An ancient and timeless question; "Why do I do what I do?"
The answer is simple.
You do what you do to preserve your sense of equilibrium. If you tip too far in any direction, you have a tendency to self-correct to preserve your current state of equilibrium. Real life has a way of knocking us out of our current energy shell, just like it happens in the atomic and subatomic world.
Electrons move around. They get shared, borrowed or sent to another molecule for purposes only that molecule knows.
We get knocked around too. Sometimes to our great distress. But tension is always seeking resolution. We will always end up somewhere. Usually at the point where the tension has resolved itself. Of course we may not like it. But no need to fight it. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
No need to panic. Just need to see how all this movement fits into the scheme of the universe. In the simplest of terms, tension seeks resolution. And it is this tension resolving aspect that ultimately drives the ship of you.
If we were to simplify this for everyday living purposes, it would look like this:
1. You want to maximize your experience of living in accordance with your particular beliefs and do it in such a way that minimizes your chance of loss and more importantly minimizes the chance of your ultimate demise.
2. Depending on your personal frame of reference, you make choices which reduce or eliminate the current pain with only marginal regard for the longer term consequence or you make choices which consider both the current and future consequences.
3. These choices are made within the framework of your belief system, values and habits of being.
4. Every choice you make is a bifurcation or split point that gives birth to an entirely new world.
5. These choices will either preserve your current equilibrium or lead to its disruption. The two prime forces at work is your self-correcting homeostatic mechanism and the Second Law of Thermodynamics which predicts increasing amounts of randomness.
If the assertions above are true then we have to rise to a higher level of consciousness to shift our equilibrium on purpose. This shift from unconscious habit bound living to a creative dance partner with the universe demands a shift in out attention, a conscious intention to do so and a tool we can use to correct and adjust the energy distribution.
I propose a mindful combination of the Japanese martial art Aikido, Hegel's Dialectic and game theory to help keep the life energy moving ever higher. Together they can create a context for better energy management and new levels of understanding.
The key is the complete acceptance of responsibility for the consequences of our choices. Tough but not impossible.
Somewhere in a future post, I will discuss the impact of the Nash Equilibrium on our personal economies.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
How do Strategy and Opportunity Work Together
Strategy is vision, goals and intentions. A plan that considers the consequence of all actions and opportunities within the overall strategy. The entrepreneur trades risk and time for rewards in the future.
Opportunity can produce income but not always equity.
Opportunist respond to and look for opportunity independent of strategy. Income is vital for business development and profitability.
Entrepreneurs seek opportunity consistent with their vision. They are willing to forgo opportunity to build their vision. Opportunity is always pursued within the framework of the strategy.
Both have value.
The key difference is the entrepreneur pursues opportunity to create equity and income.
Opportunity can produce income but not always equity.
Opportunist respond to and look for opportunity independent of strategy. Income is vital for business development and profitability.
Entrepreneurs seek opportunity consistent with their vision. They are willing to forgo opportunity to build their vision. Opportunity is always pursued within the framework of the strategy.
Both have value.
The key difference is the entrepreneur pursues opportunity to create equity and income.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Your Passion Needs No Affirmation
Yep. Its that simple.
No need to affirm what you love. Just need to connect and allow.
Passion is the energy of life. Stop scaring yourself. Start soaring. Do what you love. Be the change you want to find. Love life. Practice an attitude of gratitude. Give and it shall be given. Passion. Life energy. Its the fuel for a life worth living. Uniquely yours to empower your life adventure.
Passion needs no affirmation.
Passion needs only your confirmation. Choose life. Choose to live passionately. Every moment is a turning point. Every choice a potential crossroad. Choose with passionate deliberation. Choose to express your uniqueness.
Passion needs no affirmation.
No need to affirm what you love. Just need to connect and allow.
Passion is the energy of life. Stop scaring yourself. Start soaring. Do what you love. Be the change you want to find. Love life. Practice an attitude of gratitude. Give and it shall be given. Passion. Life energy. Its the fuel for a life worth living. Uniquely yours to empower your life adventure.
