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Reflective Work – doing the best you can with what you have

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A presuppositon of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)is people do the best they can with the resources they have.  What does that mean?  It is both pragmatic and philosophical. If you lack basic infrastructure, you do the best you can with what you have.  When physical/material resources are lacking, we have to make do and there are [...]

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Seeing with clear eyes – value of taking a break.

Thumbnail image for Seeing with clear eyes – value of taking a break. July 22, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry

I could also say seeing with fresh eyes,  or open eyes or appreciative eyes.  That’s how it seems when we take a break from our routine, regular day-to-day  activities. Distance provides a perspective that serves to clarify.  Exposed to new and different circumstances allows for expansion.   Our curiosity is aroused to inquire, admire, question and [...]

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Good Passion Bad Passion

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Since my blog is called Pursuing Passions, I was keen to learn more about the dualistic nature of passion when I attended the First World Congress on Positive Psychology this past weekend in Philadelphia.
That there is good passion and bad passion is not new.  But appreciating the psychological impacts of good and bad passion is [...]

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Let Passion be your Power

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Life is what happens to us when we have other plans, is, I think, a paraphrase of John Lennon, the great lyricist of Beatles fame.  Perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President-elect) in Iran could be thinking just that right now, as the people Iran rise up to demonstrate that they had other plans.  Big story to be [...]

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Creativity, Positivity and Collaboration

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This great story attracted my attention today.  This is the business model of the future.  It speaks to our “positive core” – a collective force of the best of who we are, what we do and have, not only valuing our collective strengths and aspirations, but acting on them.  In our interconnected, socially networked world, [...]

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Investing for the greatest return

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The existing paradigm of focus first on weakness is played out every day in most of our homes, our schools, our institutions, our place of work and worship. We focus on the things that “need fixing”. We invest energy, money, time, intellect, emotion into things that don’t work for us instead of putting energies into those things that will give us an easier and a much-amplified return for our efforts and investments. Simply, what we focus on grows.

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What is the world calling for?

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What the world is calling for is much clearer than it has ever been.  We have started to think more consciously of ensuring the future for generations to come.  There is a collective ground swell to serve.  In the first decade of the 21st, the world really has changed.
The citizens of this planet reached a [...]

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Twitter and Me

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Twitter makes me happy because, it is FUN to participate, to discover people, ideas, learn many new things, go to new sites. It is ENGAGING, as I am fully absorbed, in the flow; I’m fully focused and before I know it, it’s 3.30 a.m.  It is also MEANINGFUL, adding a value to my life that [...]

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Play is Vital

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You bounce on a trampolin, higher and higher; you’re on a swing pumping back and forth gaining greater momentum; you throw a frisby and leap to catch it; you run and tumble in the fresh snow; you tip-toe into the surf jumping over the waves until you dive in to finally get fully wet. You laugh, you feel exhilerated, you feel joyful and energized. It’s called play. Remember?

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Small Changes for a Sustainable Impact

March 9, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry
4D Cycle

What’s the smallest change now that can make a sustainable impact? This powerful question invites us to be in the moment, real and responsible. We use it successfully in Appreciative Inquiry workshops after the dream / imagining step. Why is this important? Asking what can you start right now after collectively dreaming about a shared, preferred future brings the energy back to the present – the here and now.

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