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I’m still making my way through Seth Godin’s new book ‘Linchpin’. I read something the other day that really jumped out at me and totally resonated. Here’s what he said:
“Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion”.
It resonated because I’ve felt the very same [...]
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What are the things that leave you feeling inspired?
Is it a particular type of film? Certain books? A good talk? An interactive conversation?
We’re all inspired in different ways. Sadly though, we all far too often not inspired at all.
We get sucked into the daily repetitive rhythms of life and forget to dream, imagine, and explore.
So [...]
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I’m in the middle of reading Seth Godin’s latest book called Linchpin. I highly recommend it. This post is not simply a book recommendation though, I wanted to share a quote from the book that I hope will be both inspiring and through-provoking. Here’s what he says:
Everyone, every single person, has been a genius at [...]
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It’s been a while. Due to everything that’s been going on – from redundancy to starting a new job – there have been no updates since the end of September. I’m not going to be back posting on a daily basis for now, but I am going to be back posting frequently. And definitely more [...]
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Today’s post is by regular guest author Dale Swinburne. (Catch up on parts 1, 2, 3)
Each of us has incredible potential. We have been created to live a full life according to Chip Anderson. We’ve been walking through his Aliveness Theory as he charts for us the stark comparison we could experience in our [...]
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Today’s post is by regular guest columnist Hermann du Plessis, founder of Therapeia, a coaching practice based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Is my calling sure?
What a question to ask! I was reading the opinion of two Harvard Business School Professors who researched career guidance, counselling and coaching. They studied the concept we all have [...]
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Today we continue with the series of posts on Aliveness Theory by regular guest columnist, Dale Swinburne.
There is living and then, there is living. Chip Anderson’s Aliveness Theory describes the 3 levels of living which we discussed in the last post. The three levels are Fully Alive, Mere Existence, and Deadness. Ideally, [...]
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Sometimes we can be ‘in the zone’. Everything just comes together the way we want it to. We feel passionate, we’re flowing in our strengths, and everything just feels, well, great. If only life was like this all the time!
Sadly, we often end up spending most of our life between these kinds of peaks. And [...]
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Today we have a guest post by Dale Swinburne, the third of our new monthly guest writers. Enjoy.
The day I met Chip Anderson I will never forget. The statements he made to me and the questions he asked of me are still with me to this day, four years later. People and circumstances [...]
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Today I want to share a quote from the late Donald Clifton. Here he describes what was his greatest discovery from three decades of leadership research.
“A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is [...]
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