Within our fear, hope grows. It provides a fertile ground for hope to grow. And when it does we talk about hope rather than fear it grew out of.
Hope, Fear, and Compost
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From the Blog on Change
‘I had that idea.’
Thinking about an idea and bringing it to market are two very different things. And no, it is not just about execution. It is also about means and critics.
Imagination Practice
Imagination is powerful. If we don’t work together on seeing the new world, scary wins every time. It’s a practice we need to do daily.
Milton got it wrong
Milton’s economics may have helped create a vast amount of financial wealth, but it came at the expense of community and planet wealth.
Field of Dreams and Toolkits
We love the field of dreams mythology, and so we create manuals, tools, toolkits, write papers, and believe the masses will just magically show up.
We need more people full of pride
We need more prideful people. Putting our name to our work drives us to do better work. Not perfect, just better. Perhaps it’s time to be proud again
More than one time
We read a book, learn from it and then put it on the shelf for a while. And then we pick it up again. But we have changed in time between readings.
Be more Tortoise
One thing, one percent better is more achievable than everything all at once. Incremental change consistently is like the tortoise who beat the hare.
You’re better off talking to someone else
A company can say, ‘we’re not the best at that, you should talk to x.’ There’s something honest, genuine, and generous about it.