Passion needs no affirmation.
Passion needs only your confirmation. Choose life. Choose to live passionately. Every moment is a turning point. Every choice a potential crossroad. Choose with passionate deliberation. Choose to express your uniqueness.
Passion needs no affirmation.
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Best of Times
One thing I think we all can agree on is that change has come to America.
The exact nature of the change and the consequences of it are indeterminate. What is notable is that while "change" was the message of the most recent US election, the energy in the aftermath is chaotic and uncertain.
What the new administration does with its power will determine the context from which all our choices and decisions shall be made. What it doesn't determine is the content and intention of each of us as individuals.
Unless we let it of course.
Ultimately change is the only constant. What we don't want is change which ups the anxiety level. But in reality, uncertainty of the consequences and the loss of trust in the financial system has created a curious dilemma.
Are we creating change which increases the level of certainty?
I'm certain that when all is said and done, more will be said than done. Maybe that's a good thing. In general systems theory, small changes can have large consequences. And in times like these, can create perturbations that lead to instability.
Systems have the tendency to lose organization. Its called entropy. With feedback and information we can keep the system going. Ultimately the system will run out of sufficient "information" to keep it organized. Just the way the universe operates.
In terms of change, the system is wobbling a bit. Will it lose steam and topple like a spinning top?
Don't know. What I do know it that we can only do what we can do, nothing more and nothing less.
I choose freedom and liberty. What will you choose?
The exact nature of the change and the consequences of it are indeterminate. What is notable is that while "change" was the message of the most recent US election, the energy in the aftermath is chaotic and uncertain.
What the new administration does with its power will determine the context from which all our choices and decisions shall be made. What it doesn't determine is the content and intention of each of us as individuals.
Unless we let it of course.
Ultimately change is the only constant. What we don't want is change which ups the anxiety level. But in reality, uncertainty of the consequences and the loss of trust in the financial system has created a curious dilemma.
Are we creating change which increases the level of certainty?
I'm certain that when all is said and done, more will be said than done. Maybe that's a good thing. In general systems theory, small changes can have large consequences. And in times like these, can create perturbations that lead to instability.
Systems have the tendency to lose organization. Its called entropy. With feedback and information we can keep the system going. Ultimately the system will run out of sufficient "information" to keep it organized. Just the way the universe operates.
In terms of change, the system is wobbling a bit. Will it lose steam and topple like a spinning top?
Don't know. What I do know it that we can only do what we can do, nothing more and nothing less.
I choose freedom and liberty. What will you choose?
Friday, February 20, 2009
If Life is a Game, then Knowing the Rules Can Help You Win
Is life a game?
Not likely.
But paradoxically it can be played as a game to our individual and mutual benefit.
The concept of game playing as it applies to human behavior was popularized by psychiatrist Dr. Eric Berne in his 1964 book "Games People Play."
In Games People Play, Berne defined games as:
"A game is an ongoing series of complementary ulterior transactions progressing to a well-defined, predictable outcome. Descriptively, it is a recurring set of transactions... with a concealed motivation... or gimmick."
Hence the current terms of non-endearment like, "Quit playing games with my heart, my head, my mind, etc."
The interactions ultimately progress to an outcome in which one individual obtains a "payoff" or "goal." In most cases, the participants of the games are unaware that they are "playing." Or I might add, being "played":)
The famous author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. said of Games People Play:
"An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again. The good Doctor has provided story lines that hacks will not exhaust in the next 10,000 years"
Gee, can Vonnegut say it with flare? Yep. Pure Psychological theatrics.
Shakespeare said it in "As You Like It";
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation...
We have roles to play, planes to catch and games to play...
Some of the more popular games people (BTW this means you and me:) play:
1. "If It Weren't For You" or IWFY. Essentially the Blame Game with payoffs for the players. Usually unconscious of the payoffs, we play it until the payoff, whatever they maybe for each player is no longer realized.
