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Mind Map Art

I recently posted on using mind maps for meeting notes. I also use them for speakers notes when I have a presentation, brainstorming new projects and for generally clearing out my mind. Today I want to share another use.  Word

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If at first you don’t succeed….you fail

So what! No platitudes. Failure feels bad. Success feels good. But stasis feels numb, a false comfort. No question which feeling I want more of. But which do I want less of? Comfortably numb is not a good place to

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“Sometimes the cards ain’t worth a dime if you don’t lay them down”

-Robert Hunter OK, So I’m an old Deadhead.  I was at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY last night seeing what’s now left of the band, an incarnation called Furthur.  They opened the show with the Grateful Dead anthem Truckin’ and

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From Purpose to Product

We get more done when our alignment extends from purpose all the way through action. We get clearly in touch with our sense of our purpose. We develop a vision in line with our purpose. We set goals that will

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The Productivity Paradox

Practice does not make perfect.  Perfect isn’t even a goal.  Practice makes ease.  This is true in yoga practice, where we are getting more supple, flexible and aligned in intention and action. This is true in work were we are

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