Lori Abichandani

One of the most alarming trends in the lives of children today is the disappearance of awe. We are not giving them enough opportunities to discover and experience the wonders of life. Art and music classes do not make the school budget. The free-form play of recess and lunchtime is being replaced with drills to boost scores on tests that have only

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Our evolutionary shift from arboreal life to bipedal walking paved the way for awe. As we began to walk upright, our perception of the world changed; we encountered vast vistas and mysteries of what lies beyond. We became a wandering species, timing our migrations and settlements to the cycles and patterns of the sun, weather, seasons, life cycles

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Carol Sanford explained how essence is essential to companies, communities, and countries:

Essence can provide the foundation of a business and its offerings if it sources the unique and differentiated nature of who it is. Essence has been there since the company’s founding, but often recedes from its rightful role

Essence is unique to each company

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We don’t have a scarcity of grind.

We have a scarcity of optimism, earnestness, kindness, sincerity, curiosity, delight, aliveness, and exuberance.

Because here's the truth: thought without agency is just yearning, but acting without imagination is just busywork.

As we move through this nine year of completion and spiritual ascension, the universe is giving us permission to prioritize presence over productivity, connection over consumption, and meaning over materialism.

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The little man in my pocket

We live in time

Olivia Vagelos

Oct 23

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Last night we took ourselves on a date to the movies.

Walked into ‘We live in time’ while the outside light was still early, fall dusk and softening, and walked out in the darkness. Spent an hour and forty seven minutes jumping... See more

What if a company did everything within its power to create the conditions for individuals to overcome their own internal barriers to change, to take stock of and transcend their own blind spots, and to see errors and weaknesses as prime opportunities for personal growth? What would it look like to “do work” in a way that enabled organizations and

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