Designing Clarity for Visionary Leadership & Livable Success
The BOLD (Appy Hour at The Broad) This is the transcript of a presentation that was delivered at Appy Hour at The Broad, a delightful co-working and social space in Richmond, Virginia. At this event, the panelists were asked to present an app or process that has helped them with productivity and effectiveness. I chose …
The BOLD (A One Word Focus) Have you heard of the practice of selecting a word for the year? This one word sets an intention for focus and allows for exploration and learning. What is your word for 2019? The Whisper (Perhaps It Isn’t What..or Where..I think it is) A year, according to the song …
Remember to scan all your roles and domains. By doing a full sweep of your life, you are increasing the chances that you will be in harmony. Domains and roles include you as a spiritual being a growing person a logistics expert a wage earner a volunteer a hobbyist any other area that commands a …
The BOLD (How Much?) Are you learning what you set out to learn or are you learning all there is to learn? The Whisper (That Much, eh?) The bus pulled up in the bus loop facing the shiny aquarium and Mr. Berkshire signaled to the students in an attempt to focus their buzzing excitement on …
THE BOLD: (Breakdown Ahead) A breakdown is an interruption of your patterns, habits or expectations. Sometimes they come unbidden. Sometimes we provoke them ourselves. While they can be disruptive, they invite renovation, reformation, and renewal. Our choices are limited but powerful in the face of breakdowns—we can choose a project before an accident happens, we …
THE BOLD (Missing What We’re Missing): You don’t know what you’re missing. That’s because you are missing it. It isn’t until you build your capacity, heal your wounds, develop a new skill or shift your perspective that the missing things are found. What aren’t you hearing right now? I don’t know and neither do you. …
THE BOLD (an End to Limited Limitation): Until you bump into the wall, you don’t have a wall. Until you push yourself past what is possible, you haven’t earned your limits. The Whisper (an Experience of the Infinite Finite) Recently, I participated in a group meditation. The facilitator drew us along a path to encounter …
THE BOLD (on Light Signatures): “Who am I to make such a difference?” you ask. “How are my meager resources going to impact the world?” A trip to a lighthouse reminded me that we don’t have to rely solely on the strength of our pilot light. There are resources to clarify, amplify and focus our …
THE BOLD (Whence Cometh My Strength): Sometimes, a little patch of the familiar–like an 8 foot square of east coast grass plunked into a western landscape–can provide welcome relief. Enjoy the familiar without letting it derail your progress toward your desired future. Let the green, green grass of home strengthen your resolve and sooth your heart, but don’t …
