5 things inspiration CANNOT do for your sustainable business

September 2, 2009

1. Pay your bills.Inspiration is a great way to attract customers and advocates for your brand, but it doesn’t pay the bills. Money pays the bills. And before you will have any of this green stuff coming your way you must find a way to package, monetize and market your valuable offering to the people [...]

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Is your boss a sociopath? (13 questions)

August 19, 2009

For those of you who are seeking to make change while still stuck working inside the corporate world, all the power to you. As a reformed 9 to 5′er myself I understand the intense challenges that come from trying to get through the thick morass of politics and cynicism that constitute most corporate gigs.
If you happen to [...]

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1,000 True Fans — yeah, but how?!

August 1, 2009

In March of 2008 popular blogger Kevin Kelly wrote a peice called ‘1,000 true fans’.  If you haven’t read it, do so now.  Thanks largely to Seth Godin’s support in his cool little book ‘Tribes’, this piece has gone on to become one of the most popular blogs ever written about the formidable task of marketing oneself as a [...]

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10 universal principles of inspiration

July 28, 2009

1. Inspiration is our natural state, but we are usually unaware of it.
2. Lies kill inspiration. Truth ignites it.
3. Inspiration originates from neither the body nor the mind. It arises from a deeper dimension than perception.
4. A message’s authenticity and percieved personal relevance are the two critical factors that determine its inspirational potency.
5. Inspiration cannot be [...]

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Escape from Systemic Thinking (Cave 7 of 7)

July 18, 2009

(note: this entry is the final installment of an ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves”)
…And so, having escaped from the suffocating ideologies of early mankind, and perhaps even the fear of death itself, our human finds himself exploding innovative ideas and visions for improving a world out of balance.   The economy, health [...]

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Escape from Humanism (cave 6 of 7)

March 27, 2009

(note: this entry is part 7 of ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves”)
Having escaped the grasp of shameless competitiveness and self-assertion (Cave 4), mankind finally attained some level of warmth and inner peace. No more caves.  No more hiding.  No more survival games. No more hateful manipulation or competition.  Just love-warm-love for everyone, regardless of race, [...]

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Escape from Individualism (Cave 5 of 7)

February 8, 2009

(note: this entry is part 6 of ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves”)
Escape from religious dogma (cave 4) freed man’s soul to create in unprecendented ways. As the individualistic worldview took root, core values of ’success’ and ‘prosperity’ shaped a life ethic of bold self-expression and strategic earthly ambition.
So began a time of unequalled prosperity for [...]

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Escape from Absolutism (Cave 4 of 7)

February 1, 2009

(note: this entry is part 5 of ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves” )
Having escaped the cave of impulsive power seeking and exploitation, moral man prospered.  World-shaping values of ’sacrifice’ and ‘duty’ took root in his mind, forming a life-affirming paradigm of discipline and humility in the service of a higher, transcendent purpose. Through hard work and moral [...]

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Escape from Heroism (Cave 3 of 7)

January 18, 2009

(note: this entry is part 4 of ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves”)
Having shed the shackles of unquestioned conformity to the tribal will, heroic man had the world at his fingertips.  Lawless and bold, he could now strike out with sheer brazen wilfullness to attain whatever he wanted. No rules. No laws. Just raw, predatory, winner-take-all power.  For what more could [...]

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Escape from Tribalism (Cave 2 of 7)

January 12, 2009

(note: this entry is part 3 of ongoing series starting with the post “Plato’s Seven Caves”)
Having escaped  the cave of animalistic drive reduction, man was confronted with a mysterious and terrifying world.  
Life and death, day and night passed in rhythmic succession, and he was a helpless observer seeking the good graces of forces larger and more powerful than himself.  [...]

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