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Can you guess what this is? Treasure troves to be found in the details.
Any guesses what this is a picture of? Mountain Life Lenses™ may have trouble guessing because their view is up & out – far & wide. Carrot Life Lenses™ on the other hand, are good at detail. Their focus is down, … Continue reading
Lists of note- bring ’em on say the Carrot Life Lenses™
Making lists (a.k.a. bringing systems & order to a chaotic world) is a sublime activity for a Carrot Life Lens™. Check out ‘Lists of note’ a website that does nothing but list lists. To the lists of Albert Einstein (whoah! … Continue reading
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Tagged albert einstein, carrot lens, julia child, lists of note, norah ephron
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Stress levels related to the weight of your shopping bag
Research in the Journal of Consumer Research found a correlation between how heavy the shopping bag you’re carrying is with your stress level. The heavier the bag, the more we tend to feel stressed. “We found that carrying a heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Carrot Life Lenses, Mountain Life Lenses
Tagged carrot lens, journal of consumer research, mountain lens
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Laying it bare – monthly round up of January Life Lenses™ blog posts
We're laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeking in on & playing with perspective. In this monthly round up you'll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of January. Get bare, dive t's up to you. … Continue reading
Posted in Mountain Life Lenses
Tagged carrot lens, fast company, head lens, heart lens, mark zuckerberg, mountain lens, perspective, sherl sandberg, walt disney
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How Mark Zuckerberg & Facebook Gave New Life To An Old Management Style (from Fast Company)
The following are excerpts from a Fast Company article by Katerina Walter (read the whole article here) – great examples of two very different perspectives working well together, each complimenting & filling in, the other’s shadows without diminishing their own … Continue reading
Posted in Mountain Life Lenses
Tagged carrot lens, fast company, head lens, heart lens, mark zuckerberg, mountain lens, sherl sandberg, walt disney
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Why parents age faster than people without kids
The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick. So he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. 'Hello?' 'Is your daddy home?' 'Yes, he's … Continue reading
Laying it bare – monthly round up of November Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeking in on & playing with perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of November. Get bare, dive in deep and take … Continue reading
Posted in Stop Life Lenses
Tagged adeaters, AOL, carrot lens, creativity, daniel mbogo, go lens, perspective, stop lens
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Surprise … German style
I went to an adeaters festival here in Nairobi recently & laughed out loud at some of the award winning ads, including the one below. It must have been written by a Carrot Life Lens™. Ahhhh those details!
Laying it bare – monthly round up of October Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeking in on & playing with perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of October. Get bare, dive in deep and take … Continue reading
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Tagged big bang theory, carrot lens, dolly hopkins, emotions, happiness, head lens, jules andre-brown, mountain lens, perspective, success
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Success is not always what you see (from one carrot to another)
This cartoon from Emotionz via my colleague Jules Andre-Brown, had me laughing out loud. It’s such a great illustration of the difference between a Carrot Life Lens™ & a Mountain Life Lens™. Mountains may miss the depth of Carrot systems, … Continue reading
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Tagged carrot lens, emotionz, jules andre-brown, mountain lens, perspective, success
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