Posts by Carol Ross
Beliefs
Another good post from Seth Godin on beliefs. Seth says: People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. This, from the author of a book called, "All Marketers Are Liars." Seth points to the…
Read MoreIntuition vs. Analysis
I’m catching up on Seth Godin’s blog. He’s got a posting on Intuition vs. Analysis, encouraging us to trust our gut more, because that’s where great breakthroughs come from. This is something I’ve seen over and over. And while I don’t want to throw out analysis, I think we use way too little of our…
Read MoreMore on 360Reach
I recently wrote about some of the results of using the personal branding tool, 360 Reach. What I forgot to say was that the most common attributes that people associated with me (out of more than 60 different attributes listed) were Genuine, Creative, and Intelligent. So how am I using this info? It’s validation that…
Read MoreLaundry Lessons
My 11-year old son recently returned from a week-long camp. It was his first time away from home for more than a few days and the camp had made a packing list that essentially emptied out his drawers. While I was happy to have Andy back home, I also saw that if I didn’t teach…
Read MoreQuestion #6
Ilene answers another question about Conscious Living: What things, practices, exercises, actions can we do to approach consciousness in our daily lives? First my disclaimer, these are things I have tried and found helpful. I don’t claim they necessarily work for anyone else. I always feel first and foremost, that each of us walks our…
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