Tag: personal development
The best advice I’ve ever gotten
How often do you stay in your comfort zone, stay safe, and avoid doing something a little bolder (or way bolder)? Who exactly are you serving by playing small? What if at the end of your life you wondered what would have happened if you had really gone for it? In the words of Doug […]
The 4 most common mistakes made by change agents
I define “positive change agents” as people who are committed to making the world a better place and themselves better people. In my definition I include people who consider themselves cultural creatives, sustainability activists, evolutionaries, and social entrepreneurs. Here are the 4 most common mistakes we make: [1] Just dabbling: When you don’t resolve to […]
I was shocked – a parable on multiple perspectives
If not shocked, I was in disbelief when my wise and worldly friend told me he had never heard the parable of the five blind men and the elephant. I see it as a metaphor holding some key attitudinal principles for our times. In case you haven’t heard it, here goes my paraphrase: Five men […]