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The 2012 Manifesto
This year I’m approaching things differently. I called a friend today and we discussed how we’ve changed the past few years. She’s a Ph.D. candidate in Missouri, working on her second semester of graduate school. I’m working on… well, you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged annual review, creating space, intuition, personal challenge
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The 2011 Recap
“But I have a sense that it will be a great, action-packed year.” That was the last sentence I wrote in my 2011 manifesto. True to form, it was. I had more enjoyable experiences than I had planned. I was … Continue reading
A Brief October Update
I haven’t forgotten about you, dear reader; I’ve just been really busy. I’ve been traveling a lot the past few months: up the West Coast in June, Chicago-Montreal-Denver and El Paso last month, Vegas later this month, Hawaii next month. … Continue reading
Modernism, Postmodernism and the Minimalist Movement
How does the minimalist movement fit into consciousness? Last week I was on a podcast discussing human history through the lens of Integral philosophy. If you haven’t listened to it yet, please do so – it’s my first time on … Continue reading
Posted in integral theory, minimalism, philosophy
Tagged integral theory, minimalism, modernism, postmodernism, transpersonal
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Deactivating Facebook
Last week I deactivated my Facebook profile. A few months ago I went an entire month without Facebook. Since the beginning of March, I have logged into Facebook no more than a couple dozen times. Most of that time was … Continue reading
Posted in admin, philosophy
Tagged creating space, digital sabbatical, facebook, internet withdrawal, life design, personal story, unplugging
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Notes From Three Weeks Of Travel
I’m not a travel writer, but traveling is a great way of gaining insight into how you can design your life. I recently returned from a three-week vacation on the West Coast of the United States and Canada. During … Continue reading
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Tagged achievable, airbnb, amtrak, life design, personal story, travel, unplugging
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A Few Travel Vignettes
I’m not a travel writer, but I’m giving this a shot. I just returned from a three-week trip, primarily by rail. I’m working on the post about the lessons I learned, but for this week I am posting a few … Continue reading
500 Of My People
For one weekend I felt known and understood, fully and completely. I can’t objectively explain why, but when tickets for the World Domination Summit went on sale I knew I had to be there. Call it synchronicity, call it intuition, … Continue reading
Posted in annual review
Tagged emotions, intuition, life design, personal story, space creation, WDS, World Domination Summit
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The First Crux of Leadership
I have two primary beliefs about developing people into leaders. First, leaders are developed or “made”. Leaders are not “born”. This wasn’t the case in large swathes of human history, where leadership was either by inheritance (e.g. royalty) or by … Continue reading
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Tagged achievable, guiding principles, leadership, life design, perspective, toastmasters
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Lessons From The Train
Valuable lessons can be learned by simply changing how you do things. A couple of weekends ago I was in Los Angeles with a friend to watch a movie and see a few trains on display. Instead of driving to … Continue reading
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Tagged amtrak, creating space, lifestyle design, personal story, perspective, philosophy, train, unplugging
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