This first task of a leader is to lead themselves. Dee Hock the former CEO of VISA and noted author of “The Chaordic Organization,” talks about the necessity of 360 degree leadership. He states that we lead up (meaning our supervisors), we lead out (meaning our peers), we lead down (meaning our direct [...]

I’m sitting with a guy today over breakfast and we are discussing some of the 360 degree feedback from his work associates. I can hear the inner struggle of owning the condition of what we are when we are conscious of our wholeness - our being both good and bad. Eastern [...]

“The most visible creators I know of are those artists whose medium is life itself, the ones who express the inexpressible - without a brush, hammer, clay, or guitar. They neither paint not sculpt - their medium is being. Whatever their presence touches has increased life. They see and don’t have to [...]

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die for the roar which lies on the other side of silence.” George Eliot
Ken Wilber states that the average person between ages 25 [...]

Today I was reminded that listening for something may never help someone ever hear more, or potentially any better. The question of “if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise?” must be understood in part about having someone there to begin with, [...]

Today I experienced desire that was not straining for fulfillment. I didn’t attempt to possess, control, or create what I wanted, I just was present with it as it was. Have you ever cupped air? Are you holding onto it, or are you present with it as it is? In my [...]