In our effort to continually decode the secrets of success or, more importantly, avoid failure, we provide insightful articles each month containing thought-provoking perspectives on building a successful and sustainable life.
Content is drawn from current events, personal experience, and archives of references from experts in multiple fields, including ancient philosophers. The bottom line consideration is: What works and what doesn’t work … what’s enduring … what’s translatable across all disciplines … what’s applicable to both life and work … and what’s sustainable.
Sometimes it helps to take a step back and see where we fit in the cosmos and sometimes it’s necessary to step forward and take a shot at the brass ring. In either case, we can use all the help we can get in Visioning and Vectoring. The Life Mastery Musings Blog uses Visioning and Vectoring tools and examples from both microscopic introspection and 60,000 foot vantage points to help deepen personal perspective, expand possibilities, and strengthen resolve to move onward.
Some days – OK, MOST days – things seem to be “out-of-whack” … off balance … it’s hard to “get a grip”: Weeds keep growing, potholes appear, concrete cracks, storms come and go, leadership and agendas keep changing, bankruptcies happen, deals fall through, demands keep soaring, time keeps getting away from us, etc. But, both…
With so much dissonance, discord, dishegience and mental health challenges permeating the early days of a still nascent 21st Century, we seem to have lost sight of any meaning, purpose or zest for living. Some of this comes from a diminished need to fight for mere survival. And, of course, there’s no need or yearning…
Life is TOUGH! But it’s so much more straight forward and manageable when all you have to do is FILL IN THE BLANKS … providing, of course, you have the proper “goods” available to do the filling-in. I was chasing a “change of insurance” form across my desk for several days – because it wasn’t…
Doormat encountered in Sugarcreek, OH. So, what in the world would a “Good Kind of Weird” look like? I have a few suspicions: Does his/her homework … is basically a NERD! Has Boy Scout / Girl Scout tendencies. Isn’t really immersed in Social Media Watches/Listens to TED Talks rather than to cat videos on YouTube…
It’s already 78 degrees outside this morning at 7:45 am, with a forecast of 95. I’m feeling “trapped” in an air conditioned house … unable (or unwilling?) to anticipate engaging in a full list of outdoor activities … like taking my “constitutional walk” around the neighborhood, trimming undergrowth and overgrowth in the woods, mowing the…
A critical attribute of successful venturing is the ability to survive disappointment and recover from disaster – a property called RESILIENCE. But trying to extract a rejuvenating infusion from an empty reservoir is a tough proposition! The question posed here is: How does one build the CAPACITY for Resilience — BEFORE it’s required? How…
Life-coach gurus talk about “Life Balance” … a very helpful reflective concept for different people at different points in their personal lives … especially for when they feel “out of sorts”, “at loose ends” or “disconnected”. But many of us – and most of those at the top – function OFF-BALANCE most of the time…
“Communitation” is the fine art of PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. It is the art of intentionally, actively and proactively participating in a thriving, collaborative COMMUNITY. Lee Shulman Bierer [ www.collegeadmissionsstrategies.com ], provides an excellent example of “Communitation” applied to the process of seeking admission to college. Her recommendations include: Watch online videos and take virtual tours…
It’s more than a bit disarming/disconcerting when spurious things insert themselves into our personal agenda and impose themselves on our personal radar – things we didn’t “ask for”, that don’t really “fit” the persona we have meticulously shaped for ourselves, that just don’t “feel” right and that we just don’t “feel” like doing – at…
LIFE’S TOUGH! The CHALLENGES are FORMIDABLE The RESPONSIBILITIES are AWESOME The EXPECTATIONS are OUT OF SIGHT And TIME is always TOO SHORT for what we want and need to do Consequently, it’s increasingly clear that getting through life “on our own two feet with our own two hands” won’t get the job entirely done. We…
Plato had it about right and was well ahead of his time, trying to explain why we all fall so far short of our potential – and short of our ability to enjoy the full fruits of life. Allegory of the cave – Wikipedia The allegory of the cave, or Plato’s Cave, is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his…
