Month: May 2011

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Seven Principles inspired by Steve Jobs

Book, and see audio post probably visable in the context related items below.

The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success:

The book is rooted in the Seven Principles inspired by Steve Jobs:

  1. Do What You Love: Think differently about your career.
  2. Put a Dent in the Universe: Think differently about your vision.
  3. Kick Start Your Brain: Think differently about how you think.
  4. Sell Dreams, Not Products: Think differently about your customers.
  5. Say No to 1,000 Things: Think differently about design.
  6. Create Insanely Great Experiences: Think differently about your brand experience.
  7. Master the Message. Think differently about your story.

Overall, it’s business motherhood and apple pie, filtered through the uniquely creative mind of Steve Jobs.   It’s important to recognize, however, that each of us is our own unique person, and the only person who can think or be like Steve Jobs is …. Steve Jobs.

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Just keep talking

This is an inspiring story by Tom Atlee.  It is one that changed his life it seems as he bases his whole philosophy of creativity on this experience.

How to Make a Decision Without Making a Decision:

Years later I read that Oren Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onandaga Iroquois, said of his tribal council tradition: “We just keep talking until there’s nothing left but the obvious truth.” Once “the obvious truth” has been found, there is no need for a “decision.” Such truth not only sets people free — it allows a group or community to self-organize.

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Worth listening to… Dennis McKenna

I enjoyed listening to a Future Primitive interview with Dennis McKenna. I often listen to these Joanna Harcourt-Smith discussions.

http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/dennis-mckenna-the-brotherhood-of-the-screaming-abyss/

This is the brother of Terence McKenna and hes about to write a book about the relationship of these brothers and their journey into the psyche.

Interesting and more so as he is using KickStarter to fund his writing. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1862402066/the-brotherhood-of-the-screaming-abyss

Here is the interview:

Click to play & download Dennis McKenna and Joanna Harcourt-Smith

       

Oh, and I pledged to buy the book!

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Sunday Star Times on Christchurch and OnlineGroups.Net!

Christchurch three months on | Stuff.co.nz:

CATE BRETT mara

Photo: Carys Monteath

Community spirit: Mara Apse organised working bees in her neighbourhood after large cracks opened up in the hill, which they filled with a liquid absorbing clay.

tango

It takes more than two for this tango: After the labouring came the music and dancing.

Related Links

Hard lessons Making do in a shattering year

Cantabrian Cate Brett explains how the internet, buckets of clay and learning to tango are helping her community heal after the February 22 quake.

Continue reading “Sunday Star Times on Christchurch and OnlineGroups.Net!”

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Chomsky – US prevents Arab world democracy

From the New Significance – looks ok as a source.

Noam Chomsky: The U.S. & Its Allies Will Do Anything To Prevent Democracy In The Arab World | The New Significance:

NOAM CHOMSKY: The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world. The reason is very simple. Across the region, an overwhelming majority of the population regards the United States as the main threat to their interests. In fact, opposition to U.S. policy is so high that a considerable majority think the region would be more secure if Iran had nuclear weapons. In Egypt, the most important country, that’s 80 percent. Similar figures elsewhere. There are some in the region who regard Iran as a threat—about 10 percent. Well, plainly, the U.S. and its allies are not going to want governments which are responsive to the will of the people. If that happens, not only will the U.S. not control the region, but it will be thrown out. So that’s obviously an intolerable result.

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Worth listening to

I love listening to podcasts. But only some! I have a selection I keep, and they are of value to me as they come from a list in Google reader I have pruned and added to over many years. Then from Google reader I select about one-in-100 podcasts that arrive. I listen to these on on the iPhone and delete most of those once I’ve listened. Then a few remain and I save them… I’ve put a few on the blog, and there are some below in this post.

I can’t even remember them exactly, but I’ll summarise these in this post. In each case I’d like to discuss them, to recall them for things I’m writing and so on.

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Helen LaKelly Hunt – Kim Hill

This one is relevant because she is the co-creator of Imago – the method that informs a lot of my work.

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The Pelagian Controversy – In Our Time

Simply here because I see such a parallel with the main controversies in psychotherapy today. We have the same debates in secular language.

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Leo Bensemann_ A Fantastic Art Venture – Nine to noon

Love anything about The Group. And of course these people were around even while I was at the university here in Christchurch.

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Peter Sunde _ file-sharing and micropayments

? Must listen again.

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Playing Favorites with David Vann – Kim Hill

? Must listen again.

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Share an Idea

It is impressive really how these things spring up post earthquake.

I would love to find a way to use a Wisdom Council and Sodiodrama as part of the process.

Share an Idea:

Get involved in shaping the future of our Central City. Start now by giving us your ideas on space, market, life and move – or check out all the other ways to share.

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Elevated

Hmmm…. ???

Elevated Garden City | rebuilding our beloved Christchurch for the 21st century:

Elevated Garden City – the idea The opportunity The earthquakes are an opportunity to create something special in Christchurch. Imagine a garden city where we took the Manhattan rooftop garden to whole new level. Given that most people in the CBD will not want to live and work in high rises, then this new set of low rise buildings give Christchurch the opportunity to build an elevated garden/walkway space that could become one of the world’s iconic cities.

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