it's my island

I remember a sage once told me that my life was to be walking one of Saturn’s squares. Loosely translated she meant that I would need to work hard and be patient for a long.. long.. time. It’s taken quite a long time, probably the first 26 (nearing 31 this month) years of my life […]

I am so glad I found this. While perusing through [TED](http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/#)blog I saw that they had a Feb. 03 recording of [Wade Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Davis)’ biosphere / ethnosphere talk. I had the pleasure of seeing him give this talk at the 2006 [SCAA](http://www.scaa.org). Since we saw him I have tried countless times to explain the talk I […]

We had SCAA which was crazy, then a little vacation, then straight back in to the workflow but should I be this red?  Tractioning after being off-schedule for a while takes a serious amount of energy. Maybe if I figured out a set of steps; a “re-entry” […]

As many know I enjoy “[Strength](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology)” work. As such I’m diving in to a new (to me) book [Optimal Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471414646/sr=8-1/qid=1144240752/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7900888-8997554?%5Fencoding=UTF8): How to be your best self, by Rosalene Glickman. Every thought is creative. Make the choice to be your highest and best self, regardless of the circumstances. The language of your highest and best self […]

If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching Waking Life. It’s worth a spin. Really it’s worth a few spins. Besides it being an early rotoscoping film in an era that is seeing it done more and more it’s a great work of art and psychology. Check it out on a day you want to […]

As arguments around a secretaries desk get more heated, the more m&m’s are consumed. Thus the health of the company is inversely proportionate to the rate at which M&Ms are being consumed… Thank’s to [Jeff](http://www.wheeledone.com) for helping bring the illumination full circle.

Fast Company Now, Mind the Gap >> Much of our angst and frustration in life and business is based on being stuck in that gap between what we know and how we act and behave. You probably already know this, but do you make time to be truthful to yourself? Do you find a way […]