Can personality be changed?
Today, I was asked by a colleague whether I believe that personality can be changed. The question coincided with my explorations into how neuroscience and the theory of neuoplasticity is…
Choosing Contribution over Consumption
I'm sitting at my computer reading a colleague's article about choosing our highest values. I know what I need to do today to serve my highest value of contribution, but…
How to write a book – A Play
I'm listening to an interview of author Janice Day who wrote about her breast cancer experience. I like her style and her struggle to find a story format to suit…
Why we must celebrate the small wins
A great way to start the week listening to Tim Ferriss' podcast with Chase Jarvis. I especially love his comments about the really important reason for celebrating the small wins.…
Tiny Habits
Check out BJ Fogg's tiny habits process, it's a great starter week-long course on how to develop efective habits.
Connecting Scanners and Makers
I love Barbara Sher's Scanner* network and the "Look what I've made" group. I also love her idea for a "Scanners, Steal my Idea" group, but I wonder... [Here's my…
Dont fight the status quo – make it obsolete
Confronting corporations and their lack of sustainable practices will only get us so far. As Buckminster Fuller, the designer and systems theorist, said: “You never change things by fighting the…
Five Questions to help Get Unstuck
I'm participating in an online course with lots of assignments and some of our group have gotten behind and are feeling stuck. It seems overwhelming if not impossible to catch…
Voicing our Values
Thanks to ever-growing social networks, research shows the average person has the ability to influence 8,000 people or more (our friends, our friends' friends, and even our friends' friends' friends).…