Light Emerges from Darkness

“There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there.”
— Rumi
Sufi Poet and Mystic
1207 ­– 1273

Lots of people are upset about lots of things — some, with actual reason. On reflection, it seems to come down to being Critical of Ourselves or Critical of Others.

Self:
Many of us suffer from attempting to meet an impossible (even a Godlike)

Low & Common? Lofty & Rare!

For want of a Nail, a Shoe was lost.
For want of a Shoe, a Horse was lost.
For want of a Horse, a Rider was lost.
For want of a Rider, a Battle was lost.
For want of a Battle, a Kingdom was lost.
And all for want of a nail.

 You’ve seen this play before… The forlorn soul who rises to present and reaches for a writing tool, only to discover

A More Inclusive Model

“I was raised to be charming, not sincere…”
– The Handsome Prince, Into the Woods

It’s not surprising with the decline in ethical behavior around the world of late, that we find ourselves opting for shorter presentations, and longer periods of materials review. We spend less time listening, looking or engaging with a speaker, and more time paging through

The Untrue story

“Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!”

– Variously attributed to Hemingway and Mark Twain

In the beginning of my career, we used to tell a story about Walter Cronkite at the beginning of his career. The story had it that Cronkite, on being appointed to head the Evening News, was concerned about

The Eyes Have It – A Matter of Life and Death

“Why do we practice this eye contact stuff with such dedication? When — in real life — will we ever require anything so tortuous?” It’s a lament of many students encountering “Presenting for Results!^®” for the first time… or the second… or the third…

Welcome to Real Life — which is — as it turns out — remarkably tortuous, dangerous, life threatening, duplicitous and fraught with disaster at every turn — at least when you leave Malibu…

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