Introducing Cohort C – Renegade Inc.

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And now for the main event…
Where do you get your information from?  What do your read?  Who do you believe?  Hmm, can you tell me?  Ever think about it or do you just pick up the newspaper and get swept away by mediocre info?

“You can’t believe everything you read on the internet”  –  Abraham Lincoln

Following on from my previous post I believe I am writing to you, the discerning reader, who would like to know of a better way.  As much as I don’t want you to navigate away from great content like this or find out more about connectedness perhaps you should compliment your reading of good stuff (like this website).

The point is I want to share some of the sources I tap that helps me to navigate this world just a little better and help me understand that happiness ensues.  Perhaps you can already attest to the struggle and frustration of the pursuit of elusive happiness?  You run, it hides.  You reach, it disappears…

How about reading Viktor Frankl’s influential work, Man’s Search For Meaning.

How about complimenting your reading repertoire with something like this:  Renegade Inc. – Introducing cohort C.  If you don’t want to read too much you can also explore their video clips and documentary.  I love it when I watch something so bold as this – I think we need more bold right now.  It is time to get our heads out of the sand and realise that you and I are the change and transformation that this world so desperately needs.  We need to do business for good, educate for life, not survival and treat our most important relationships with the respect and commitment they deserve – what else is there?

Go from survive to alive!

It is All Coming Together Beautifully Now – Can You See It?

I would bet that you, the reader, is very much aware  of all the amazing things happening around us.  Things are becoming both more challenging and more beautiful and the most important thing is that we can choose on which side of the divide we want to be.

I  speak to various business owners, entrepreneurs and managers on a frequent basis and many of them look at the changing world in disbelief.  Either with misplaced self-confidence or perhaps some disdain they look at what the ‘young’ people are trying to do and simply laugh it off.  Many times they are concerned about a lack of work ethic and perhaps they do have some ground to stand on.  But…

In the face of dramatic disruptive forces such as quantum computing, new media ecology and jobless growth we need to consider a new way of living and breathing that unites timeless wisdom and timeous innovation.

If you are in business, want to have fulfilling work or you are an entrepreneur you cannot ignore what is happening all around you – besides, the best way to predict the future is to create it.  So, today I want to give you a bit of a heads-up and introduce you to some of the most exciting developments in society and business in the last 100 years or so.  I think you will appreciate this…

Have you heard?!  Capitalism is still cool despite all the movements in anger because of what it has done to society.  Guys like Said Dawalabani are re-imaging how we can go about the business of economics.  Mr Dawalabani is taking on a bold project in the form of Memenomics which is rooted in Spiral Dynamics which has been spearheaded (among others) by Don Beck.  The big idea is that we have overlapping levels of development that any society goes through in order to realise their full potential and that as we progress we have the ability to integrate each level in order to create a society that knows how to ebb and flow with challenges according to various groups and levels of development.  You will have to explore more for yourself…

If you are interested to know how this could potentially impact your business then you will need to read the work of Frederic Laloux that focus on purpose, holism and self-management.  Oh!  And he has included various case studies that shows it works.

I’m gonna stop there for now but there are quite a few more groups and individuals that are either doing similar or related work.  The point is there is definitely a wave of change upon us.  Surf’s up!

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What Did You Miss?

No new content today.  BUT…

What did you recently miss?  Perhaps you have not taken time to download, read or forward the Alive Today! manifesto?  Perhaps you simply need to do nothing and just sit there in order to consider where the road is heading?

Today I traveled more than I usually do and met with interesting people which made me think once again about what is hard work?  My son recently visited his grandparents and checked how much he has grown on the door frame – how much have you recently grown (…and I do not refer to your circumference)?

Have you spent some time on the rest of the website?  I could perhaps be of assistance as a coach or facilitator for your next team development session or helping you overcome pain and fear in order to become a better you!

No matter what you do always go from survive to alive!

What Did You Miss?

No new content today.  BUT…

What did you recently miss?  Perhaps you have not taken time to download, read or forward the Alive Today! manifesto?  Perhaps you simply need to do nothing and just sit there in order to consider where the road is heading?

