Extraordinary Discourse Podcast

All The Time In The World For The Small Stuff I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time. Virginia Woolf                

Morning at the Enantiodrome            

New Morning Train Of Thought Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition. Max Ernst            

Trophies From A Voice Hunt To research this You’re Not Listening , I interviewed people of all ages, races, and social strata, experts and non-experts, about listening. Among the questions I asked was: “Who listens to you?” Almost without exception, what followed was a pause. Hesitation. The lucky ones could come up with one or two people, usually a spouse or maybe a parent, best friend, or sibling. But many said, if they were honest, they didn’t feel like they had anyone who truly listened to them, even those who were married or claimed a vast network of friends and colleagues. Others said they talked to therapists, life coaches, hairdressers, and even astrologers—that is, they paid to be listened to. A few said they went to their pastor or rabbi, but only in a crisis. Has Listening Become a Lost Art? Kate Murphy

A Path For Metanoiacs   ...the lapis [philosopher's stone] is not just a 'stone'... the philosopher... says "the wind hath carried it in its belly.” Therefore "wind is air, air is life, and life is soul." Jung, Psychology And Alche my        

Dabhar Kaizen The root verb דָּבַר dâbhar "to speak" (Strong's #1696, x1143) gives rise to דָּבָר dâbhâr "word" (Strong's #1697, x1441) which means both the 'word' itself and its accompanying creative 'act' and takes some 85 different English words in the KJV to translate its range of meaning including 'power', 'purpose', 'book', 'provision', 'reason', 'work', 'matter', 'thing', 'cause' or 'commandment' (e.g., the 10 commandments or 10 words, Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; 10:4), it could be a written report, single utterance, whole book, or prophetic message. Kaizen is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. Kaizen (改善)（かいぜん） is the Sino-Japanese word for "improvement". Kaizen also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, tha...

Geniuses In My Junk Drawer Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do... Jack Kerouac                           ...