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The eyes and ears of a leader
How can we bring fresh eyes and ears to a project or to our loved ones, friends, clients, co-workers, and to our growing and changing selves? Basically what we need to do is to keep looking for new things, keep discovering – even in the routine – a new way of looking, seeing and being. I know this and still was fooled recently …
7 tips if you’re stepping into a new story this year
New stories often involve change, here are seven tips that might help you on your journey.
War Play and Rough & Tumble Play – do they have value for adults?
When I first heard the term “war play” I was repulsed and unsure what it encompassed. Had I ever played like that as a kid? Do I today? What about rough and tumble play? This sounded like fun, but ….These issues often come up for parents and educators with respect to childhood play and they can be controversial. But, are these types of play worthwhile for adults?
Perspective, editing, and proofreading – a tip for writers, speakers and storytellers
You’ve read it over a hundred times, or you haven’t proofed it once – in either case here’s my favorite proof reading, editing and perspective taking tip. It’s simple, doable and quick – read your book, article, text, email, speech or blog aloud …. this tip adds just enough to help the written word leap off the page so we can see it anew. Here are some examples:
Stories have no power
Yes, that’s what I’ve come to believe. Stories have no power – we have the power. Human beings have the power to listen with a more nuanced ear…
Acknowledgment and the story
Acknowledgement means, at minimum, I see you.
Maybe if it was a was a cat, it would be climbing a tree, asleep, scratching at the leg of a chair, purring contentedly, or chasing a bird.
Goldilocks was just looking in the wrong place
Poor Goldilocks – she was just trying to find the right bowl of porridge, the right rocking chair, and the right bed. And it was all just right, until it wasn’t.
Chicken Little
Poor Chicken Little, the sky wasn’t falling and she was the last to know. There are leaders like this. There always looking for the problem . . .
Leading through play – engaging and investing in the land: Days 18 – 30
There’s nature, and then there’s NATURE! I haven’t been planning to evacuate because of a hurricane, flood, tornado, or a wild fire! The truth is that in light of … the final twelve days of the challenge offered up some new or re-learned understandings around communication, change and personal leadership:
Leading through play – disappointment and change: Days 10 – 17
I had a disappointment this past week … a little project that didn’t go off as I expected. I couldn’t have been more prepared, and yet there I stood – surprised in the actual moment … I knew enough to be present, to carry on, to do my best with what I had to work with. The thing is you don’t know what you don’t know until you know it. Change happens, play helps.
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