Tag Archives: resilience
Great Work Essentials: Resilience
Photo Credit: Robert Brook via Compfight Focus: done. Courage: done. Let’s talk about the third of the three essentials: Resilience. I suspect one sure metric of doing Great Work is having that moment when you go: I’d like to give … Continue reading
Alexandra Levit, Blind Spots
I’ve interviewed Alexandra before and she was one of the contributors to the End Malaria book. She has a new book out this week, Blind Spots which was a great excuse to catch up with her once more. The subtitle … Continue reading
“We are whiplashed between…” (Great Work quote)
“We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves.” ~ Parker Palmer We puff ourselves up, certain we’re better than others. (Where’s the data for that judgment?) We undermine ourselves, water on rock, wearing … Continue reading
“The willows submits to the wind and prospers until…” (Great Work quote)
Photo by ElyceFeliz, Flickr Creative Commons The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows; a wall against the wind. This is the willow’s purpose. ~ Frank Herbert We grow through resistance. (Where am … Continue reading
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of…” (Great Work quote)
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat … Continue reading
“We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition…” (Great Work quote)
“We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition. No one is encouraging us to open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.” ~ Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche Merlin Mann directed me to Natalie Goldberg’s … Continue reading
“Allow the gods of f*@k-up to bless us” (Great Work quote)
Allow the gods of f*@k-up to bless us.” ~ Mark Bowden I’ve spent two weeks on the road with my colleague, friend and best-selling author Mark Bowden. It’s been a lot of fun, and over breakfasts and dinners we’ve chatted … Continue reading
“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
Personal Resilience: The Wisdom of Bamboo
This article was first published in our newsletter Outside the Lines. Neighbours Way back when I was a young boy living in Australia, we got into something of a feud with the Masons next door. I’m not quite sure what … Continue reading
