Grieving

5 stages of grief

1. Denial
   
2. Anger
   
3. Bargaining
   
4. Depression
   
5. Acceptance
   

Source:

On grief and grieving

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler

Pg 7

Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 0743263448

Desire and fear

What is desire and fear?

Sense from:

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle

Page 58 -59

New World Library

ISBN: 157731400X

Most people's lives are run by desire and fear.

Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully. All fear is the fear of losing something and thereby becoming diminished and being less.

These two movements obscure the fact that Being cannot be given or taken away. Being in its fullness is already within you, Now.

World Cafe questions

Questions for all seasons

Here are generative questions that we and other colleagues have found usefull to stimulate new knowledge and creative thinking in a wide variety of situations around the World. Look at these questions to jump-start your own creative thinking about the most appropriate ones for your specific situation.

Questions for focusing collective attention:

What question, if answered, could make the greatest difference to the future of the

situation we're exploring here?

What's important to you about this situation and why do you care?

What draws you / us to this inquiry?

What's our intention here? What's the deeper purpose - the "big why" - that is worthy of our best effort?

What opportunities can we see in this situation?

What do we know so far / still need to learn about this situation?

What are the dilemmas / opportunities in this situation?

What assumptions do we need to test or challenge in thinking about this situation?

What would someone who had a very different set of beliefs than we do say about this situation?

Questions for connecting ideas and finding deeper insight:

What's taking shape here? What are we hearing underneath the variety of opinions being expressed? What is in the center of our listening?

What's emerging that is new for you? What connections are you making?

What have you heard that had real meaning for you? What surprised you? What puzzled or challenged you? What question would you like to ask now?

What is missing from the picture so far? What are we not seeing? Where do we need more clarity?

What has been your major learning or insight so far?

What's the next level of thinking we need to address?

If there was one thing that hasn't yet been said but is needed in order to reach a deeper level of understanding / clarity, what would that be?

Questions that create forward movement:

What would it take to create change on this issue?

What could happen that would enable you / us to feel fully engaged and energized in this situation?

What's possible here and who cares about it?

What needs our immediate attention going forward?

If our success was completely guaranteed, what bold steps might we choose?

How can we support each other in taking the next steps? What unique contribution can we each make?

What challenges might corne our way and how might we meet them?

What conversation if begun today, could ripple out in a way that created new possibilities for the future of [ our situation. . . ]?

What seed might we plant together today that could make the most difference to the future of [ our situation. . . ]?

Source:

World Cafe

Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, World Cafe Community

Pg 173

Berrett-Koehler

ISBN: 9781576752586

Canadian Rockies photos

Date: 15 - 19 May 2007

Place: Canadian Rockies, AB, Canada

Experience: mountains, mountains, mountains... place of outstanding beauty.

Hollyhock Photos

Date: 11 - 14 May 2007

Place: Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, Canada

Experience: seaside, sea view, Red Forest, nature, garden, meditation, Yoga, decent accommodation, delicious vegetarian food, great company from intellectual curious, peace of mind seeking, interesting people.

Top 10 reasons to work at Google

Top 10 reasons to work at Google

1. Lend a helping hand.

With millions of visitors every month, Google has become an essential part of everyday life - like a good friend - connecting people with the information they need to live great lives.

2. Life is beautiful.

Being a part of something that matters and working on products in which you can believe is remarkably fulfilling.

3. Appreciation is the best motivation.

So we've created a fun and inspiring workspace you'll be glad to be a part of, including on-site doctor and dentist; massage and yoga; professional development opportunities; on-site day care; shoreline running trails; and plenty of snacks to get you through the day.

4. Work and play are not mutually exclusive.

It is possible to code and pass the puck at the same time.

5. We love our employees and we want them to know it.

Google offers a variety of benefits, including a choice of medical programs, company-matched 401(k), stock options, maternity and paternity leave and much more.

6. Innovation is our bloodline.

Even the best technology can be improved. We see endless opportunity to create even more relevant, more useful and faster products for our users. Google is the technology leader in organizing the world's information.

7. Good company everywhere you look.

Googlers range from former neurosurgeons, CEOs and U.S. puzzle champions to alligator wrestlers and former-Marines. No matter what their backgrounds Googlers make for interesting cube mates.

8. Uniting the world, one user at a time.

People in every country and every language use our products. As such we think, act and work globally - just our little contribution to making the world a better place.

9. Boldly go where no one has gone before.

There are hundreds of challenges yet to solve. Your creative ideas matter here and are worth exploring. You'll have the opportunity to develop innovative new products that millions of people will find useful.

10. There is such a thing as a free lunch after all.

In fact we have them every day: healthy, yummy and made with love.

Source:

Top 10 reasons to work at Google

11 Forecasting Mindsets

11 forecasting mindsets

1. While many things change, most things remain constant.
   
2. The future is embedded in the present.
   
3. Focus on the score of the game.
   
4. Understanding how powerfull it is not to be right.
   
5. See the future as a picture puzzle.
   
6. Don’t get so far ahead of the parade that people don’t know you’re in it.
   
7. Resistance to change falls if benefits are real.
   
8. Things that we expect to happen always happen more slowly.
   
9. You don’t get results by solving problems but by exploiting opportunities.
   
10. Don’t add unless you subtract.
    
11. Don’t forget the ecology of technology.
    

Source:

Mind Set

John Naisbitt

HarperCollins

ISBN: 9780061136887