Posts Tagged with ‘David Whyte’
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. . .unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket. . .
08 Jan 2011Improbably, I know, but what do David Whyte and Charles Bukowski have in common? Both advocate only doing what we can do wholeheartedly.
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What do your expletives do for you?
16 Jul 2010My expletives are better than yours! Yup, I truly suspect they are. Some expletives encourage a downward spiral of despondency to the pit where we see one negative event as "personal, persistent, and pervasive". Others say it like it as, but help us swoop upwards away. We don't leave the irritating behind. We encourage them to play with this but on more equal terms.
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Dance in any way you know how
04 Jul 2010An Indonesian though leader on appreciative inquiry and leadership greeted me this morning. I don't speak Indonesian, but I found an pertinent poem in English on his website to illustrate the difficult idea that we are our relationship with the world (difficult at least for Westerners).
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Let the world look at you. I assure you, the world will like what it sees.
26 Apr 2010Gratitude or selfishness? When I first encountered the idea of a gratitude diary, I was discountenanced by feeling grateful for…
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You want an employer for life . . . or a life?
17 Mar 2010Employers for life Today, CIPD published a story that we want an employer for life. Insecurity distracting us from growth…
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Only this time, let the world look at you. I assure you, the world will like what it sees.
16 Feb 2010Why have managers ignored the poets for so long? Contemporary English poet David Whyte David Whyte uses contemporary language to…
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Personal leadership: Answer the moral challenge of our age
02 Jan 2010Psychology blossomed in the noughties Positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, and mytho-poetic tradition are well understood and taught in psychology and…
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3 quotations on mindfulness and action
03 Dec 2009A good year ago I jotted down these three quotations. Then I abandoned the draft. Now I am tidying up…
