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Man meets Woman

Posted on Nov 5th, 2009 by JM : Facilitator, First Discipline JM
(From our dreams archive)

Man meets Woman

The world will never be the same again

Not that it had any case to be

Man meets woman, Adam and Eve

Since their parting outside the gates of paradise

They had lost their selves

At the beginning of time or even before

Together they saw the road they came

That they thought was the wrong one

Or was it the right one?

Why did he tell us not to eat from the tree of knowledge?

Now we know

He wanted us to eat from the tree, crafty old fox that he was

And continues no less to be

Now that the lesson is learnt the wrong one has become the right path

The pain gives way to a silent growing pleasure

Together they went back in time over the ages

Seeing how they were reduced to their shadows

Empty cages from which the parrots had escaped , long long ago 

Now the parrot has come back to its nest

No more the cage that it thought it was 

No more the parrots that they thought they were

But eagles waiting for the thermals

To take them up into the new sky over the blue oceans

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Designer Lives ! Principles of Life Design, Work in Process

Posted on Nov 27th, 2009 by JM : Facilitator, First Discipline JM
Lifedesign
 

I almost did a simple search on Google India when I started this post. I abandoned the search even before striking the enter key when i saw what follows.  

Designer lifestyle - 26,400.000

Designer life coaching - 14.400,000

Designer Sarees - 869,000

Designer Sarees pic - 2280,000

I did not proceed with the search and spent some more time to find a coach for a sounding board. I was not successful because I had modelled my theory on the basis of my discussions with two of my role models who could be life coaches. One was over 100 years when he died and the other is 113 years and still going strong. So all that search amounted to nothing? Well. ....Almost.

I turned my attention to the Times of India and the interview with Malcolm Gladwell. He certainly is right when he says we are information rich and theory poor. If the dogs can ‘see' what they see will be worth a look.

So we start with the theory and look for information to support the theory but one finds that all the information is of no use.  My search had to be abandoned because most theories, in the long run, have not helped even the proponents other than getting some flea span of attention. Many gods die very young!

Well at my age, 60, I cannot afford to be taken for many more rides.  

Why don't you stop theorising and get to the issue? Do you have a set of principles?

If so where do we begin?

Get ready for some mental jugglery.

  1. We need a SHIFT
  2. We need to approach Potential and Performance simultaneously
  3. We also need to simultaneously approach the WHY and HOW of the potential performance gap
  4. We need to take an informed position and be our SELF
  5. We need to have some simple metrics to be sure that we are on the PATH


Well that is juggling with too many balls at the same time?

Well yes, you know juggling, it improves your intelligence.

Moreover, we have the four wheels, the engine (self) and the driver in place to begin the journey.

Wow. It is a DIY Manual !

Yes, it is.

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