Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks by August Turak will transform your appreciation of transformation. I became the Strategic Monk as I seek balance that includes both being effective and being true to my deepest self. My own story includes practicing law, teaching, and getting things done as I do the inner work to explore and […]
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The people I know tend to be much more adept at recognizing divisions than at healing them. We study division and conflict, analyzing tensions and disagreement. We set out to tell the story of how divisions develop, specifying the reasons they happen. We tell ourselves we are being objective, that we are trying to understand.
People have told me that I am a self-starter, but I am more motivated to finish than to start. I put off starting as long as I can. Even when I am excited about the possibilities of something, I need the spark of inspiration to get started. Starting takes effort. But I will make sacrifices I do not
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Some people see leadership as being out in front. Leaders are, after all, people who lead. They set an example for other people to follow. The leaders who inspire me do not necessarily maintain a high profile. While they recognize the value of communication, they do not need to be the center of attention. They
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All around us the world is telling us it is time to rest. Daylight is shorter each day, and the nights grow longer. Temperatures are cooler, even here in southern California. It is as if all of life were encouraging us to slow down, take some time, rest and reflect. Wrap ourselves up, start a
We live the way we read a book, or watch a movie. There are times when we go back to check on something we might have missed; a word someone said, some object hiding in the background. There are times when we want to skip forward, either to find out the result or to check
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I have worked with people who had a strong vision of where they wanted to go. They lead by taking measurable steps to put their vision into practice. They wanted to work with people who could help make practical progress toward their vision of the future. I had a good working relationship with them as
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I spent time with Nadia Bolz-Weber in person last week. We were not exactly alone. Nadia came to Pasadena to read from Pastrix: the Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint. We did, though, have the opportunity to compare tattoos. Nadia is the founding pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints, a
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My friend Fran Held wants to make very sure that you pay more attention to her work on the Mitzvah Circle Foundation than to her. I know that she was born in New Jersey and raised there by a single mother, and that she now lives in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Though I do not
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Halloween is about remembering and seeking wisdom in what has gone before. Steeped in legends and ghost stories, Halloween is the day we face the specter of regrets and losses that continue to haunt us. The summer is past; there are only two months left in the year, each day is shorter than the last.
