Caregiving, Rhetorical Questions, Compassion, and… Curiosity

September 9, 2011

In which the Universe says, “Oh, you’re ready to start talking about Caregiving? Great, here’s another chance…” My last blog post was about Caregiving, and soon after I published it I found myself plunged into another Caregiving situation. For one of my cats. And I was amazed – appalled, actually – at the impact it [...]

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Captains Curious: Meeting Resistance

September 1, 2011

Welcome to Captains Curious, a weekly series of guest posts on the subject of Curiosity. The newest contributing member is Tina Robbins! To learn about the other Captains Curious, please click here. I was very excited! When I first learned about Captains Curious and the opportunity to share a post here, I was very excited. [...]

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Curiosity and CareGiving?

August 23, 2011

The Backstory A friend of mine has recently found herself being thrust into the role of Caregiver and, as we have chatted about it, I have been able to share some of what I learned from my own experiences as caregiver to my late husband. At the end of one of our chats, she suggested [...]

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Captains Curious: Curiosity, Transformation and Transformative Leadership

August 18, 2011

Welcome to Captains Curious, a weekly series of guest posts on the subject of Curiosity. The newest contributing member is Raj Neogy! To learn about the other Captains Curious, please click here. First, my story Getting here was no easy task. It started in the womb, when my mother decided to abort me and changed [...]

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Eagles and Turkeys and Music in the Air

August 16, 2011

Sunday Morning Sunday morning I got up and, rather than sipping a leisurely cup of coffee, I got dressed, grabbed my camera and went for a walk on my favorite nature trail. One of the things I love about my little town is that it is laced with walking and biking trails. My favorite is [...]

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Captains Curious: Curiosity Is the Foundation for Creativity and Success

August 11, 2011

Welcome to Captains Curious, a weekly series of guest posts on the subject of Curiosity. The newest contributing member is Connie Harryman! To learn about the other Captains Curious, please click here. Curiosity is the essence of creativity “Curiosity killed the cat.”  I still laugh when I remember my Mom saying this to me.  For [...]

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What Makes a Successful Community?

August 9, 2011
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The Backstory In a few days you will get to read the next installment in the Captains Curious series, which was written by creativity expert Connie Harryman. Connie and I became friends through our mutual involvement in an online community for Organization Development professionals, and we both serve on the Operations Team (the board) for [...]

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You Are Not a Charity

August 3, 2011

Two significant things happened in the last week that have shifted the way I think, and I’d like to share them with you. Maybe you will find them useful, too. An Experiment I recently offered to try an experiment with my cohorts in one of my Master Mind groups, and it worked so well that [...]

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Intentional Overflow

July 26, 2011

This morning I was on a weekly conference call with a handful of friends who are also entrepreneurs in helping professions. As always, it was a rich conversation. Today we touched on many interrelated topics, including priorities, questioning how we define “productivity,” setting boundaries, keeping commitments to ourselves, and fun. In other words, a typical [...]

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Two Old Women – A Parable

July 19, 2011

Once Upon a Time, two old women were abandoned by their tribe during a horribly long, bitter winter when the tribe did not have enough to eat. Members of the tribe did not want to do it, but they saw no other way to survive. There was not enough food to go around, and the [...]

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