2. "See What You Make Me Do!" Another version of the Blame Game. Usually precipatated by some internal irritation. And a form of self-protection.
3. "Ain't it Aweful!" The poor me game. Poor you. Nowadays things are so bad:) Which I'm sure many would agree to.
Dr. Berne categorizes many more games people play. I recommend you read his book. It is as germain today as it was in 1964 when it was originally published.
But, these transactional games are not the main course for this Game we play. It is merely the appetizer:)
The real game I am alluding to is a "Game Worth Playing" aka your life as a winner and what it rally means to play it.
But at this point I'm to tired to get into the main course. Next post, or the next next post I will delve into Game Theory and how we can use its ideas to create a Game Worth Playing.
In this view of the game, we makes moves (aka choices and actions) in both a sequential and simultaneous manner. All moves must be part of a strategy which includes looking forward and reasoning backwards.
Using Game Theory as our foundation, we can consciously create and play for fun and profit a game worth playing.
Until next time.
Not likely.
But paradoxically it can be played as a game to our individual and mutual benefit.
The concept of game playing as it applies to human behavior was popularized by psychiatrist Dr. Eric Berne in his 1964 book "Games People Play."
In Games People Play, Berne defined games as:
"A game is an ongoing series of complementary ulterior transactions progressing to a well-defined, predictable outcome. Descriptively, it is a recurring set of transactions... with a concealed motivation... or gimmick."
Hence the current terms of non-endearment like, "Quit playing games with my heart, my head, my mind, etc."
The interactions ultimately progress to an outcome in which one individual obtains a "payoff" or "goal." In most cases, the participants of the games are unaware that they are "playing." Or I might add, being "played":)
The famous author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. said of Games People Play:
"An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again. The good Doctor has provided story lines that hacks will not exhaust in the next 10,000 years"
Gee, can Vonnegut say it with flare? Yep. Pure Psychological theatrics.
Shakespeare said it in "As You Like It";
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation...
We have roles to play, planes to catch and games to play...
Some of the more popular games people (BTW this means you and me:) play:
1. "If It Weren't For You" or IWFY. Essentially the Blame Game with payoffs for the players. Usually unconscious of the payoffs, we play it until the payoff, whatever they maybe for each player is no longer realized.
2. "See What You Make Me Do!" Another version of the Blame Game. Usually precipatated by some internal irritation. And a form of self-protection.
3. "Ain't it Aweful!" The poor me game. Poor you. Nowadays things are so bad:) Which I'm sure many would agree to.
Dr. Berne categorizes many more games people play. I recommend you read his book. It is as germain today as it was in 1964 when it was originally published.
But, these transactional games are not the main course for this Game we play. It is merely the appetizer:)
The real game I am alluding to is a "Game Worth Playing" aka your life as a winner and what it rally means to play it.
But at this point I'm to tired to get into the main course. Next post, or the next next post I will delve into Game Theory and how we can use its ideas to create a Game Worth Playing.
In this view of the game, we makes moves (aka choices and actions) in both a sequential and simultaneous manner. All moves must be part of a strategy which includes looking forward and reasoning backwards.
Using Game Theory as our foundation, we can consciously create and play for fun and profit a game worth playing.
Until next time.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
50's Jazz and its Effects on a Coffee House Philosopher
Sitting in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains at Canyon Coffee. The music has gotten out of control. Great if you like all that Jazz. Not so great if you prefer Jack Johnson at this particular moment in the day.
Makes blogging feel like I'm inside the middle of some B-movie from the late 1950's where there is this weird vibe, and all these hip cats are chasing each other. Not sure that is where I want my energy to be vibrating right now. But I'm a curious cat. So I took the ride on these jazzy vibes and now I am not so sure I can hold my thoughts together.
Seems like I should be in some smoked filled back alley bar in Memphis.
