The two appear to be the same but have distinct energies. Reflecting back to undergrad, there was a time when “servant leadership” was on the business agenda list. In the texts, among the types of leadership described, servant leadership was given most praise. The way this form was described made …
Thought on Focus & Fortifying Against Distraction
Much focus goes towards self-development and the forward-moving action, it’s a movement and has been for some time, which is beneficial because a person’s energy goes where the mind flows or concentrates. With more commentary in this area, however advanced or elementary, the culture becomes more permeated with ideas in …
3 Ways to Avoid Becoming Thought-Sheep
What can be more dangerous than a physical attack? A mental one of course. Subtler and intangible, a mental assault can do its job in seconds, quietly penetrating the psyche, weaving into the mind as an idea, latching onto the host’s intellect. Contorting the emotions. Those familiar with the Naked …
The Most Dangerous Job & Most Valuable Assets
“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.” – Confucius “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” – Lincoln “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it …
Response to Cultivating Genius Podcast
Podcast Source I agree with some points and see a pattern with a number of these studies. Agree Prodigies don’t always become geniuses. It’s because genius requires a specific chemistry involving character traits, a certain perception and intelligence-creativity. Disagree Geniuses always have large influence in the world. No they don’t. …
A Wise One Says, “Step Back and Reach Your Goals”
One of my event attendees [Goal Set 2020] wrote about her experience at the workshop. It’s an admirable quality to me, when someone is driven enough to immediately reflect on an experience, put the logic to practice, and processes the emotional content that may have come through. Software developer Karolina …
The Hero’s Journey & Love-Worthy
Of the topics covered during the recent Goal Set 2020 event, one stood out from the survey: taking care of oneself. Once we set out to realize some goal, we by its nature create these archetypes Joseph Campbell became well-known for illustrating on the hero’s journey [they’re described in my own words …
Practical Desire & Know Thyself Assessments
Part of the recent Goal Set 2020 workshop involved distilling intent. If we think of a general distillation process, we’re stripping some substance of the extra layers to reveal its essence. Get to the “heart of the matter,” some may say. “Strip it down to its root,” others might say. Give me “the …
Treatise on the Chakra Vampire
The vampire archetype has a special place in fantasy, or fiction, because movies display the vampire in fantastical ways. But the reality is the vampire is an archetype representing specific qualities that people in real life exhibit daily. The classic Nosferatu, bald and aesthetically unpleasing with sharp fangs and pale …
How Conversations Enhance Well-Being
Have you ever engaged a conversation that felt nourishing to the degree that you no longer felt hungry or tired, or placed so deep into the present moment that you could sense something “happening” within your spirit? Or perhaps an elevated excitement, or anticipation of something great on the verge …
8 Resources to Increase Leadership
This was a response to a post on LinkedIn about ways to increase leadership. It’s a token word that summarizes a number of capacities; ultimately, it’s an energy that radiates being at the helm or pioneering something, initiative, idea or empowering position that sparks others’ growth. To be a leader, …
Why You Should Keep Your Top Goals Secret
When excited about a goal we plan to work towards, there can be temptation to want to tell everyone, blast it out to the world. But this opens up your goal, and by extension your mind to sabotage. A goal is tightly wound to your subconscious; there’s passion, emotional content …
5 Mental Leadership Traits
“Leadership” is already a well-researched, well-documented topic analyzed from hundreds of angles from the theoretical to the practical; I need not touch those areas. What I do find to be a rather untouched dimension is helping people recognize that they don’t have to have an authority title in order to …
“Free” Education Resources for Pandemic Downtime
Don’t be fooled by the title; nothing in the world is truly free. Energetically, there’s always an exchange. In the case of these resources, the trade will be your attention, focus, your intelligence and commitment to utilize what’s provided. The current pandemic is slowing the economy down and keeping people …
Do This Before Setting Up Grand 2020 Goals
New Year’s goal setting is an opportune time to start fresh: new ideas, plans, cutting things and people off, rebuilding. These activities can be done at any time during the year of course, but I can see how there’s something special about the energy flow with a new yearly date. …
One Method to Increase Concentration
How many times have you been told you need to concentrate more? The push for concentration in this info-saturated environment is as common as being told we should eat all organic. It’s acknowledged but the implementation can be difficult for some. But like transitioning to a purely organic diet today, …
Using the Five Elements on the Job
Application gives us a true test of whether we’ve integrated knowledge. Understanding something can give us intellectual pleasure, while taking a concept and putting it out “in the field” to work with life’s many scenarios provides us with deeper awareness. It’s a feedback mechanism that helps us improve on the …