(repost from March, 2018) In my professional life, I find it essential to keep my private conversations with others confidential, unless I have explicit permission to share what we discussed. This has trained me to confirm with others if the information in our conversation is private or public. The best […]
(photo credit Red Wolf Cinema) While the world was passing around cards with hearts, flowers, candy, and gifts for Valentine’s Day, the Momentum team was producing the Third Annual Leadership Summit. On this annual day for expressing affection, we took the opportunity to explore matters of the heart at work. […]
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw For the past several years, I have been grappling with my realization that pretty much everything I think, and everything that we think, is made up, which is to say: Whatever […]
What would make the difference to your team? In Manly P. Hall’s The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Hall reflects on the higher nature of Man, characterized by clarity, Spirit, grace and compassion, whereas the lower nature of man is characterized by fear, superstition and ignorance. Whether consciously or unconsciously, […]
Who is Calling the Shots Here? Apparently, our internal dialogue, the internal running conversation, has been running for a very long time. The Toltecs call this “the Narrator,” which kind of sums up that role. It is constantly talking to us, advising, judging and yes, criticizing. Modern Definition:“An internal monologue, also […]
“We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we look for initiative or energy, and we look for integrity. And if they don’t have the latter, the first two will kill you, because if you’re going to get someone without integrity, you want them lazy and dumb.” Warren […]
My wife Marlene, who is also my business partner, and our daughters Christa Marie and Caitlyn Rose, both in their young twenties, just returned from our first trip to Burning Man. Burning Man is in its 39th year and currently held annually in the Black Rock desert North of Reno. […]
I recently had a first in a lifetime experience! Pete Buttigieg, a Presidential candidate, was in town. A friend, who thinks highly of him, invited us to go with her to hear him speak. We went! It was held downtown at an event facility and there were several hundred, maybe […]
Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent, as opposed to that which is merely imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. In physical terms, reality is the totality of the universe, known and unknown. Wikipedia distinguishes between […]
I recently attended the annual Future Frontiers conference in Austin, Texas… And after a somewhat sobering interview with Psychologist Ken Wilber, John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, began to speak. Most of the conversation revolved around the courtship with Jeff Bezos prior to becoming part of the Amazon family. John spoke […]