Being Human
The ontological work offers new ways of interpreting old concerns. Since my introduction to this work in 1994, I have been developing a set of coherent ideas about the human condition and our becoming. I offer these short articles as a means of inviting you to think about how they might help you explore similar issues in your life.
“Coaching is more concerned with blindness than with ignorance”
… Julio Olalla, Master Coach
You may find this rather strange coming from a coach, but in the past I have struggled...
“Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.”
… Frances Moore Lappe, O Magazine, May 2004
The idea of living or acting authentically...
“Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don’t, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.”
… Vaclav Havel (1936...
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
… Arthur Ashe (1943 – 1993) US tennis player
Here is a question for...
Today, we seem to be constantly bombarded with a subtle but clear message that the world and the people in it should perfect. There should be no wars, people should not die in car accidents,...
Resentment is one of the most prevalent moods that I have encountered in my work as a coach. The impact of this mood cannot be understated. It has a major damaging effect on someone’s outlook...
The Voyager 1 spacecraft left Earth on the 5th September 1977 and since then it has visited the outermost planets of our solar system and continues to this day to fly into the unknown. In 1980...
“This is the ageOf the half-read page.And the quick hashAnd the mad dash.The bright nightWith the nerves tight.The plane hopWith the brief stop.The lamp tanIn a short span.The Big ShotIn...
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
… Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor
The term ‘coaching’...
“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...
“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...
”The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.”
… Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French...