Fell off the horse again?
I don’t care how many times you’ve fallen off the horse. What matters to me is your willingness to continually get back on. […]
Year: 2012
Geeks and geezers
The geeks and geezers syndrome refers to the following, fascinating, cultural phenomenon: The most likely demographic to be engaged in personal development work are people in their late teens and early-to-mid twenties and people approaching their 60s and older. The period in between — the adult doldrums — tends to be characterized by much less […]
The two wings of the positive change agent
What is the relationship between creating positive change in the world and personal development? From my perspective, each leads to the other. Positive change work leads to personal development In our efforts to make a difference or have an impact, we will run into our personal barriers: limiting beliefs about ourselves, or about the goodness […]
Imaginal cells
Caterpillars spend a relatively long and stable phase of their lives as caterpillars and then also a relatively long and stable period as a butterfly. But it is the time in the cocoon that is shorter and full of extraordinary transformation. Biologists found that there are cells in the caterpillar’s body which are activated in […]
Best advice I’ve ever gotten, part 1
At the age of 20, a very wise Outward Bound instructor said to me: “Alan, you have a good cognitive mind. But I suggest you get some direct experience first-hand through meditation. I’m not here to sell you on my technique or tradition. Actually you need to go out there and ‘shop around’ – pardon […]