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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Is it time to go punk?

This article was first published in our newsletter Outside the Lines. Malcolm McLaren, founder of The Sex Pistols, died last week. I never got into punk. Never quite understood the music, the vulgarity and the anger. Or maybe the fashion … Continue reading

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Tim Sharp, Dr Happy

Hard to get away from the happiness movement right now. That’s not such a bad thing – but there is something of a glut of books and blogs and websites on happiness. So let me point to one that rises … Continue reading

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“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it” (Great Work quote)

“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.” ~ Albert Camus One phrase I use regularly is “wisdom enters through the wound.” It’s shamanic in origin, and I love the liberating sense that it is only through our bruises and … Continue reading

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From necessary to spectacular

Yes, I’m still in Paris. Yes, it’s still wonderful. Here’s a short video, inspired by the view from my hotel window. You’ve heard of making the best of a bad lot? This is about going the next step further and … Continue reading

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Alex Kjerulf, Happiness in Work

Alex Kjerulf is one of the leading experts about happiness in work and deeply committed to raise the sense of engagement, fun and passion in workplaces in his native Denmark and around the world. His book is Happy Hour is … Continue reading

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