Things that make you go Hmmmm

We need to restore sanity by awakening the human spirit. We can achieve this only if we undertake the most challenging and meaningful work of our leader lives: Creating Islands of Sanity.

An Island of Sanity is a gift of possibility and refuge created by people’s commitment to form healthy community to do meaningful work. It requires sane leaders... See more

the real work is not to convert those who hate us but to change the world so that haters don’t hold disproportionate power and so that others are not sucked into the nightmare

Will we solve the crises of next hundred years? asked Krulwich. “Yes, if we are honest and smart,” said Wilson. “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.” Until we understand... See more

I found the words that name the sickening song that has been playing in my shadows. I call it “Self As Drug” . The song goes like this:

I am valuable when I help others feel better.

I am responsible for regulating the emotions of people I love.

If I say no, I will hurt people.

If I set a boundary, I am betraying them.

If someone is hurting, I am... See more

To me, the ideal life is to take the 20 percent of my time that make me feel most alive and see if I can cut everything else out until that fills everything. Then do that again, cutting the “worst” 80 percent of the best. This is the inverse of how many companies operate. There the ideal is often “growth,” which they take to mean “say yes to all

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the goals that compose your mind, identity, and perspective—often in that order, like a set of concentric circles—filter what you perceive