Incomplete

“It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees one may own. If a person cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, their education is incomplete!”
— Norman Cousins

1. They have passion! Witness the “Occupy Movement.” Plenty of Passion. Yet,

I am! I said.

“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
The Little Prince
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Saint Exupéry
French Aristocrat, Author & Airman
1900 — 1944

When you stand to speak, you may have doubts. Your self confidence may evaporate. You may think yourself inadequate to

What’s Your Point?

There’s been a lot of “empty gesturing” going on in politics and public life of late. In so many cases, some big ego makes an outrageous statement, or takes a moment on the stage to make a grandiose gesture — which is never followed up with an actual result. This article is all about making your actions, words, intentions and outcomes align.

Got a point? Something

Attention!

“Attention is not thought. It is not emptiness.
It is the carrier wave upon which thought,
communication, emotion and connection may be established.”
— J. R. StJohn

Everyone’s fascinated by (and desperate for) “meditation.” Extinguishing thought. Freedom from those

Cycle of Communication

“Silence was meaningful to the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and applied the rule that ‘thought comes before speech.’ In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable or great, silence was the mark of true respect. Strict observance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt,