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[VIDEO] Please vote for my breakout session at the upcoming 2016 Wisdom 2.0 Conference
Wisdom 2.0 returns to the Bay Area and I need your vote! I have applied to run an interactive breakout session at the 2016 Wisdom 2.0 Conference in San Francisco entitled, “Mindfulness and Creativity in the Workplace: How to Build Cultures of Innovation.” The first round of voting is open to the general public, which […]
My first encounter with mindfulness
Setting the Stage for Experiencing Mindfulness On September 8, 2001, three days before the planes flew into the World Trade Center Towers, I had another jet of sorts crash into my head, presenting a way of being that I’d never quite experienced before. Grant you, the experience was far more localized than what would unfold in New […]
[VIDEO] Make Everything Significant
“Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. Creativity is the ability to move beyond habitual responses and approach things as fresh.” William James Not long ago, I asked a friend of mine about how he makes important decisions. His response: “I make everything significant.” His words had a strong impact […]
[VIDEO] Transformation Happens in the Darkness
When considering our creativity, it’s helpful to think of it in this way: “Growth happens in the light, transformation in the darkness.” Growth has to do with creative manifestation, our ability to use our resources, planning skills, and volition to turn our insights into reality. Transformation, however, are those experiences that bring about creative insights in […]
[VIDEO] Feels So Good: Life is Better with Rituals
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche This last week, I had the opportunity to spend a bit of time doing something I hadn’t done in a long time: Listening to LP’s. Not files from my iTunes, not CD’s, not cassettes […]