I was walking around my lake yesterday, enjoying the fresh Los Angeles air. In front of me, there was a young man with endless tattoos and long blond hair, kicking a soccer ball. I trailed behind him around the lake, until I decided to take a seat on a bench I had never sat in before. A few quiet moments passed. I savored each one. Until a soccer ball came whizzing by me and into the lake water. “Bummer!” was my…
Nancy Bjork’s philosophy simply states that what we think about is what we become. Let’s say your life takes place in a garden. If you think tomatoes are delicious, you will likely want to grow tomatoes. You will first need to tend to the soil. You will till the soil and you will add organic matter to the soil. You can then plant the tomato seeds in the soil. The sun will give the tomato nutrients and you will water the…
I first met Bettie Spruill while attending a leadership program in Delray Beach, Florida. What captured me most was her steadiness. Her logic has an ease to it. She possesses the rare ability to transform incredibly compound theory into a few simple metaphors. I particularly appreciate her thoughts on co-creation. There are 7.1 billion people living on the planet. 7.1 billion lives being played out at this moment. Since you started reading this blog, four people were born. Two people died. Somewhere nations are rioting. …
Casandra Tanenbaum is Queen of the Flow State. I admittedly forged this title myself, so let me explain what I mean. Watching Casandra work is like watching a classical ballerina perform brain surgery. Not only is she always making complicated tasks look incredibly simple, but she implements them with a grace and beauty that mystifies me. No matter the degree of intensity, she is certain, enthusiastic and seemingly in love with every moving moment. For this reason I dub Casandra…
Josh Toms, a geometrical and magnetic researcher from Colorado, has a house full of inventions that could keep me occupied for days. If science isn’t your thing, you can enjoy his sacred-geometry art collection. He will tell you how each shape is a reflection of the center. A mirrored image of the original- just like perception. Perception is simply a device we use to reflect our own center. We create circumstances, experiences and relationships that reflect who we are inside…
Yesterday, a person asked me if I am unhappy. “No, I don’t believe I am,” I replied, to which he expressed immediate disbelief. “I would think,” he said firmly, “that anyone whose life looks like yours… anyone like you… should be DEVASTATED.” I sat in surprised silence, while he listed off the reasons I should be plunged into utter despair. As I listened, I began to cry. Hearing it in his voice, I realized that I SHOULD be devastated, honestly. Multiple marriages…
