Posts by Carol Ross
Little Black Boxes
I got an iPod nano last weekend. I saved the black box it came in. I’ve been talking up the book, A WHOLE NEW MIND for the last nine months and this weekend, I experienced fully what it means to buy a product from a company that gets Design. I was fascinated and delighted by…
Read MoreCreative Expression and Blogging
An interesting report on bloggers and their habits was recently issued from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Main reason bloggers blog? Creative expression and sharing of personal experiences. This is an important point. It confirms my suspicion that there are many more writers out there than people who will admit to being writers. …
Read MoreGreat Work
In January 2006, I wrote a posting about the difference between good work and great work. I found definitions of the two from a coaching colleague, Michael Bungay Stanier, who found it from someplace else. (I suppose that’s the way of the Internet-driven world—we have access to great ideas but the originator sometimes gets lost…
Read MoreQuestion #5
The following set of questions for Ilene comes from an email that I recently received from a reader of this blog. Have you had any enlightening experiences or thoughts about God or what comes next? Do you see yourself moving from your work here and your approach with Death as a way to segue…
Read MoreQuestion #4
Here’s the next set of Q+A from Ilene: What have you learned about yourself from this experience? I am stronger and more lovable than I ever imagined. I am much more than what I do. I have a great capacity to take what comes my way and make it into something instructive, meaningful and worthwhile. …
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