Category Archives: Stop Life Lenses
Watch a musician play 4 instruments at the same time, while being suspended in the air
This musician’s ability to multitask (& keep a straight face) is unparalleled. Wonder what the view looks like from his perspective. And so it is with us. We come from a specific perspective, whether the systems loving, detail focused Carrot … Continue reading
Dabble or Inhale – Perspective on Stop & Go Life Lenses
Some like it slow, tentative, methodical & measured. Like a Stop Life Lens™. Like Daisy in the video below. Some like it fast, flurried, impulsive & spontaneous. Like a Go Life Lens™. Like Cooper, below. If you’re one, the other … Continue reading
Posted in Go Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged go lens, humour, perspective, stop lens
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Einstein’s Problem-Solving Formula, And Why You’re Doing It All Wrong
This Fast Company article, by Drake Baer, caught my attention. It’s a Stop Life Lens’ delight. Contemplation. Reflection. Analysis. All soothing words to & strengths of a Stop Life Lens™. Too much efficiency (a.k.a. being hellbent on action) can stifle innovation. … 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
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Tagged adeaters, AOL, carrot lens, creativity, daniel mbogo, go lens, perspective, stop lens
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If you run, you might find that you are running alone ~ Daniel Mbogo
We seek solutions at the ground level as you will get no results if you impose things on people. If you run, you might find that you are running alone. It’s much better to walk but ensure that you are … Continue reading
Laying it bare – monthly round up of August 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 August. Get bare, dive in deep and take … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses, Carrot Life Lenses, Go Life Lenses, Mountain Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged carrot lens, cary huang, creativity, eric hoffer, fred rogers, go lens, handicap, hurry, inclusion, leisure, mike rilstone, mountain lens, perspective, play, robot, rock paper scissors, stop lens
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People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow ~ Eric Hoffer
*Micky via Compfight The superficiality of the American is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out; it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow. ~ Eric Hoffer (American social writer, … Continue reading
Posted in Go Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged eric hoffer, go lens, hurry, leisure, stop lens
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A different perspective on play, thanks to Fred Rogers
Wise words from the wise & adorable Fred Rogers. What do you think of when you think of play? A Mountain Life Lens™ might think of the big picture / how to relax on the whole, while a Carrot Life … Continue reading
Think outside the box. Where are your boundaries?
This image, from Mike Rilstone’s facebook page, is a great, visual reminder of the unwitting chains that can bind our thinking. Of the assumptions we can unknowingly make. Of perspectives that can blind instead of illuminate. What assumptions are you … Continue reading
Posted in Go Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged creativity, go lens, mike rilstone, stop lens
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Advice from a tree
If you’re a regular reader, you know this blog is all about perspective. How what we see depends on what we look for. How what we think & feel depends on our priorities, on what makes it through our lens … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses, Go Life Lenses, Mountain Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged perspective, tree
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