Ignorance! with a side of Arrogance

“Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.”
—William Butler Yeats
Author, Poet, Nobel Laureate
1865 – 1939

A mid-thirties guy comes into the office, leans against a bronze sculpture, and (looking at his Seiko…) tugs on the exposed collar of his swabbie t-shirt, and says, “I’m really steamed about being ordered

The Great Man and the Zen Master

“All learning begins with two things: silence and an open mind.”
—Timeless Proverb

The appointment was made for the Great Man by his Secretary’s Secretary. “He wants to learn from you!” she said. “He’s had me studying and searching out the great teachers of Zen, Art and Philosophy. We’ve discussed your work with your peers and clients who all sing

“You’ve been a great Audience!”

“To have great poets, there must be great audiences.”
—Walt Whitman
American Poet
(1819-1892)
Have we lost a step? Have our communication disciplines eroded as “modern life” has set in?

A series of lifetime memories:

• Going

Exemplar

The Art of Leadership begins with, “Follow Me!”
Have you noticed that disconnect? Between the often well-crafted words of the leaders.. and their deeds?

Of course you have. It is that disparity between promise and practice that leaves many with the sense of having been “taken in” by the

Loving Creative Limitation

(Formats, Limits, Containers & Boxes)

Formats!“I’ve realized that context largely determines what is written, painted, sculpted, sung, or performed. Conventional wisdom is that the rock-and-roll singer is driven by