A few years ago, when my first girl was two-years-old, she wanted to play my Bengali two-string dotar instrument. She plucked it. It twanged. I tried to guide her pudgy worms toward gentle strokes so it might purr, but no doing. Then, she wanted to pull out her mini-ukele. Similar deal. She set it down on her…
I have asked leaders in different fields whom I respect their views on leadership today and what conversations they think we need to be having. If you find something valuable here, please share this post and leave your comment or question. Today’s thoughtful leader is Blair Glaser, a leadership mentor and psychotherapist whose clients have ranged…
Rain falls on her parade, and she cries and curses. Rain floods his garden, and he swears he’ll never plant again, a farmer’s folly. Rain clouds hover over her head, and she settles into the nooks of her familiar despair. Those are three responses. To excel, we often need a wide repertoire of responses when…
It might seem counter-intuitive to imagine writing a book or building your signature business Story 15, 30, 45 minutes at a time. But you can.
The Thoughtful Leader Series “The principles [of true character] are fitted together into what we call…the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character in turn is the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.” – E.O. Wilson 86% of respondents to a recent World Economic Forum’s Global…
No less than three people within the past week have asked me about best methods to market their book. They usually understand but don’t like my response. I’m thinking personally about this matter of book marketing, too. My recent poetry collection Coat Thief was released by Saint Julian Press on May 23rd, 2016. I don’t see book…
Note: Saundra Goldman is a smart, quietly powerful mentor and leader. She has been leading a conversation for a few years at Creative Mix where she helps women connect the dots of their creative lives and step up with work that speaks to their deepest calling. Saundra has been taking stock of what the heroine’s journey entails. What…
To revise a website is an opportunity to dig in, check in, and get perspective. You get to dig into whom you’ve become. You check in on whom you’re engaging and elevating at your highest level. You get perspective on why what you do matters in our times. Tracking Wonder’s Story constantly evolves as those…
You know something about your business and brand has to change. And maybe that something is you – how you regard branding, how you see yourself, how you hold back your business’s best potential. Make you squirm? You can attend a meditation retreat and get clarity on how jumbled your mind is. You can travel…
There are thought leaders, and there are Thought Leaders.(1) And Seth Godin is the latter. Why? Godin is a Thought Leader not only because he’s smart. Not only because he’s prolific and creative. Godin is an archetypal Thought Leader because he understands the nature of Thought itself. He gets what drives human beings. He understands story and…
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