Monthly Archive: December 2009
I bet, if you read or know me, you probably expect me to advocate for happiness.
photo credit: Jasmic
I don’t.
Here is why.
If you came to me and said, Jean, I want more than anything to be happy. This is what I would do:
Give me everything you have. I am going to …
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Between Jerry sending me the book “The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude” and David Rose saying “wand of gratitude” I have to embrace my role as a freaky gratitude fairy. And I want a wand! Not that I think some magic dust will make everything alright. It won’t. Not that I …
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The question is “How does it happen?” And also “How can we encourage it to happen?”
Yesterday, I said on twitter:
Questions I have been pondering for years now: what brings about an aha? what gets people to shift? how to get unstuck and take action?
Which is something I have been reflecting on since …
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I saw an article on rogue waves not too long ago. And it really inspired me visually to think about how we compound upon each other. Wikipedia describes rogue waves:
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, and extreme waves) are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that are a …
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HildyGottlieb
What created the today you will build your future upon? Fill in the blank: If it weren’t for __ I wouldn’t be/have ___.
This twitter post inspired me to share my gratitude.
If it were not for… my network… I would be or have nearly anything I do have and am.
I can …
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Yes, social media is all about listening, you hear it all the time. I want to distinguish here between listening – as in I heard what you said and listening – as in I really took in what you said, chewed on it, and if it didn’t connect fully to me, I responded with questions. …
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Immeasurable but still acknowledge-able. Not the difference, because that relates to our currency conversations.
This video makes me laugh and cry. I think back on it fondly and look for it regularly, so I thought I would hold it here – for you and for me.
And hey, you are awesome. Did anyone ever tell …
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