune to learn from leaders in the world of people coaching. I have found my own ideas/styles emerging as I add my own experience and knowledge into the recipe that I have gained from these awesome influences. Of late my perspective… Continue reading Connection – Potential – Rewards
working better together to change the world
I have been fascinated by the idea of communal living and the benefits of sharing. Sharing tools with each other and helping to learn new tools and solve problems together. This very concept seems like something that comes from deep within me as if programmed to try to do this. In real life however, I… Continue reading working better together to change the world
4 kinds of officer
I listened to Stewart Brand on CBC Ideas the other day and he mentioned that when he was an officer in the US military his trainers held the belief that there were 4 kinds of officers. I found it very interesting. From best to worst: Brilliant and Lazy Brilliant and Industrious Lazy and Stupid Industrious… Continue reading 4 kinds of officer
recipes for success – relationship * possibility * action
One of the most powerful concepts of the coaching practices that I have learned is to think of our interactions with the idea of three types of conversation: relationship, possibility and action. There is no script for each of these conversations to happen but rather the practice of seeing your conversations through these lenses has… Continue reading recipes for success – relationship * possibility * action
in the “business” of saving the world?
thinking out loud, again….. I have struggled with thinking through an issue raised on a web site I check in on from time to time. The issue is a matter of forming alliances for financial purposes with the intention of collaborating on successfully working to eliminate poverty. Article: Uncultured Project Appeal to Readers In my… Continue reading in the “business” of saving the world?
is being tired a valid excuse for not helping the world?
A full work day, being a dad, being a husband and a few household duties or projects thrown in here and there and there isn’t much left of my energy and yet…… ….. there are conversations I would like to contribute to. I recalled a quote tonight from Ross Perot and it made me think. … Continue reading is being tired a valid excuse for not helping the world?
children in grown up bodies
-sigh- occasionally my work inspires me for my ideas of what to write here and today I am filled with a desire to vent. I am regularly reminded that while our bodies age, and our vocabularies increase, the level of maturity is not guaranteed to follow. Moreover wisdom may never come to an individual despite… Continue reading children in grown up bodies