Author Archives: Lee-Anne Ragan
A little perspective can be magic … so says Darth Vader
You’ve got to hand it to the brains behind the video below. A new perspective is magic … or is it? When it comes to perspective, we’re constantly, unconsciously comparing our view to others. ‘other’ can be odd ‘different’ can … Continue reading
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
Posted in Destination Life Lenses, Journey Life Lenses
Tagged dase serpentine, loie fuller
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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone
Personality traits are telling. So are assessments. Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Could there be a more Destination Life Lens™ saying? I think not! Personality traits of a … Continue reading
Posted in Destination Life Lenses
Tagged assessment, focus, pablo picasso, personality trait
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Full Monty – monthly round up of July Life Lenses™ blog posts
Knowledge isn’t power, sharing knowledge is power. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of July. Get bare, dive in deep and take a full look around or simply take … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses
Tagged assessment, assumptions, change, communication, complexity, peace, perspective, war
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What is perspective?
It’s like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! ~ Merrill Markoe, U.S. television writer. What we see as normal, natural and right can be annoying habits to others. How quickly the view can change … Continue reading
Changing perspective – from war to peace
Changing perspective. From war to peace. From guns to doves. From misunderstanding to understanding. From positions to possibilities. From one perspective to another. Perspective both shadows and illuminates. What’s your perspective done for you lately? Sokak Sava?a Kar?? | Streets … Continue reading
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Tagged change, effecting change, perspective, sokak savasa karsi, street art
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Assumptions – an example for how to id & avoid them
Assumptions. We all make them. All the time. What’s worse is we’re usually unaware that we’re making them. Assumptions that is. They’re devilishly difficult to identify. They play with our heads and how we see what’s in front of our … Continue reading
Complexity of communication makes for a bigger brain
Thomas Sander, Executive Director of the Saguaro Seminar at Harvard writes an interesting blog post about how socializing expands brain size. Turns out Oxford scholars say the “more social creatures, among them humans, had the most rapidly expanding brain sizes … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, complexity, harvard, saguaro seminar, thomas sander
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Near miss – because you can’t look up & down a the same time
Carrot Life Lenses™ look down. They see the details. Mountain Life Lenses™ look up. They see patterns and trends. No matter where you’re looking, you’ll see some things and you’ll miss some things. You can’t look everywhere with ease. The … Continue reading
Posted in Carrot Life Lenses, Mountain Life Lenses
Tagged carrot lens, ease, loosing perspective, mountain lens, perspective
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Change how you see not how you look
Change. Is tough. Perspective. Informs how we can change. Change how you see not how you look. Can bring some pretty fantastic perspective shifts. How do you see?