What is it that fuels your fire, turns your nut, infuses you with passion and energy? And how often is it part of your life? I need to turn my inner flywheel daily. There are particular activities that do it for me: walking my dog, Sita; working out; meditating. All of these are special times […]
Grand Challenges are bold and powerful goals that leaders take on to make the world a better place. I am now working with five leaders helping to define and launch their organization’s Grand Challenges. Our world’s biggest challenges are also our biggest opportunities. My mission is to help launch 100s of Grand Challenges over the
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The genesis of Floosh: Ruchi, my 12 yr old daughter, and I are driving home from picking up our dog, Sita. Sita puts her paw on the divider between the passenger and driver seat. I discipline her: “No, Sita.” Ruchi says, “Why can’t she put her paw there?” Me,”Because it is the first step into
I was perusing a book once in a bookstore – cannot remember the name – in which the author said something like, “Family vacations are not about vacations. They are about family dynamics.” It was a reframe that stuck with me. Of course, there are plenty of personal catastrophes that came to mind. But, right
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My best friend once attended a zen retreat in a sparse buiding in the mountains. It was cold. For seven days he sat with about eight other men cross legged. Sounds pretty horrible – but he was glad he went. About half way through the experience the instructor slapped the floor and yelled, “Wake up!”
When my wife and I travelled to India and met our newly adopted daugher, we thought she was about six years old. Her facial features and height seemed like a little child’s. Over the course of the last three years in our home she has grown six years! We recently confirmed this with a bone
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My son, Gabe, has got the photo bug. Last week he bought a new digital camera that does just about everything imaginable. Saturday he and I went out on the road for a full day of picture taking. He took pictures of plants, buildings, and people. I started by taking pictures of him. Then I
I dropped Sita off at doggy school Saturday. I hope she’ll come back with a PhD. But a BA would be great. If she just learns a couple of classes really well, I will be satisfied! Sita, at 120#, is one big puppy. She has two traits that are bred into her genes (1) she
Here in Washington, DC, I live in a land of obsessed with doing. But there is another way, known to many, which is all about being. Our brains are made to do and be. Doing is all about getting things done, analyzing, breaking things down into their parts, plotting the path from point A to
Your beauty often shines in the areas where you struggle most. The Jungian idea of a shadow is that part of yourself that you do not claim, that you do not state or assert is part of you. Most often it refers to something that you are ashamed of or embarassed by. Inside that category