Speaking of Memphis, great place for barbecue and BB Que and BB King. The seductive undertones of the King himself is a recipe for some great spontaneous no-no yes-yes moments. As I was saying, ahem, Memphis be a the place for barbecue. Ribs for me, and you?
This experiment with Jazz has given me the willies. I promise a more cohesive blog next time around this berg. Till then, think Zen.
Makes blogging feel like I'm inside the middle of some B-movie from the late 1950's where there is this weird vibe, and all these hip cats are chasing each other. Not sure that is where I want my energy to be vibrating right now. But I'm a curious cat. So I took the ride on these jazzy vibes and now I am not so sure I can hold my thoughts together.
Seems like I should be in some smoked filled back alley bar in Memphis.
Speaking of Memphis, great place for barbecue and BB Que and BB King. The seductive undertones of the King himself is a recipe for some great spontaneous no-no yes-yes moments. As I was saying, ahem, Memphis be a the place for barbecue. Ribs for me, and you?
This experiment with Jazz has given me the willies. I promise a more cohesive blog next time around this berg. Till then, think Zen.
What You are Seeking is Seeking You?
This is a reposting of the post from a few days ago. The original post was titled in Hindi. Wasn't sure why it came out that way. But thanks to a seasoned blogger, I was informed that I had inadvertently set the title to be transliterated into Hindi. Hopefully no one was offended by this faux pas - that's French for "a social blunder":) So the weirdnest of the transliterated title has been amended. Amen.
Still there are many more faux pas's at the quantum level that are worthy of exploration. The notion of "seeking" is one of them. It alters our outlook and the direction of attention in non-ordinary ways. As was observed by the prominent quantum physicist Sir Arthur Eddington, "Not only is the world stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine"
Weird. But weird in the best of all possible ways.
Weird on a number of levels. First and foremost I have a really good memory. And I just wrote the title, like , 30 seconds ago. Shot term memory lapse I suspect. Could be the background music too. Utube, I mean U2 is reminding me over and over, in the same lovely drone, "I still having found what I'm looking for!"
Well here's a clue for you all, neither have I!
Part of the game of life. We seek, we find, then we get bored and we seek again and again. Ever seeking, ever finding but never feeling like we really found what we are looking for. Of course it could be about me. Maybe I'm the only one who hasn't found what he's looking for?
What about you? What are you looking for? St. Francis of Assisi observed that what we are looking for is looking for us.
Weird. What we are seeking is seeking us.
Strange. Gives a different spin to the biblical verse which says simply, "Seek and ye shall find!" Is the universe set up in such a way that seeking in the most fundamental sense is always finding?
Perhaps the key is in the nature of the seeking itself. Brain researchers have discovered that a part of the brain called the Reticular Activation System (RAS) is in part responsible for the phenomena of the "red car." When we decide we want a red car or any other car, we immediately begin to notice "red cars" everywhere. Its as if the universe flooded our world with red cars where previously there were few if any to be found.
Of course the "red cars" were there all the time, we simply did not have them on our radar. When we seek, whatever it maybe, we set our intention, deploy our attention and find what we seek. The ancient Greeks claimed that our minds are Teleological, goal seeking. I suppose the ideas of St. Francis, Plato, Jesus and others has merit.
We do seem to find what we are seeking. Weird.
Yet another paradox. We seek and we do find, and we still haven't found what we're looking for. And we seek and we do not find. What's missing from this picture? I have to reflect further on this whole notion of seeking=finding.
Right now I'm seeking another cup of Joe. And it has sought me. Kona coffee on a sunny afternoon in the shadow of the magnificent snow-covered Wasatch Mountains. Perfect. For now. mission accomplished.
Still there are many more faux pas's at the quantum level that are worthy of exploration. The notion of "seeking" is one of them. It alters our outlook and the direction of attention in non-ordinary ways. As was observed by the prominent quantum physicist Sir Arthur Eddington, "Not only is the world stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine"
Weird. But weird in the best of all possible ways.
