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One evening at “formal hall” at the University of Cambridge’s Homerton College, we witnessed the unexpected: a barn owl named ‘Minnie’ gliding silently through the Great Hall, then perching on a camera, reminding us of a Hogwarts-like wonder. Minnie moved through the evening air in near-complete silence, guided more by listening than by sight. Watching ...
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This may not be as crazy as it sounds, as South Africa recently gained 6.5 years in one decade. Thailand gained 4.5 years. Ireland 3 years. What I enjoyed about
August 7, 2022
Had I spent the first couple weeks of my sabbatical here, I would’ve spared myself a lot of doubt, worry, teeth gnashing, and unnecessary self-flagellation. But why listen to me?
August 6, 2022
She says what’s beautiful about water isn’t necessarily the quantity but the current or flow and the context—think of a meandering river in the woods. Water—like money—can purify or contaminate.
August 5, 2022
Sounds like a business coaching seminar, right? And for some of the people there, that’s basically what it was. But for me it turned out to be a spiritual retreat.
August 4, 2022
Eventually, I learned to embrace the quiet, which allowed my hidden talents to evolve. And from that space emerged my New York Times bestselling book, “Emotional Equations.” Not long after,
August 3, 2022
But, I have to admit that as Stephen Townsend Conley, Jr, a “chip” off the old block, the oldest and only son of my mom and dad, I was weighed
August 2, 2022
In a life that has often felt like a run-on sentence, my new Comma personality offers a respite and, at times, an ability to juxtapose two different ideas in the
August 1, 2022
More than that, she was a beautiful and loving spirit and a great friend. Her breast cancer showed up two years before my prostate cancer diagnosis. She was always a
July 30, 2022
‘Could inquiry and change be part of a simultaneous moment?’ – Marilee Adams ‘What is a midlife wisdom school?’ – Chip Conley ‘Questions are loaded with energy. Be careful where
July 29, 2022
It’s the brush strokes that define our leadership fingerprints. If we’re lucky and conscious, over the course of a lifetime of leadership, we learn what feels right to us and
July 28, 2022
Wake Up. Life’s experience is what leads to this first stage. Often, waking up isn’t voluntary. It’s forced upon us when life isn’t served on the silver platter we’d expected,
July 27, 2022
Two identities like pre-unification East and West Berlin often totally delinked from each other. That’s the way a lot of people think of themselves – there is your Current Self,
July 26, 2022
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