Disembodied leadership & the lack of presence

December 15, 2014

There are two ways to notice whether you are present or not. Are you aware of your breath? Are you aware of your body? If not, you are somewhere else. You are not now-here; you are no-where. If you want to have presence this awareness, this mindfulness, is essential. Breathe and connect. As is frequently observed, one […]

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It will pass

December 14, 2014

It’s normal for each human being to think she or he is the centre of the universe. In a way it’s true. As soccer’s great philosopher Mario Balotelli’s t-shirt famously stated: “Why always me?” When we’re completely stuck in a bad situation it’s easy to think we’re carrying the world’s weight on our shoulders. No […]

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That reminds me of a story

December 14, 2014

Good stories are always embedded in context and relationship. That’s why stories are experiential and multi-sensory: as we listen to them we can see the movie, hear the soundtrack, feel the emotion. Sometimes we can even experience the redolent senses of smell and taste. All this helps make stories seem ‘real.’ That’s why researchers say […]

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We live in a sea of stories

November 28, 2014

The stories we tell shape who we are and what we’ll become. They shape how we see others and our relationships with them. They shape how we see the world and what we think is possible or not. Our stories are how we make meaning, how we construct our ‘reality.’ Our stories have a habit of coming true. […]

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