Weird on a number of levels. First and foremost I have a really good memory. And I just wrote the title, like , 30 seconds ago. Shot term memory lapse I suspect. Could be the background music too. Utube, I mean U2 is reminding me over and over, in the same lovely drone, "I still having found what I'm looking for!"
Well here's a clue for you all, neither have I!
Part of the game of life. We seek, we find, then we get bored and we seek again and again. Ever seeking, ever finding but never feeling like we really found what we are looking for. Of course it could be about me. Maybe I'm the only one who hasn't found what he's looking for?
What about you? What are you looking for? St. Francis of Assisi observed that what we are looking for is looking for us.
Weird. What we are seeking is seeking us.
Strange. Gives a different spin to the biblical verse which says simply, "Seek and ye shall find!" Is the universe set up in such a way that seeking in the most fundamental sense is always finding?
Perhaps the key is in the nature of the seeking itself. Brain researchers have discovered that a part of the brain called the Reticular Activation System (RAS) is in part responsible for the phenomena of the "red car." When we decide we want a red car or any other car, we immediately begin to notice "red cars" everywhere. Its as if the universe flooded our world with red cars where previously there were few if any to be found.
Of course the "red cars" were there all the time, we simply did not have them on our radar. When we seek, whatever it maybe, we set our intention, deploy our attention and find what we seek. The ancient Greeks claimed that our minds are Teleological, goal seeking. I suppose the ideas of St. Francis, Plato, Jesus and others has merit.
We do seem to find what we are seeking. Weird.
Yet another paradox. We seek and we do find, and we still haven't found what we're looking for. And we seek and we do not find. What's missing from this picture? I have to reflect further on this whole notion of seeking=finding.
Right now I'm seeking another cup of Joe. And it has sought me. Kona coffee on a sunny afternoon in the shadow of the magnificent snow-covered Wasatch Mountains. Perfect. For now. mission accomplished.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Twitterpation.
Is Twitter an addiction?
If I take the massive number of Tweets as an indicator, a good case could be made for addiction. Certainly I've seen a significant number of Tweets which self-disclosed a difficulty leaving the living cloud of thoughts, feeling, ideas, humor, connections, songs, jokes, possibilities, and mysteries that is Twitter.
Strange how 140 characters or less can hook you. But its precisely the nature of the short messages that insists we go further. Its a version of the "carrot on a stick" method of moving the donkey, I mean moving the Tweetizen deeper into Twitterville by offering a small reward for Tweeting. That reward is a reply. And the opportunity to engage in a 100 conversations about anything and everything.
And the surprising result is the serendipitous connection with great Tweeple, I mean real people, or people who seem real:) I have had the good fortune to connect in meaningful ways with people on Twitter that has led to nascent friendships, conversations for possible joint ventures, and openings to new ideas and possibilities.
In a previous post I shared with you my original intent with Twitter. Dive in and find out firsthand what Twitter really is.
What did I learn?
1. Twitter is an amorphous, and almost infinite network of people. Every kind of people.
2. The 140 character limitation forced me to think more clearly and precisely what I wanted to say.
3. I realized I could extend the conversation as needed to other media including this blog.
4. I could connect with people who were moving in directions I wanted to explore.
5. I could Tweet with the famous, the infamous, the ordinary and extraordinary.
6. I could Tweet with people from diverse backgrounds that I would most likely never meet or talk with in my own community.
7. I could get answers to real questions from a cloud of expertise and diverse experience that would be impossible to replicate any other way.
8. I could explore my own various interests in alternative energy, philosophy, life, comedy, writing, people, film, religion, spirituality.
It all boils down to "what conversation do I want to be a part of?" And how can I share my knowledge, experience and wisdom(assuming I have some) in such a way that encourages the cultivation of these conversations for my own good, the good of others and the greater collective good.
The answer remains elusive. The ink is barely dry on my Twitterville Twitterzenship papers.
