Chocolate. Chocolate engraved with a word of wisdom. A Kickstarter project based around the idea of providing an underprivileged child a bar of chocolate every time someone purchases (thereby backing the project). I was in the midst of finishing Awakened Leadership when an e-mail arrived discussing this very project. How could I possibly resist? For the Love of Chocolate and Peru This email introduced me to a young man named Danny Jacobs. What immediately caught…
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As I stood in front of that room, the typical avalanche of thoughts made those threatening downhill noises. I had faced this onslaught many times before, but this time it was a little bit different. I was in my hometown speaking to a group many generations my junior. And to boot, this group did not share my cultural upbringings. So what did this old guy have to contribute to this bright young group? That was…
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As I approach my 60th birthday I’m beginning to notice an internal struggle. My children, a daughter 30 and a son 28, are establishing themselves in life and career. And for some reason, the ‘cat in the cradle’ song is entering my thoughts. The problem in that song is relating the idea of time spend between a father and his son and how the son wants to spend time with his father, but the father…
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Raise your hand if you have the answer to every question that comes your way. Anyone? Yeah, me neither. Nor do any of the speakers at Wisdom 2.0. Ostensibly this gathering is about mindfulness and awareness as it relates to the business world. But I am not so sure that anyone knows exactly what this gathering is about. It all seems to be a work in progress. A Whirlwind Arrival The event was held at…
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Live with greater awareness. Move towards “purposeful engagement in business and life.” Or simply check out the conference that is Wisdom 2.0. Today I will be making the trek up to San Francisco for this very conference. To give you an idea about their conference, their mission “addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our…
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