For and by gifted, talented and creative adults.
Posted in Dynamic Living, Gifted adults, Personal development, Social ease, Theory on Aug 19th, 2009
The presenter on corporate social responsibility was a quiet young woman. Her presentation was excellent: informative, business-specific and carefully considered. The audience of senior managers was at first skeptical and then drawn into her conclusions. She had won them over. Until . . . The first question from the floor was very positive: “How do […]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Social ease, Theory on Aug 16th, 2009
I was working as an independent marketing consultant. I’d completed a highly original and very valuable study for a major international corporation. They were delighted and launched a North American subsidiary on the back of it. I thought I could apply the same study model to other prospective clients. I took a carefully prepared copy, […]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Theory on Aug 12th, 2009
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.” Wendell […]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Social ease on Aug 2nd, 2009
Gifted and creative individuals often have a hard time at parties – or any other social gathering – for these reasons: – Their sense of the value of time makes it hard for them to communicate without a specific purpose. So if they’re not looking for a hook-up or a job, for example, they become […]
Posted in Dynamic Living, Essential information, Personal development, Theory on Jul 30th, 2009
[This post was once published in the now-superseded ezine ‘Dynamic Living’ under the title: ‘Learning to live with ‘Stupidity’] We’ve all said it, often with additional expletives: “How could they be so stupid?!” “They” are often in authority – the government, the boss, the school board – but they can also be peers or subordinates. […]