What is moral
is what you feel good after.
Ernest Hemingway
Acting ethically isn’t always easy, but the ethical choice is nearly always obvious. We know without doubt what behaviour we’re proud of, and what we’d rather veil from public view.
Like photographs on film, the black or white of ethical issues are exposed when brought from darkness into [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Our Moral Sundial
Posted in Belief, Challenges, Decisions, Ethics, Life, Management, Managing, Problem Solving, Self Reflection, Trust on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’re part of the Scenery
Posted in Challenges, Life, Managing, Problem Solving, Self Reflection, leadership on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No snowflake in an avalanche
ever feels responsible.
Stanislaw Lec
It is difficult to justify righteous dismay at the loss of panoramic views, when standing behind windows of a mountain home. When we’re part of the scenery, we’re part of the problem.
It is the lifeboat problem writ large. We’re all both cause, and potential solution, to the problems [...]
The Child we Lie to
Posted in Challenges, Change, Decisions, Life, Self Reflection on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Would the child you once were,
Be proud of who you’ve become.
Unknown
In all the world there is only one who can see through all our lies, ourselves.
This is either our greatest weakness, or our greatest strength, depending on our integrity.
When we encounter an internal lie, and we do from time to time, it creates a [...]
The Opposite of Love
Posted in Challenges, Change, Decisions, Life, Love, Self Reflection on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The true opposite of Love
is not hate
but indifference.
Joseph Fletcher
Love in all its degrees and variations, is the glue holding us together. From the passion inciting two people to become one, to the caring that compels us to lay down our lives for others, Love is what binds both the world and us.
Hate is a twisted [...]
Listen… the hunches are calling
Posted in Challenges, Change, Communicating, Creativity, Decisions, Innovation, Life, Management, Problem Solving, Self Reflection, Soft Skills on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A hunch is creativity
trying to tell you something.
Frank Capra
Creativity is a difficult and contradictory task, because to achieve it we must stop trying to seize it… and just listen to the voices within.
This is gobbledygook to anyone who believes conscious thought will always result in a new idea.
Thinking yourself to creativity is possible. There are [...]
