“It is only in our decisions that we are important.” … Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 – 1980) French author and dramatist A major aspect of my philosophy involves the continuous yet momentary experience of living. Although we have a sense of time as past and future, our moment of experience is a self-creation born of our […]
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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” … Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Swiss-German-US physicist Way back in 2011, I received a copy of the second edition of a book called “In Great Company” published by Human Synergistics. My attention was drawn to a table in the
We are constantly inundated with others’ opinions. They are there in our conversations, our entertainment, on billboards, in newspapers and on the Internet. The advent of social media has exponentially increased those opinions directly related to us. For many people, their life is greatly impacted by clicks and likes or the lack of them. Those
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For years technology companies have spent a lot of money telling us smart phones, computers and so on are the answer to our communication problems. In more recent times, social media gateways such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn etc have drawn us into believing they can fulfil our communication needs. Today, people communicate far more by
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“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.” … Orville Wright (1871 – 1948) US inventor and aviation pioneer In my many years working as an ontological coach, there have been two themes that have shown up over and over
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In one of his adventures, that famous boy wizard, Harry Potter has to deal with the Dementors, the feared warders of Azkaban prison who survive by sucking the joy from people. When a Dementor wants to destroy someone, they lower their hood and give their victim the “Dementor’s Kiss”, sucking out the victim’s soul. This
We are all aware of the conversations we have with others. It is obvious when we speak and we hear what others say to us. However, do you realise whenever we have a conversation with another person there is not one but three conversations taking place? The first conversation is where we both overtly speak
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“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” … Ward Beecher (1813 – 1887) US clergyman & abolitionist One of the major narratives about life in the modern world focuses on achievement. We are on this planet to be successful, to be our best self and so on. We have to get better
“Show me a man who claims he is objective and I’ll show you a man with illusions.” …Henry R. Luce (1898 – 1967) US Editor and Publisher I hear the phrase “In reality…” used a lot. When someone says this, they are actually claiming the privileged position of seeing reality as it is and indicating
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If you think about being authentic or your ‘true self’, do you think of who you aspire to be or who you are in this moment. Far too often we assume our ideal self and then see ourselves as flawed in some way. From this viewpoint, it is easy to feel we need to be
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