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Tag Archives: wisdom
Core Values
Over the past few months, I have been thinking about some of my core beliefs in life, and whether they remain valid. Its good, in my mind, to never assume something to be always valid in the form that it … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, adult, behaviour, blind-spot, challenge, conscience, discipline, emotional maturity, excellence, fatherhood, goals, grow, growth, leadership, life-long learning, openness, personal plan, perspective, testing, truth, values, wisdom
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A Random Glimpse of Excellence
Yesterday I witnessed something beautiful and worthy of putting out there. Life takes many turns and we all go through some difficult stuff at times, and there are no exceptions. But occasionally the gods of providence allow us to overhear … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged character, communication, conflict, grace, humility, integrity, leader, problem solving, relationships, role model, trust, values, wisdom
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Being All There
It was very sobering realising that my choices and routines did not just set the rhythm and stability of my world, but that they equally affected the rhythm and stability of every life that was intimately connected with mine. Especially … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Work
Tagged children, choice, family, grace, marriage, parenting, relationships, resilience, role model, wisdom
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Lives out of balance
I am currently unemployed, and I guess this has in many ways given me a completely different set of stimuli to deal with. I have nothing grandiose to say about my work, as much as I love it; I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Work
Tagged children, choice, family, parenting, relationships, role model, stress, wisdom
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Thoughts on Accountability
Every time I read about accountability in the media, its about someone holding someone else accountable for the bad/naughty/inconsiderate thing they have done. We have a watchdog mentality, where someone, or some group of people, seems to be designated to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Spiritual, Work
Tagged accountability, cheating, conscience, exposed, humility, integrity, media, politician, public funds, secrets, trust, watchdog, wisdom
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The Dragon called “Me”…
I have written this series using the allegory of a sailor sailing rough seas, and encountering Dragons, as depicted on those old nautical maps where the untraveled cartographer needed an excuse for his cluelessness; and I have offered thoughts about … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged Bill Gates, challenge, character, culture, grace, guardian, honesty, HR, HR Practitioner, humility, influence, integrity, leadership, learning, reflection, selfless, vision, wisdom
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Managing Stress through mindfulness and an accurate sense of Self Worth.
So there are about a million articles out there about mindfulness and how fantastic it is. This isn’t one of them. This is a real, down to earth assessment of whether it works for a busy executive. It does. In … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, control, mindfulness, stress, wisdom, Work, workplace
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A Place in the World.
A few weeks ago, my father and I built a fence to make a play area safe from a potential fall down a bank. The first post was easy, and the second as well. No problem… The third post, however, … Continue reading
20 things I have learned from marriage so far
I have learned that my wife’s trust is a thing never deserved but graciously given. And it must be nurtured like a fragile flower or it retreats to safety. I learned that creating a new normal for us was hard, … Continue reading
How the barrel of a gun breathed life into me.
This post is a response to a beautiful post by Dr Kelly Flanagan on the Website “Untangled” (www.drkellyflanagan.com) The post is called “The only two things you’ll ever need to know about people” (http://drkellyflanagan.com/2013/10/16/the-only-two-things-youll-ever-need-to-know-about-people/) He inspired me with a simple … Continue reading
Notes From the Road 