



Reciprocity is not transactional
Awhile back, I posted on corporate life artifacts left in my behavior and thinking that are NOT that useful outside of corporate circles. There were two fundamental aspects, a) urgency to complete, i.e., the result, and b) the transactional nature of all interactions and relationships. While studying more astute thinkers and mystics (Braiding Sweet Grass…

Change of direction rather than conflict
Sometimes a news piece just makes sense and is motivating. It’s not really the news itself that is inspiring (though in this case it really is), but what the news triggers. A new way of looking at same old problems and solutions – my problems! Mongabay published a great article this week on Elephant /…