A favorite past time of mine is sitting at a café visiting with a good friend while sipping on a creamy cappuccino or a refreshing iced tea. I cherish quality time spent sharing soul-feeding stories about life experiences, observations, and insights; what the Hawaiians refer to as Talk Story—“to chat informally” or “to shoot the
In mid-October we attended a friend’s wedding in Cancun, Mexico. Destination weddings are always an adventure; traveling to—and exploring—unfamiliar terrain, meeting new people, and participating in one on life’s more sacred experiences. With the exception of a few members of the wedding party, we were the only non-family members in attendance. Our part as guests,
When we stop learning, we stop evolving. When we stop evolving, atrophy sets in, our creative soul goes on life-support, and our humanity starts to rot. When we are willing to learn something new about someone, someplace, or something, our thoughts, words, and actions align with our connectedness, or At-One-Ment. We’re not as far off
I love my café time. Today I witnessed (overheard) a number of conversations, each exploring a variety of ways to be more effective in mastering a specific modality of business communication. Each person shared about the (perceived) obstacles and limitations they encountered while navigating the specific model they were committed to emulating. As I experienced
Music feeds my soul like nothing else. Since I was a child the sound of big-band jazz can stimulated every cell of my body, instantly raising my vibe up a step … or, an octave. It is impossible for me to sit still when I am swept up in the feel-good vibe of swing. I
Life is full of defining moments, opportunities to consider our options and choose once again how we show up in the world and what realities we create. The morning of November 9, 2016, was one such defining moment for me. On that day, I found myself in the process of waking with a sense of
World-peace will be achieved only when each of us has achieved a sustainable inner-peace. We can experience this fact as an obstacle or a liberation.
A favorite insight to reference when facilitating my Recipe for Genius workshops, is an interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins. In the interview Hopkins shares about a scene he was filming for the movie Meet Joe Black, during which his character has a heart attack. Hopkins tells the film’s director that he has two takes in
A colleague and I were having one of our Talk Story Cafe visits recently, talking shop about how our lives have shifted since publishing our books. We were sharing about how having lived the lives we needed to live, to write the books we were inspired to write, has confronted us with having written books
