Author Archives: Lee-Anne Ragan
TED winner challenges our perspective through his lens
JR, an anonymous photographer and artist, and his 28 millimetre project are enlightening, invigorating & inspiring. Take a look. A good look. A new look. Fore more information about JR click here.
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Tagged 28 millimetre project, jr, perspective, ted, ted winner
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Psst 3 secret tips for how to communicate with a Mountain Life Lens
Psst – hey you! Do you have trouble communicating with people who have big ideas? With your boss who drives you nuts because she’s never specific? With your colleague because he’s off on another tangent before you’ve nailed down the … Continue reading
How does a carrot Life Lens™ organize a binder? Systematically of course
I love to create and facilitate training workshops, as much for what I teach as what I learn. Which brings me to Ms. Binder. I’d done the Life Lenses™ assessment with an eclectic mix of professionals. The group knew which … Continue reading
Dancing with dichotomy; we can learn from others but do we?
Human beings , who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ~ Douglas Adam (English writer, 1952-2001). Ain’t it the truth? We have … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhist, dichotomous thinking, dichotomy, difference, douglas adams, other
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I want to be an aid worker
Perspective. It’s everything. Like this illuminating video from the Global Poverty Project.
Culture (& other cultural perspectives) is not a crime
It’s not a crime to: wonder if wonder how look at things through another perspective try on a new pair of lenses try to understand another culture or another worldview (knowing you’ll be viewing it from the perspective of your … Continue reading
When blackberries were a fruit – a funny perspective from the BBC
It’s all a matter of perspective, when… a blackberry was a type of fruit frozen meant what happens when you put something in the freezer juice was something you drank orange was a fruit (orange being a telecommunications company for … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, blackberry, perspective, ronnie corbett, technology, the one ronnie, worldview
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My go then stop kid & what I learned from his homemade milkshake
I have two kids. One is an extreme Stop Life Lens™ and 1 is an extreme Go Life Lens™. Funny how such different kids came out of the same uterus. Click here for what I learned from my Stop Lens … Continue reading
My stop then go kid & what I learned from buying a spatula
I have two kids. One is an extremer Stop Life Lens™ and 1 is an extremer Go Life Lens™. My youngest stops, then pauses, pauses some more and then goes. Surprises? Nix ’em. He doesn’t like them. He’s a pro … Continue reading
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Tagged contemplation, musing, pausing, reflection, spatula
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Destination Aeron for the WhiteHot Truth
12. I hold out. I waited seven weeks for my Aeron chair because I wanted grey instead of black. I sat on the floor in my living room for three months because I wanted a couch that was three inches … Continue reading
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Tagged aeron, danielle laporte, destination lens, whitehot truth
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