Painful Feedback & How to Leverage It
The ability to give and receive feedback is a skill that comes up more than any other with my 1:1 and organizational clients. As a consultant, I find it much easier to facilitate discussions and workshops on the topic than I do actually receiving and responding to feedback myself. I don’t think it’s necessarily easy for […]
TEL #013 – Bass Meditations.01
In my own exploration of the “full life integration” concepts, I decided to throw caution to the wind and mash-up my soul practice with music. I meditated for 60 minutes (energization, hong sau, om, & kriya techniques). And then… …recorded 7 minutes of live bass loops in 1 take. …recorded 1 take of stream-of-consciousness around […]
Your 2013: Was it Magical, or Forgettable?
It’s likely we’re taking an inventory of this crazy year we’re prepping to exit. How did it go for you? Were you able to carve out new freedom and expression, or did your clients and bosses lead you around by your hair? “A little bit of both”, would be my honest answer. However, since I […]
Brilliant people don’t take stupid actions
You can stay in the hustle of constant preparation, or you can recall you’ve been building toward this your whole life. Whether we realize it or not, we’re always stockpiling wisdom & acumen. It’s worth asking though, “what areas am I improving in?” Am I getting better at rationalizing my hustle, or am I getting […]
Goal Planning for 2013 Deserves a Fresh Approach
Much like every other holiday undertaking, my annual planning and goal-setting exercises have ratcheted up to Griswold-Level insanity in recent years. Five years ago, I started a ritual of completing Brian Tracy’s 25-page Ultimate Goals workbook in its entirety. I would complete this (fairly sizable) task sometime between Christmas and each New Year. Every chapter […]
