"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." ~ John Lennon Why are connections so important? What are your most valuable ones? How do you maintain them? What a difference a year makes! If you’d have told me last October that (almost) everyone would [...]
"At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails." ~ Angela Duckworth What’s more important, the direction your heading, or how fast you’re getting there? Why are persistence and determination so important? What exactly is ‘grit’ anyway? [...]
"Either you adapt to change or be changed by it." ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive How well do you adjust to shifting circumstances? Do you find it easy to change course when needed? Why is adaptability so important? If there’s one thing that has enabled we humans to proliferate all around this not-always-hospitable [...]
"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." ~ Jonas Salk How often do you follow your hunches? What happens when 'a little bird' tells you something? Why is intuition so important? Intuition is one of those woo-woo things that defy rational explanation. We all have it and we all [...]
"History is entirely created by the person who tells the story." ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda What’s your story? How do you tell it? Why is storytelling so important? If there’s one thing that sets humanity apart from the other creatures of the earth it’s our ability to build narratives and tell stories. Our power [...]
"Your desire to do what you want to do has to be greater than the world's desire to stop you." ~ Mark Pauline How attached are you to your things? What makes something essential? Why is “three moves as good as a fire”? This being the week when a lot of creative [...]
"There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous." ~ Nelson Mandela What’s a sure-fire way to make your day? How often do you assist other people? Why is it that offering help or something thoughtful to someone [...]
"What you get by achieving your goals is not nearly as important as who you become." ~ Zig Ziglar Are you focused on a goal? What the vision you’re aiming to achieve? How do you stay motivated? Motivation can be like quicksilver, there seems to be plenty of it, all shiny and [...]
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms" ~ George Eliot How close are you to the critters in your world? Do you have any canine or feline family members? What do the animals in our world have to teach us about universal love? You may [...]
"We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours." ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana Did you ever ‘run with the pack’? Or [...]
