A batch of the best highlights from what Christian's read, .
We suggest to leaders that life is like one big learning university, where we all enroll in classes that are perfectly designed to support our education. In these classes, we can either be “at the effect of” the teacher, the curriculum, and the other students or “consciously creating with.”
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp
I suspect a metaphysical underpinning to Gurdjieff’s story that contains two (though not only two) prospects: 1) our concept of linear time is illusory, and 2) because of the first, what appears lost can be gained; what appears settled is anything but.
The Metaphysics of Persistence
𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳
Recognize Success At some stage of the conversation, someone’s going to say to you, “There is nothing else.” When that happens, a perfectly reasonable reaction is a rapid heartbeat and slight panic. Reframe that reaction as success. “There is nothing else” is a response you should be seeking. It means you’ve reached the end of this line of inquiry. Take a breath, take a bow and go on to another question. Move On When It’s Time If you can feel the energy going out of the conversation, you know it’s time to move on from this angle. A strong “wrap it up” variation of “And what else?” is “Is there anything else?” That version of “And what else?” invites closure, while still leaving the door open for whatever else needs to be said.