Flourishing

Stand Up

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. — Thomas J. Watson, Jr What initially separates the leaders, changemakers, and heroes from everyone else [...]

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A Few Words On No Goals

A few weeks back, I was writing a post in reply to Leo’s discussion of No Goals. I found myself referencing many versions of the Tao Te Ching to show missing pieces that weren’t in his discussion. As I reflected on the essential tenets of the Tao, I saw that what little I had to [...]

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Getting Some Perspective On Your Epic Losses and Failures

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cath Duncan of Remembering For Good. I know this is the season when we’re all supposed to be jolly, but for many people who’ve lost a loved one or whose business is failing, this is the toughest time of the year. Since we talk about life AND business [...]

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Choosing Engaged and Meaningful over Comfort

Nearly two years ago, Catherine Caine sent me this topic request: While going through the idea garden this morning, I came across it again. Given some of the things I’ve been thinking about and working on here recently, it’s prescient. So, better late than never, here goes. Comfort is over-marketed and over-rated. Most of the [...]

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Steer Through the Skid

When you’re driving on ice and your vehicle starts slipping, one of the worst things you can do is slam on the brakes. The counter-intuitive but right course of action is to continue to steer through the skid, keeping your wheels going enough that they can grip and get you back on course. What’s true [...]

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Hitting The Reset Button on Digital Clutter

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ethan Waldman of Cloud Coach. In the offline world, I own too much stuff, and keep even more of it around. Long after these things are no longer serving me, I still lovingly store them and keep them out of guilt, fear, or obligation. In the digital world, I don’t seem [...]

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Work-Life Balance: Waking Up To The Real Problem (Part II)

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael Van Osch of ThinkTankMen.com. In Part I of this series, I talked about the real issue behind what we commonly call a lack of work-life balance. In many cases, work-life balance is referred to as the root cause for being unfulfilled, unhappy and burnt out, when in reality, [...]

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Living Like Hermit Crabs

Finding and re-creating yourself is a lifelong journey marked out in moments. It’s an apparent paradox: we’ll never be “there”, yet we’re always trying to get there. Patience and persistence keep this paradox taut. Patience helps us celebrate, appreciate, and acknowledge both what we have and that we’re in process. Persistence reminds us that we [...]

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Work-Life Balance – Waking Up To The Real Problem (Part I)

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael Van Osch of ThinkTankMen.com. “Work-life Balance. Work-life balance. Work-life balance.” You hear about it a lot. And given some recent stats that show only 20% of Americans are passionate about what they do for a living, it’s hardly surprising that work-life balance is a major topic [...]

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