Archive for the ‘General’ Category


Two Facets of Leadership

There are two very different facets of leadership: doing the right thing and doing things right. What is the right thing? A right thing is something that is in alignment with a person’s purpose. One of the things I discuss in my latest book, The Compassionate Samurai, is the importance of being clear about your [...]

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Be Aware of How You Listen to Improve Your Growth

In the last article we talked about one of three ways of listening, “being with.”  What are the other two ways of listening? One is to agree with whatever is being said, and the other is to disagree. We often listen from a standpoint of whether we’re going to agree with what’s being said, or [...]

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Do You Practice the Art of Being With?

Would you like to be more efficient, more effective, more intimate? Then join us in learning the art of being with. Being with is a way of listening to people. It’s listening to others without any filters up. One filter compares whatever is said to your own personal experience. Another filter is listening with an [...]

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Revenge!

When considering the third of the 3Rs, revenge, there’s often a short circuit that takes place in our minds. Suppose someone asked you if you ever took revenge on others. Now, if you’re like most people, you would think that you don’t take revenge. Your underlying thinking might be that if you did, it would [...]

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