Posts from ‘May, 2009’

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

In Saying ‘no’ Seth Godin makes this insightful distinction on the higher cost of saying yes.

Opportunity Cost: The cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to continue →

Ever since discovering Wordle I love to use it as an alternative to a vision board.  I suppose being a lifelong bookworm I find words to be an easily accessable connection into the energy of my vision.

I thought I would share a couple of the dozen or so (advanced) Wordles I created this morning capturing the essence of what we desire to create.   continue →

A curious question arose this week from a conversation with a friend.

Let’s say you’re facing a particular situation or decision and not feeling very good about the whole thing.  You’re probably feeling stressed with some worry thrown in.  You’re running through numerous “what if” scenarios and even a fear or two or twelve are popping up.

How do you tell if the situation is pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone or pushing the boundaries of your core being, who you are deep down?  Is there even such a distinction?

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I think I’m coming down with a major case of clutter clearing again.  The last time I experienced one this big was about five years ago.  Everything in the house became a conscious decision to stay or go – nothing was left untouched, no box unopened.  I am still amazed thinking of the scales on the paper shredding truck weighing in at 568 lbs.

Out of that process came the first question:  continue →

Each day the obvious becomes even more blatant.  We are standing at a crossroads of conflicting interests.

The first path takes us down the road of consuming goods and spending our way out of these economic troubles through growth.  The second road is the path of sustainability and simplicity reducing our environmental footprint.

But do we have to make this choice?  Is there a new trail to be blazed down the middle?  continue →