Heroism as the antidote to evil
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." - Edmund Burke
October 28, 2009
October 25, 2009
How to avoid missing the best days of your life, part 1
You're probably right. After all, we're so bloody busy these days that we'll walk right by genius and not even notice (go read the story and come back here. I'll wait). We'll pass by stunning natural beauty and not even blink an eye. Julien obliquely pointed this out the other week, but didn't talk about how you can fix it, how you can fix yourself (which is irony given the retreat he did at a Zen temple).
October 19, 2009
Lychees, Ohio, and Evocation
While a bunch of folks were at Blogworld in Vegas this past weekend, I and a few other intrepid seekers got on a plane at Logan Airport in Boston to head to... Dayton, Ohio! Instead of the Strip, we headed to the Dayton Quest Center for a seminar with Stephen K. Hayes called Evocation.
September 9, 2009
A piece of home on the road
In a ninjutsu dojo (like the Boston Martial Arts Center, for example), you'll find a place of reverence called a kamidana, or spirit shelf. In traditional Shinto religious practices (the native, shamanistic religion of Japan), a kamidana is a place to honor your ancestors and their guardian spirits. In modern times, it's a focal point for the energy of the school and students, a place to put your attention as you begin class, asking your own mind to wake up enough to get something out of class.
August 24, 2009
A bottle of awesome
I had a conversation recently with a friend after she'd gone for a long drive along the lakeshore with her favorite music cranked to 11, and she expressed the rather fervent wish that she could somehow bottle the way she felt, but couldn't.
August 13, 2009
Winning in the Red Ocean
Beth Dunn got me thinking in the comments on my previous post about gender, race, and social media. Blue Ocean Strategy makes total sense and is the easiest way to win in a disruptive environment. You occupy the empty playing field, set the rules, norms, and customs, and make your own game. Newcomers to the field see whatever you've done as the norm and suddenly the idea is the institution - and you're running the show. That's the ideal.
July 20, 2009
Watching footfalls
A tweet from Amber Naslund this morning reminded me of an interesting lesson.
June 3, 2009
Winning against all odds
An interesting bit of Twitter conversation fleshed out.
March 19, 2009
Social media success and the idea of sensei
Sensei is an interesting term in Japanese culture and the martial arts. Traditionally, most people translate it as "teacher", and the term is applied as an honorific to doctors, lawyers, teachers, and others of high esteem. If you dissect its meaning and characters, it literally translates as "before born" in the sense of someone having gone before you, blazing the trail ahead. A sensei is someone who has gone before you and has experienced all of the things that you as a student are running into now.
October 13, 2008
A Ninja Response to Chris Brogan's Pirates
A Ninja Response to Chris Brogan's Pirates
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