Author Archives: Lee-Anne Ragan
Pickled perspective on powers of persuasion & assimilation
Chances are you have a jar of pickles buried at the back of your fridge. Did you know pickles were once at the heart of immigrant identities and cultural tension? If we can be so far off the mark with … Continue reading
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Tagged assimilation, immigration, jane ziegelman, new york times, perspective
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This light never turns green (& other complaints from Go Life Lenses™)
This photo made me laugh out loud – it’s a perpetual complaint self-assessed Go Life Lenses™ have of Stop Life Lenses™. Do you know someone who always wants to think things over for a loooooong time before taking action? Wants … Continue reading
Posted in Go Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged go lens, personality test, self-assessment, stop lens
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Back to the future – what would your former self have to say about your current self
Irina Werning, a brilliant Buenos Aires photographer was inspired to ‘re-enact’ old photos of people. She asked friends and family to turn back time & have themselves photographed as they were in old pictures. The ongoing project is called “Back … Continue reading
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Tagged back to the future, irina werning, perspective, worldview
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What’s behind door #1? Self-awareness & perspective
My good friend Michelle recently said in an email … “‘Go where the door is open’ and it occurred to me – that – that’s what you did Lee-Anne – you opened the door.” And as I’m sitting here writing … Continue reading
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Tagged dyana valentine, perspective, self-awareness, tribe, vulnerability
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Laying it bare – monthly round up of August Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeling back perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of August. Get bare, dive in deep and take a full look around … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, communication, darth vader, myers briggs, personality trait, perspective
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How do you say ‘be kind to animals?’
It’s a matter of perspective. If you’re rule bound, rigid, needing to cover every possibility, fear based and controlling, you may create a sign such as above. If you’re coming from a place of common sense, kindness, flexibility and faith, … Continue reading
Backward glance = forward thinking (or what this hilarious shampoo prank can teach us about perspective)
When we’re in conflict we tend to do more of whatever it is that’s not working. Yet simply changing your perspective can change the whole game. What if he’d simply turned around?
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
Do you have a heavy, non-useful contact? I did.
Oh the possible poetry of language. And oh what a mess we can make of it, more mess and muck than clear communication. Take jargon for example. Professional jargon. Like a dentist. Like my dentist (that’s him above). Despite the … Continue reading
Are you consistent with yourself? I hope not.
“We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves.” ~ Havelock Ellis (1859-1939). When I set out to design Life Lenses™ it was partly due to feeling boxed in by other assessments, assessments which … Continue reading