Category Archives: makes me smile
How do you remember what really matters? (Here’s my new tool)
There’s all sorts of ways to “come back to the centre” and remember who you really are and what really matters. A list of your values, a statement of your Great Work Project, a trusted group of colleagues and friends, … Continue reading
“Things are both more trivial than they ever where and more important than they ever were”
Mitch Joel writes one of the very best blogs around, and his weekly “six links worthy of your attention” is always on my “must read” list. He brought this video to my attention through that series. It’s Dennis Potter being … Continue reading
One Billion Heartbeats
About three years ago, I wrote a piece called “How Many Day Do You Have Left?” In it, I talked about how all creatures are born with about a billion heartbeats to spare. In fact, my own (not so) imminent … Continue reading
Our 10 prize winners from our Birthday Week
To celebrate 10 years of crazy goodness, we promised we’d give away ten Box of Crayons “kitchen sink” goodie packs Signed copies of Do More Great Work, End Malaria and Get Unstuck & Get Going DVDs of all our animated … Continue reading
We’re 10 years old: the final gifts to you
The secrets of smart strategic planning from Charlie Gilkey (and me) Our next gift to you comes from my good friend Charlie Gilkey at Productive Flourishing. They’re up to all sorts of great things there – they’ve just been running a … Continue reading
We’re 10 years old: the 3rd gift to you (of 5)
Molly Gordon’s ebook Breaking the Habit of Fear Molly Gordon is another member of my mastermind group (The Brain Trust), and she is one of the loveliest, funniest, wisest people in my life. She’s part punk, part Pema Chodron and … Continue reading
We’re 10 years old: the 2nd gift to you (of 5)
Eric Klein’s Are You At the Crossroads? We’re all at one sort of crossroad or another. That’s why this gift from my mastermind group member and friend Eric Klein is so appropriate and so useful. Eric has a gift of … Continue reading
We’re 10 years old: the 1st gift to you (of 5)
The top 10 Questions (and their Answers) from Teach Now You’ve heard me express gratitude and enthusiasm for my mastermind group (aka The Brain Trust) many times, so it won’t surprise you that they are among the cool people I … Continue reading
It’s Our Birthday! Presents for you + prizes to win!
We’re ten years old today. Blow out those candles on the Box of Crayons’ birthday cake! I’m going to share the ten most important lessons of the last ten years in a special Outside the Lines newsletter next week, so … Continue reading