Today I traveled more than I usually do and met with interesting people which made me think once again about what is hard work?  My son recently visited his grandparents and checked how much he has grown on the door frame – how much have you recently grown (…and I do not refer to your circumference)?

Have you spent some time on the rest of the website?  I could perhaps be of assistance as a coach or facilitator for your next team development session or helping you overcome pain and fear in order to become a better you!

No matter what you do always go from survive to alive!

What is Hard Work?

For many years I have struggled with a world that blindly accepts that work ethic means that you need to be willing to sacrifice family, health and peace in service of getting the job done.

When you ask people they won’t tell you this – they will rather say something like “that’s not what I meant but we have do get the job done” or “it is only this weekend that we need to work over time”.  Indeed!  But what about the past six months working after hours and putting in extra – there is only 24 hours in every day.  The original 8 hour day movement recognised the need for three critical parts that needs consistent attention: 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation and 8 hours rest on a daily basis.

Perhaps this idea is outdated?  All I can say is that it speaks to me and I try to apply it as far as possible.  It does however require that I do the hard work inside in order to be able to say no; trust for enough and manage my own irrelevant desires that lead astray and rather continuously foster habits that bring life.  So when people say that you need to have a work ethic what I interpret is inefficient mediocrity – i.e. do things of no significance in a dumb way without question.

I love what Robin Sharma says: “Manage your focus, not your time”.  I completely agree, you have no power over the time that is given to you but you do have a good bit of control over yourself.  The fact is that few people try and change themselves in order to realise their true selves which will manifest accomplishment and significance rather than material success or achievement as defined bu those with “work ethic”.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe in dedication responsibility and accountability for that which you have agreed to but I do not believe in blindly following orders without questioning the why of work.

So today I challenge you to get more life and avoid just surviving by asking yourself whether you are thinking about who you are, where you are heading – you know the ethical stuff of doing what is right – and then do the work that aligns to this.  Now that’s what I call work ethic.  …And that is hard work.

P.S. Don’t forget to grab your copy of Alive Today! if you haven’t done so yet.

What is Hard Work?

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For many years I have struggled with a world that blindly accepts that work ethic means that you need to be willing to sacrifice family, health and peace in service of getting the job done.

When you ask people they won’t tell you this – they will rather say something like “that’s not what I meant but we have do get the job done” or “it is only this weekend that we need to work over time”.  Indeed!  But what about the past six months working after hours and putting in extra – there is only 24 hours in every day.  The original 8 hour day movement recognised the need for three critical parts that needs consistent attention: 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation and 8 hours rest on a daily basis.

Perhaps this idea is outdated?  All I can say is that it speaks to me and I try to apply it as far as possible.  It does however require that I do the hard work inside in order to be able to say no; trust for enough and manage my own irrelevant desires that lead astray and rather continuously foster habits that bring life.  So when people say that you need to have a work ethic what I interpret is inefficient mediocrity – i.e. do things of no significance in a dumb way without question.

I love what Robin Sharma says: “Manage your focus, not your time”.  I completely agree, you have no power over the time that is given to you but you do have a good bit of control over yourself.  The fact is that few people try and change themselves in order to realise their true selves which will manifest accomplishment and significance rather than material success or achievement as defined bu those with “work ethic”.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe in dedication responsibility and accountability for that which you have agreed to but I do not believe in blindly following orders without questioning the why of work.

So today I challenge you to get more life and avoid just surviving by asking yourself whether you are thinking about who you are, where you are heading – you know the ethical stuff of doing what is right – and then do the work that aligns to this.  Now that’s what I call work ethic.  …And that is hard work.

P.S. Don’t forget to grab your copy of Alive Today! if you haven’t done so yet.

Where is the Road Heading?

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Remember to pick up your head frequently so that you don’t forget why you are on the road you are on.
Stop running for no reason and perhaps question why you got on the road in the first place.
Why are you doing what you’re doing?