Hear Dan read this post. for Jane It is an ancient analogy: consciousness is to unconsciousness as land is to the sea. At the edge, there is a beach where stones are washed smooth and round, and the driftwood lies heaped and battered from the storms. A place of immense beauty, it is the continent’s… Continue reading Working the Edge
Category: Choices
For the Future
Hear me read this post. Today I had lunch with my friend, Karen Sela of Lumina Coaching. As we discussed the dilemmas of writing and voice and Presence, she reminded me that we can either get stuck in the present, what is happening now, and what seems to be the answer today, or we can… Continue reading For the Future
A Thread of Consciousness
Openness is like a thread of consciousness spanning points that are often totally unconscious. The head of a manufacturing firm owned by a major national corporation was talking to me about the senior management team that reported to him. He asked me as a consultant, “Why aren’t they more open with me? Why don’t they… Continue reading A Thread of Consciousness
It’s an Ego Thing
It is one of those mornings when, too early, I find myself on a jet headed east from Seattle. Thankfully, though I am in the last row of coach at the window, there is a seat between me and the guy who sits down at the aisle. At least, I can stretch out my elbows.… Continue reading It’s an Ego Thing