Joy is…..
. ...finding a Starbuck's at the baggage claim area of a major airport, knowing that I had a three-hour drive in front of me. ....seeing the face of a friend who had fallen in love again, after unexpectedly becoming a...
Case Study: From Dictatorship to Democracy
The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Gene Sharp, founder of the Albert Einstein Institute and a pioneer in researching non-violent resistance principles, based on successful uprisings to dictatorships throughout history. His wisdom is simple: Any dictatorship will eventually collapse if...
Three Types of Boundary Crossers
When I think back on the kinds of boundary crossers that I've run into, they seem to fall into three camps: Individuals who have had a successful career in one area and a passionate hobby in another world (e.g., software...
Jet Lag, Part 2
In my posting titled Jet Lag, I talked about catching up your beliefs, behaviors, and mindset to who you are today. The same type of "jet lag" can happen with catching up to who others are now. For the last...
The Long Tail
I finished The Long Tail by Chris Anderson a couple of weeks ago but have been procrastinating writing a post about it. Maybe it's because there's so much that resonates with me that it's hard to pick one or two...
If You Want to Grow Your Career, Grow Your Community
That's the title of an event that I'll be facilitating for Asian-American women on Sept 21 in Denver. We'll be looking at how to network in a meaningful and natural way, what the participants know about success and failure in...
Ambient Awareness, Twitter, and Eco-Systems
Two people pointed me to this blog posting about Twitter and how it creates "ambient awareness" of each other. Actually, the posting is an excerpt from a New York Times Magazine article published on Sept 7. What I notice is...
New Episodes of Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving
Two new episodes of the Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving podcast, "Choosing the Bigger Story," and "Joy and the Greater Good," are now available. This brings the number of episodes available to eight, with another ten episodes in the pipeline. For...