I am a fan of using imagination as a strategy tool. Sounds a bit jarring, right? Rainbows and unicorns meet logic models and spreadsheets.
Not exactly.
Continue reading “Serious Imagination”Processing Disappointment
“If you are brave enough often enough, you will know disappointment.” ~ Brené Brown
If you are a Canadian hockey player or fan, you are disappointed today. (And if you’re not, here’s what you need to know: the Canadian women’s and men’s hockey teams both lost in overtime to the US to win silver instead of gold medals at the Olympics. Both. Lost. In overtime. To the US. Thank you for your condolences.)
Continue reading “Processing Disappointment”Who’s the You?
At a leadership camp in high school, we played a game called “Win as much as you can.” The punchline of the experience (that obviously made an impact, because I’m telling you about it 40 years later!) was that the “you” was plural, not singular. The winners were a team, not an individual — much to the disappointment of the individuals who thought they’d been successful in their solitary pursuit of the victory.
Continue reading “Who’s the You?”Magnet not Mandate
It’s Thanksgiving Monday where I live. And among other things to be grateful for, I am thankful that my family is generally happy to get together. Family gatherings are not “command performances” but are events we willingly create and look forward to.
Magnet, not mandate.
Continue reading “Magnet not Mandate”Do as You’ve Told
Knowing, and reminding other people of the benefits of reimagining (and of movement and sleep and mindfulness and…) does not allow you (or me!) to reap the benefits of doing those things. I need to do them.
So it was a powerful moment recently when Sarah Kent invited me to describe one of my dreams to her in 30 minutes. It’s part of a project called Dreamworks. (She does more interviews than she has time to post, so they get posted by random draw, anonymously…so I’d invite you to look for mine, but I’ll be looking for it too!)
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