Best of Ourselves

Instead of a bucket list, consider a thimble list.  Used both to relish was is here now and/or create small aspirations to live more intentionally.

Dr Amy Cuddy's TED talk shows how we can change our minds by changing our body language.

Despite all of the evidence of the positive impact of a gratitude practice, it is hard to cultivate.  

What does it take to listen well?  To others? To ourselves?

Blending the teachings of Roxanne Howe Murphy (author of Deep Living) and Wendy Palmer (author of Leadership Embodiment), we can be more present by paying more attention to our bodies.

Gratitude practices have immense impact on our energy, sense of well being, relationships and health.  Recent research has proved the old saying' "if you have forgotten the language of gratitude, you will never be on speaking terms with happiness."  Learn about the 21 day Gratitude Challenge starting November 7.

The third week of October was designated the World Wide Week of Partnership by Barry Oshry of Power & Systems.  The purpose of this week is to deepen our awareness and ability to generate partnership in our homes, communities and organizations.  To celebrate, this week we explore what it takes to take a stand for partnership.

The 3rd week in October is the Worldwide Week of Partnership.  This event, created by Power & Systems in Boston, is to build awareness about what it takes to create partnership in our communities, organizations, and homes.  The work of Barry Oshry shows that much that gets in the way of partnership feels personal. It isnt.  We are humans doing our best to survive in the different worlds.  If we see those worlds, we can be more understanding and more effective in building partnerships.

According to Daniel Pink, in his new book, To Sell is Human, the average worker spends 40% of their working life influencing.  That would be influencing people to take our project, to give us resources, to hear our idea, to meet our deadline, you get the idea.  In his new book, Pink explores the power of building personal and purposeful partnerships to influence well.

"All you need is love" -is not quite true according to Adam Kahane.  In his book, Love and Power, he suggests we need to stay in the tension of both love and power.  Love, the drive to unity, brings out the best in power.  Power brings out the best in love - to create.  Based on years of working with tough problems around the world, Adam Kahane has learned how we need to learn to dance with both to make a difference in our communities.