The second component of a thinking environment is the component of equality. One of the things that I love about the components -and I've...

A while back, I wrote about noticing the drift towards finding fault, like a sea we swim and get caught up in, sometimes without even...

One of the cornerstones of the Buddha’s teaching is that nothing is permanent, everything is subject, moment by moment, to change. This...

The third component of a thinking environment is actually a product of the first to when people know that they're going to be listened to...

Voltaire articulates something I think we all know to be true in our experience. In fact, I have heard it said that which we notice,...

I’ve been thinking about how when we meet and greet each other, we have no idea of each other’s untold stories. The answer to “how are...

Sometimes life is hard. Right now, our precious world feels fragile and under huge threat. Thorny issues abound: the Trump presidency,...

I wrote this newsletter from snowy Europe. I am hoping the weather will not delay my flights today and that I can return to warm and...

I've often wondered about this process that happens when people go for a job interview, and I've heard many, many business owners talk...

The first component of a thinking environment is the component of attention, and - of course - what we mean by attention is listening....

I went on holiday in this wild, extraordinary land. From the Eastern Cape, to South Coast KZN, the borders of Lesotho and the whacky,...

Through teaching the Component of Appreciation, I have come to realise that it is the saying of it that matters most. Translating the...

And the opposite of indifference is appreciation.

I love listening to people as they think about where their boundaries are: what they can say yes to, what they want and need to be able...

To be able to listen, hear, absorb, take in: without judgement and the need to respond or change how it is for the one you are listening...

We rarely need to be the bigger person when everything is comfortable and going according to plan. It’s the moments when we feel most...

Finding courage is a practice and thankfully it doesn’t require the absence of fear. The more we practice challenging our assumptions,...

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. ~ Mary Oliver I have been developing a relationship with...

What a difference it would make in this embattled world of ours if everyone knew this - I mean truly knew it! Simply, if I can access...

Ten years ago, not to the day, but roughly, Candice Smith and I spent the day together with a friend with marketing expertise learning...