A Few Things I’ve Written…
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The Power of Systems for Creative People
There is a really good book I read recently, called The Power of Systems by Steve Chandler and Trevor Timbeck. I’ve read a number of other books on systems, usually business systems, but this one was about more about the nature of systems, how the results we get in various areas of our lives are…
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Let the Cat Be a Cat
Imagine that your partner announces that the house needs a pet. They charge out the door, in search of the perfect furry animal to add to the family. Meanwhile, you start making plans, thinking about the dog you assume will be coming home. You dream of long walks in the woods, throwing a frisbee to…
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50@50: Fifty Things I’ve Learned So Far
On the occasion of my 50th Birthday, I thought it’d be fun to write out 50 things I’ve learned in my life, perhaps as a gift to my kids, on how to live a good life. Some of these things are probably obvious, but a lot aren’t. And some are things I still struggle with…
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What Goggles Are You Wearing?
When I look at the world outside my window, I might notice a child on a bike, or a car speeding by. I might see a tree or the neighbor’s gutter, full of leaves. I might see my yard, in need of mowing, or the nice paint job on the house down the street.My attention…
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Create a Better Experience for a Better Business
Existence is experience. If we don’t experience, we don’t exist. Many philosophical traditions operate from this point, and it’s impossible to refute. If there is no one to experience the universe, in what sense does it exist? Bringing this down to the human level, everything we do, we do in pursuit of positive experiences and to…
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How to Use The Venn Diagrams of Life
I love Venn Diagrams, as a way to show where we are not in alignment, and how that causes our frustrations and failures. It becomes obvious when you see that you are only overlapping ever so slightly and when you are near total alignment. The first Venn Diagram I’d like to consider is the one…
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