Archive | June, 2009

Why Michael Jackson is dead at 50 and why talent is not enough

If you looked up talent in the dictionary you’d expect to see a picture of Michael Jackson. I can think of few people more naturally talented who have developed their talent with hard work into such a skilled and beautiful expression of their art. Yet you can’t help but to have been exposed to the [...]

What use are the primal drivers?

A post to Daryl on the MythoSelf list: What use are the primal drivers? It’s the SECRET for how you get people to take action, to get the results they want. If I said most coaching and consulting doesn’t work you’d think that was hype. But you want to understand what most peoples expectations are. [...]

How I overcame my biggest business challenge

“How I overcame my biggest business challenge” a great entry on the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur’s blog: They say misery likes company. I think challenges like company too. As an entrepreneur you may feel that you are an island. You may believe that you are the first ever to face your challenge, but I have good [...]

Is it scary or does it fill you with hope?

A post to Peta on the MythoSelf list: What you describe Peta sounds like Gene Rodenberry’s vision, otherwise known as Star Trek. Where it is technology that enables the abundance that makes a utopian society possible… Assuming of course that you consider Star Trek a utopian vision… Part of the point of books like Nassim [...]

To the witches out there

A post to Agnes and Taso on the Mythoself list: I’ve found it interesting that quite a high percentage of the women I’ve met who have begun to be connected to a more empowering mythology describe themselves as witches. Not explicitly an anti-christian stance or pro-pagan but more a rejection of the cultural patriarchal bindings that limit the expression of [...]

What’s your purpose

A post to Danny on the MythoSelf list: Watch Joseph’s video here. Many people think they have to go and find their purpose rather than start with being the person who they want to be who by nature of being that person does what they want to do and so their purpose unfolds out of [...]

Want To Know The Dark Secrets Behind Monster Success? It’s Not Pretty.

There’s a great blog post by David Garfinkel on John Carlton’s blog here: http://www.john-carlton.com/2009/05/the-big-lie/

What THE SECRET really is

A reply to Taso on the MythoSelf list: Virtually everyone interprets cost in the financial sense. So if you’re doing well you’re making a lot of money if you’re not doing well you’re in debt. This is why getting a good return for the shareholders has been seen as so good… You can screw the [...]