This is so long overdue, folks. First, it took me forever to actually get a video camera (yes, that’s an Amazon affiliate link) that’s easy to use. I love the camera- it is easy to use. And it’s got an external audio miniplug, which is just dreamy.
Then, I got shy- what in the heck do [...]

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This week the Heart of Business Momentum course began, AND we relaunched the Business Oasis (it was badly in need of a facelift since it’s original launch in 2005). Crazy busy. So I gave myself the mercy of reprinting an article. And it is a good reminder for me, because it’s all about teaching, getting [...]

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This weekend my spiritual teacher is visiting Portland as he does every year. It’s amazing to me for two big reasons.
First, in the history of spiritual paths, usually the student has to travel to the teacher. Often at great personal sacrifice. The particular Sufi lineage I’m in has story from the earliest days of how [...]

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Why do you make certain mistakes over and over again? No matter how hard you try to fix or control the situation, they seem beyond your control.
For instance, I was working with a client who has a number of staff working under him that he wanted to delegate to more efficiently. Despite his efforts, the [...]

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I have something to confess: Heart of Business is a bigger business. It’s still teeny-weeny compared to the Big Guys. Even an average “small” business, like my family’s business was, does a few million dollars a year.
However, when I think about where we were, actually I was, a few years back, that place many who [...]

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I connected with Pam Slim first through Havi Brooks, and then through getting to know her on Twitter. And, we seemed to hit it off, and so she was kind enough to include me on a list of people to receive a copy of her book to review, Escape from Cubicle Nation–From Corporate Prisoner to [...]

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About two weeks ago, my wife Holly and I planned our first date, with friends watching our boys, since November 11, 2008- which is when our aforementioned adopted twin sons were born. If you’re a parent, especially a parent of twins, or know someone, you know why five months had gone by without a date.
Of [...]

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