“It May Be Difficult To Learn From Our Mistakes” ~ Diane Halpern
Not everyone shares the same sanguine view of hindsight. Author Diane Halpern is downright contrarian and writes: “Hindsight is of little value in the decision-making process. It distorts our memory for events that occurred at the time of the decision so that the actual consequence seems to have been a ‘foregone conclusion.’ Thus, it may […]
“To Improve The Golden Moment Of Opportunity, And Catch The Good That Is Within Our Reach, Is The Great Art Of Life.” ~ Samuel Johnson
Wake-up calls can be perceived as opportunities because a choice not to do something is also a choice to do something else. Moments of focused choice often highlight the consequences of all the actions under consideration. We can become more awake and aware. Samuel Johnson wrote, “To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch […]
Creating “Wake-Up” Calls To Engage Our Evolution
Consider a different relationship to wake-up calls than alerting you to potential difficulty. It’s possible to manifest wake-up calls that are inspiring and energy-giving. Give yourself ten minutes with a kitchen timer. Come up with at least 20 different opportunities that you have in your life to move forward and evolve. The use of the […]
What Do You Have To Learn From How You Handle Wake-Up Calls?
Wake-up calls, of course, occur not just for individuals, but for every kind of human organization: families, teams, companies, institutions, governments – even countries and perhaps for the entire human population. A wake-up call is a warning that something more dire could happen – like hearing your tires hit the raised bumps on the freeway […]
Heard Any Good Wake-Up Calls Lately?
Wake-up calls are events which provide opportunities to make needed changes before it’s too late to make them. Perhaps a smaller version of a hugely undesirable consequence occurs, and we have the potential advantage of dealing with a situation before more serious things happen. What is your experience with wake-up calls? Can you think of […]
What Is Your Relationship To Your Potential?
What’s your potential? Are you living up to it? How do you know when you are or you aren’t? What can you do about it . . . either way? Do you use your potential only as a means of motivating you, or have you used it in the past as a way of punishing […]
“Poetry Is Nearer to Truth Than History” ~ Plato
What would the world be without poetry? Poets translate the world into infinite ways for us to experience it from the bittersweet, to the tragic, to the humorous. Poems were often sung in ancient times, and we are surrounded by song lyrics that often aspire to poetry. Plato said, “Poetry is nearer to vital truth […]
“There’s A Crack In Everything: That’s What Lets the Light In” – Leonard Cohen
I had the privilege last week of seeing the great poet and songwriter, Leonard Cohen, live in concert. He said many things that night, but among the most striking was, “There’s a crack in everything. That’s what lets the light in.” Most of us have had issues with perfection. We live in a world where […]