Nov 22, 2009
Long ago I realized folks saw the world through their own world-view – the glass was half-full, half-empty, half-full and bubbling with opportunity, or half-empty and poisoned. I believe there is little hope of changing these contexts after, say, the age of six. Once...
Nov 19, 2009
There comes a moment in most startup ventures when you, the CEO, wake up in a cold sweat and face your fears that failure is near. Seeing anew all the time, investment, financial risk and doubt you have overcome in the last year or two, fear gets past your barriers...
Sep 17, 2009
[Y]ou are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation… but not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last...
Aug 28, 2009
When I was 27, and just beginning to build my consulting practice, I lived in an apartment carved out of an 1860’s townhouse, in a row of townhouses, on the flat of Beacon Hill in Boston. The neighborhood has an annual “tour of the flower boxes” which spurs us all to...
Aug 21, 2009
Clarisse was a jazz dancer from New York, built short and rounded in the right places, not with a dancer’s narrow body. Rarely did anyone see her dance. But once at a party she stepped onto the floor and it was like watching mercury move with intention. Fluid...
Aug 17, 2009
One of my favorite, sweet hearted entrepreneurs once said, “The family is coming home from holiday next week – then the pressure will begin.” And she was one of my kinder clients! Another (years ago) told me he was spending 4 nights out of 7 sleeping on his techie’s...
