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Put Aside ‘Story’, Be Present To The Phenomenon
In our default way of being something occurs in the world and instantly we find ourselves in the domain of explanation; we are almost never present to the phenomenon itself: that which occurred. Does...
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What Constitutes Giving? And Can Giving Be An Access To Transformation?
Transformation always start with our way of being-in-the-world. And our way of being-in-the-world is a function of cultural practices and what we do or do not do, regularly and how we do what we do....
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Insights Into Human Nature & The Human Condition
I want to continue, flesh out, and give some concreteness to that which I shared in this post: What Is Our Fundamental Nature? Is It All Made Up? What better way to do that than share the insights of...
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Why Heed The Call & Live The Unlived Life?
The English word ‘devil’ is very beautiful. If you read it backwards it becomes ‘lived’. That which is lived becomes divine, and that which is not lived becomes the devil. Only the lived is...
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Cause Miracles Wherever You Are, Whoever You Are With
I enjoying ‘listening’ to Laurence Platt and his speaking on Conversations for Transformation. In his most recent post, I found myself wide awake when reading the following line:“a miracle is something...
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Birthday Gift: Quotes To Savour?
Officially, it is my birthday. And I have chosen freely to show up and operate from a stance of giving: giving of myself to others, to make a positive contribution, and bring life to the possibility...
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Opening Ourselves To The Impossible And Living A Life Of Possibility
There is one scene, one dialogue, from the movie 12 Years A Slave that is etched in me. Solomon Northup is an educated, free black man, who finds himself sold into slavery. He is being advised, to...
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Distinguishing Between ‘Being With’ And ‘Understanding’
When is it appropriate to simply ‘be with’ (experience) the phenomena and when is it appropriate to dive into that which shows up and strive to understand it? Let’s start with exploring ‘Understanding’...
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Distinguishing Between An ‘Easy’ Life And A Rich One
It occurs to me that if you/i are to play BIG then we need to become skilful at distinguishing. Today I want to distinguish between an easy-comfortable life and a rich one. The Default: The Lure Of The...
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The Opening Of Possibility In The Presence Of Misfortune
“My knowledge of the self-healing qualities of misfortune with a shocking injury to my spine that left me lying helplessly…… I would never again do any sustained carpentry or turn clover under in the...
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If You Wish To Play Big Then Show Up And Travel In This Manner
It occurs to me that almost all of us, for almost all the time, live as slaves and/or victims. What are we slaves of? Of reward and punishment. Of praise and blame. We are slaves of appreciation, of...
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Who Am I? Who Are You?
What Kind Of A Being Is A Human Being? There are so many lenses through which you/i can look at this question and answer it: - We can look at it through the Judeo-Christian lens: a human being is...
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Play BIG: Give Up Cynicism, Embrace Possibility & Greatness
For the purposes of this conversation when I speak ‘big’ I am pointing at a combination of the following: standing for a possibility and/or set of values; and how one shows up and travels in life –...
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Play BIG: Go Beyond Wealth And Fame, Fulfil The Purpose Of Your Life
During the course of a birthday celebration party I found myself talking with a young lady: Justine. Turns out that Justine is in her final year of her degree in politics. She has spent one year of her...
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Playing BIG: Largely A Matter Of Giving Up, Not Of Self-Development
Many of us stop ourselves from playing BIG in life because we have bought into misleading stories about what it is, and what it takes, to play BIG in life. Most of us take the stand that to play BIG...
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Play BIG: Listen To / Embrace The Wisdom Of Viktor Frankl (Part 1)
If you/i are to play BIG and experience ourselves living a vital-vibrant existence then I say you/i can help ourselves by listening to, embracing-embodying the wisdom of Viktor Frankl. In today’s...
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Play BIG: Choose Being Over Having
When do you find yourself alive – truly alive as in bursting with enthusiasm, joy, vitality? Is it when you have donned on the costume of the successful Vice President? Or the up and coming Manager?...
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Play BIG: Distinguishing Between Having Money & Being Rich
The ‘gods’ are smiling upon me once more. I find that my back is almost back to normal. Once again, I can sit for more than five minutes without pain. Rich! After sitting I can get up on my own...
View ArticlePlaying Big Starts With Exercising Our Agency
Let’s begin this conversation with a definition of agency so that you and I are clear about that which I am speaking: In social science, agency is the capacity of individuals to act independently and...
View ArticlePlaying BIG Necessarily Involves Becoming Masterful at Story
If you, or I, wish to play BIG then it is essential that one understands, deeply, the following: Reality (that which is – void of language) v the Story (that which has been invented by humans); Event...
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