What I do know is that Twitter is a fascinating process of connecting with people. If fascination is the root of the addiction, then count me in. I'm Twitterpated.
If I take the massive number of Tweets as an indicator, a good case could be made for addiction. Certainly I've seen a significant number of Tweets which self-disclosed a difficulty leaving the living cloud of thoughts, feeling, ideas, humor, connections, songs, jokes, possibilities, and mysteries that is Twitter.
Strange how 140 characters or less can hook you. But its precisely the nature of the short messages that insists we go further. Its a version of the "carrot on a stick" method of moving the donkey, I mean moving the Tweetizen deeper into Twitterville by offering a small reward for Tweeting. That reward is a reply. And the opportunity to engage in a 100 conversations about anything and everything.
And the surprising result is the serendipitous connection with great Tweeple, I mean real people, or people who seem real:) I have had the good fortune to connect in meaningful ways with people on Twitter that has led to nascent friendships, conversations for possible joint ventures, and openings to new ideas and possibilities.
In a previous post I shared with you my original intent with Twitter. Dive in and find out firsthand what Twitter really is.
What did I learn?
1. Twitter is an amorphous, and almost infinite network of people. Every kind of people.
2. The 140 character limitation forced me to think more clearly and precisely what I wanted to say.
3. I realized I could extend the conversation as needed to other media including this blog.
4. I could connect with people who were moving in directions I wanted to explore.
5. I could Tweet with the famous, the infamous, the ordinary and extraordinary.
6. I could Tweet with people from diverse backgrounds that I would most likely never meet or talk with in my own community.
7. I could get answers to real questions from a cloud of expertise and diverse experience that would be impossible to replicate any other way.
8. I could explore my own various interests in alternative energy, philosophy, life, comedy, writing, people, film, religion, spirituality.
It all boils down to "what conversation do I want to be a part of?" And how can I share my knowledge, experience and wisdom(assuming I have some) in such a way that encourages the cultivation of these conversations for my own good, the good of others and the greater collective good.
The answer remains elusive. The ink is barely dry on my Twitterville Twitterzenship papers.
What I do know is that Twitter is a fascinating process of connecting with people. If fascination is the root of the addiction, then count me in. I'm Twitterpated.
Lets Talk About Love
Love is is the air. Love is everywhere. Really.
Valentines Day is a an opportunity and a reminder; Share the love. So whether you have significant other, a lover, or just someone you truly adore...share the love.
Love is patient and kind. Love is passionate and fine.
Love is life. And as the old song so succinctly pined "Love is something when you give it away you end up having more."
Yep, love is the great and maddening paradox. Love is life. And romance is its spice. And that's very very nice:)
So have fun. Be young. Love, Laugh, Live.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself
But if your love and must needs have desires,
Let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
That sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
And give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer
For the beloved in your heart
And a song of praise upon your lips.
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
Valentines Day is a an opportunity and a reminder; Share the love. So whether you have significant other, a lover, or just someone you truly adore...share the love.
Love is patient and kind. Love is passionate and fine.
Love is life. And as the old song so succinctly pined "Love is something when you give it away you end up having more."
Yep, love is the great and maddening paradox. Love is life. And romance is its spice. And that's very very nice:)
So have fun. Be young. Love, Laugh, Live.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself
But if your love and must needs have desires,
Let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
That sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
And give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer
For the beloved in your heart
And a song of praise upon your lips.
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
Friday, February 13, 2009
Back to the Canary in the Coal Mine
Returned today to Whole Foods for my daily coffee break and lunch. The eerie emptiness I spoke of yesterday was more so today.
Weird. Like the energy has collapsed into some holodynamic wheat grass abyss.
What does it mean?
Where have all the people gone? McDonalds perhaps? Where ever they are...they were not at Whole Foods for lunch today. Is the canary about to fall over? Stay tuned.
