Category Archives: Journey Life Lenses

Are you my drummer or am I your singer? Seth Godin on the Stones

I was caught by this post by Seth Godin.  Are you my drummer or am I your singer?  It’s all in the perspective.  Notice how the perspective dramatically shifts…. Keith Richards tells a great story about Charlie Watts, legendary drummer … Continue reading

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What frames your view? A Life Lenses™ take on provocative video

Is the video below funny, creative, rule breaking and subversive or a waste of time, waste of energy and sadly pathetic? Depends on your view.  Depends on how you frame things. A Carrot Life Lens™ appreciates the attention to detail.  … Continue reading

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Bugs in the bathroom = the problem with Journey Life Lenses™

I was doing my business in the bathroom the other day and happened to catch site of a small bug. (I’ve recently moved to Nairobi, Kenya where on top of luscious foliage, lots of bugs are a reality.)  It was … Continue reading

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Oh, that I could shrink the surface of the world (for some perspective)…

Wang Chien (AD 756–835) eloquently wrote the above when he heard his friend was coming back from the war.  It came my way recently from a dear friend (thanks Michelle for your muse). It got me thinking about what creates distance … Continue reading

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The Journey Life Lens™ of Loie Fuller’s Danse Serpentine (1896)

Personality traits are telling.  So are assessments. Compared to my last post, where a quote from Picasso encapsulated Destination Life Lenses™, this Danse Serpentine video, recorded by modern dancer Loie Fuller in 1896, symbolizes the view from a Journey Life … Continue reading

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Perspective enhancing yogurt

Perspective.  It’s possible to change it even in the wee hours of the morning. Before a ridiculously self-imposed early morning flight from New York to Vancouver I recently found myself grabbing the above yogurt for the plane ride.  When I … Continue reading

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The She’ros journey

The invitation caught my attention, perked my digits to respond.  It was a call to journey, journey to the heart.  It came via email: How  are you stepping into your shero’s journey these days? Warts, challenges, glories, uncertainties, holy visions … Continue reading

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We’re on a journey

No matter if a Journey Life Lens™ is a strong preference of yours or if you avoid it all costs (preferring a Destination Life Lens™) we’ve all got to deal. Deal with the open road and the horizon that beckons. … Continue reading

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Don’t be a parrot or a human ventriloquist

Ever get the sense you’re listening to a talking head, someone who is is parroting someone else’s words?  Does your boss ever expect you to be a  human ventriloquist with him or her pulling the strings and you voicing their … Continue reading

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Countdown continues- 1 more day to the global launch of Life Lenses™

New! Today we’re shining the light on Journey (love the process) and Destination (geared to get things done) Life Lenses™. Which do you think you are? Simply click here to answer a few questions and enter the contest to win … Continue reading

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