For and by gifted, talented and creative adults.
Posted in Autonomy, Creative, Gifted adults, money, Theory on Jul 26th, 2010
I admit it. I was channel flipping. Suddenly, there was Suze Orman, finger pointing toward me and head thrust forward like Uncle Sam or Lord Kitchener in one of those “Your Country Needs YOU” recruitment posters. “. . . and remember,” Suze was concluding, “People first! Then money! Then things!” That brief glimpse is all […]
Posted in Intellectual, Theory on Feb 21st, 2010
The man had long labored under an injustice. For thirty years he’d been held responsible for an act of destruction that had actually resulted from an accidental oversight of his sister’s. Now the fault was to be remedied . . . “It was thirty years ago,” he said. “Surely you can tell Mom the truth […]
Posted in Gifted adults, Gifted women, Social ease, Theory on Dec 2nd, 2009
When I suggest to female friends or clients that they might be gifted they squirm, they get angry, they laugh it away. “Gifted? Moi? I don’t think so!” In itself this is not too much of a surprise. Many clients react to the realization of their giftedness in the same way I did: initial relief, […]
Posted in Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Sep 17th, 2009
I have a friend, a warm and delightful person, to whom I can turn for advice, insight and a felt sense of indefinable uplift. His intuitive power and intelligence are self-evident. As he talks with me in easy conversation I feel safe and confident in his ability to take a balanced and compassionate view. Until […]
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 […]