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Complete before the day begins
What if you felt complete as you are before your workday even started? For many, 5pm is the check-in: how much of the to-do list got done? You’re complete based on what was produced. And when you don’t get there, you feel the opposite and wonder: did I do enough? It’s a setup. Too much relies
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From ELT to Elite
Executive Leadership Teams (ELTs) are a group of executives leading different functional areas of a business. ELTs come together to share updates on successes and blockers, focusing on business impact. ELTs aim to collaborate based on a vision. Elite teams are exemplary individuals that regularly model commitment to first principles and their collective values. Elite
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At home in our body
I love being a regular at coffee shops or restaurants. That feeling of welcome, of people knowing my order, of familiar banter, grounds me. What would it be like to have that feeling in our body and mind? To be a regular in the space we’re regularly in 24/7? I think it means acceptance. Knees
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When starshine bursts its banks
Dazzling,somehow held. Like galaxies wearing jumpers. Soft walls,Porous shells. Until one day,form fades. Starshine bursts its banks. Infinite energy,unrestrained.
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A meditation on holding space
You are not holding space, space is holding you. That’s not quite right either. Space is not holding you, in particular, it’s the medium within which everything is held. Space is holding. That isn’t it either though. Space is not holding, because it’s just space. It’s empty and present at the same time. Space is.
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Not in control but at choice
The realization that there is little, if anything, that we can control is scary. I can’t control if I get that role, if my lead likes me, if I keep my job… [insert whichever outcome you’re trying to control here]. These are big things. High-stakes. And despite our best efforts, we can’t control them. Control says, “If
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Questions
How can I enhance this group’s performance? A question that is as much about me as it is the group. How can I get the group from point A to point B? A question that supposes a knowable, right destination. What is this group wanting to create? A question that evokes curiosity. What is waiting
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The painting badger
I once met a very old badger, Who sat diligently painting each day. His back ached, his brush thinned Yet painting was his only way. He lived in a village of painters Some of the best in the world by far. They were famed for unparalleled talent, And sadly our old badger no longer met