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Pondering

Do you see Forests or Trees?

Have you ever heard the cliché about being unable to see the forest for the trees? That always confounded me, particularly as a child. It may be because the people who used it had not put enough thought into it to explain it properly. And it always made me wonder what else we hear and [...]

5 Keys to the Art of Listening

Most people are not proficient at the art of listening. It requires practice and dedication. And there are a few pitfalls, especially in the early days, to trip you up and make you wonder if it was worth the effort. You can walk away from a two hour conversation, for example, wondering just how dull [...]

The Effects of Multitasking

If you look up any articles on multitasking, you’ll find very few on the subject that are not designed to show you how to do it better, or why it is an important skill to master. But it is not an important skill. Any good effects of multitasking are, as Marcus Buckingham has pointed out, [...]

Single Mindedness

Yesterday’s post on The Sound of Silence, sparked a lot of thought on my part as it became a topic of conversation over afternoon drinks, and because of a great comment from Lori. I’ve come to the conclusion that multi-tasking is really a sin, at least for me. I have a friend, my former publisher, [...]

The Sound of Silence

How deeply are we now connected to each other? Before I explain why that’s a trick question, take a moment and consider the number of ways you interact with people across the world at any hour of any day. cell phone text messaging email web pages social or business networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) chat or [...]

If you’re looking for ideas – new ideas, fresh ideas, great ideas – they all have one thing in common. They are not usually hiding very far. But like new breeds of fish spawning beneath the subconscious of your mind, they are seldom going to jump out at you. You have to find them, lure [...]

Unplugging from the world wide web for a few days can be a difficult adjustment. Coming back can be even more difficult. I’ve realized, quite suddenly, while I was out in the woods without internet access, that the Information Age has come to an end. Information itself is now obsolete. No matter what the facts [...]

I had the great pleasure of escaping to the woods for a few days with my son this week. It’s a beautiful old cabin nestled between the base of a tree-covered mountain and a deep isolated lake. Before heading out, we stopped at Canadian Tire and picked up his first pocket knife. Its a stainless [...]

I was talking with a friend who was not having a very good day. She had exposed herself to too much news, too many television commercials, and a few poorly designed documentaries about things like Nostradamus and the year 2012. She was contemplating terrorism, nuclear war, global warming, tidal waves, floods, plagues, rogue asteroids, volcanoes [...]

Listen. Can you hear it? It is the sound of your brain growing, stretching, just by reading these words. Your brain is becoming something more than it was just moments ago. There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the human brain. That is more than ten times the number of stars in the galaxy. It [...]

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