Now the really strange thing was contrasted by the people I met for lunch. My meeting was with people who are doing oil and gas development in the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah. Despite falling oil prices and the moth balling of drilling rigs, there is a ton of other activity that bodes very well for these carbon energy developers. Big money deals. Big energy development plans. Go figure.
For all who want to projectile vomit at the mere mention of oil and gas development, I feel compelled to remind you that alternative energy projects as romantic and delicious as they sound are many years away from replacing oil and gas for energy generation. And the inconvenient truth in the whole megillah is that more than 6000 products we use on a daily basis use petroleum as the source material from nylons to Vaseline.
Its important to point out that current Solar Technology, specifically solar panels, become hazardous waste when it completes its life cycle. BTW so does your cell phone, you iPhone, your iPOD and every other electronic gadget that makes your social media life work. So lets get real and own up to our part in the pollution of the planet. Collaboration, innovation and civility will go a long way to channeling our assets, brainpower and peeps to creating a world we all want to live in.
So, yes...we must continue to develop our oil and gas resources in parallel with alternative energy development. Someday we will have replacements for oil and gas, or we will have much cleaner ways to produce it including algae biodiesel and methane from farm waste. Until then we will have to walk hand in hand with the "oil from rock crew." The thing to keep in mind is that oil has fueled the growth of civilization. That is the fact of the matter. So don't get your thing in a sling. We need to make practical accommodations with existing energy sources or this canary really will die much sooner than any of us are comfortable with.
For clarification, my focus is on clean green energy projects. And that is ultimately where our future is. But I like to think that rational self-interest, national interests and the larger global community can have a conversation for change that preserves the current good, reduces or eliminates the current bad, creates the desired future good and reduces the likelihood of new problems.
I think that is a fair and balanced approach to the energy question.
Now for some good news for those of us who dream of an idyllic world where all energy generated is from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. These oil and gas guys are actually investing in and raising funding for both large scale solar and algae based biodiesel projects in Utah and California for projects starting in 2009.
How's that for an economic stimulus?
Clean, green projects fueled by the new focus on renewable energy sources. Apparently the old "oily dawg" can learn new tricks, and I don't mean that in the pejorative sense.
So to quote Rodney King from back in the day; "Why can't we all just get along?"
Once again I chose the Ecuadorian Organic coffee. Still a good choice on a winter's day.
Weird. Like the energy has collapsed into some holodynamic wheat grass abyss.
What does it mean?
Where have all the people gone? McDonalds perhaps? Where ever they are...they were not at Whole Foods for lunch today. Is the canary about to fall over? Stay tuned.
Now the really strange thing was contrasted by the people I met for lunch. My meeting was with people who are doing oil and gas development in the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah. Despite falling oil prices and the moth balling of drilling rigs, there is a ton of other activity that bodes very well for these carbon energy developers. Big money deals. Big energy development plans. Go figure.
For all who want to projectile vomit at the mere mention of oil and gas development, I feel compelled to remind you that alternative energy projects as romantic and delicious as they sound are many years away from replacing oil and gas for energy generation. And the inconvenient truth in the whole megillah is that more than 6000 products we use on a daily basis use petroleum as the source material from nylons to Vaseline.
Its important to point out that current Solar Technology, specifically solar panels, become hazardous waste when it completes its life cycle. BTW so does your cell phone, you iPhone, your iPOD and every other electronic gadget that makes your social media life work. So lets get real and own up to our part in the pollution of the planet. Collaboration, innovation and civility will go a long way to channeling our assets, brainpower and peeps to creating a world we all want to live in.
So, yes...we must continue to develop our oil and gas resources in parallel with alternative energy development. Someday we will have replacements for oil and gas, or we will have much cleaner ways to produce it including algae biodiesel and methane from farm waste. Until then we will have to walk hand in hand with the "oil from rock crew." The thing to keep in mind is that oil has fueled the growth of civilization. That is the fact of the matter. So don't get your thing in a sling. We need to make practical accommodations with existing energy sources or this canary really will die much sooner than any of us are comfortable with.
For clarification, my focus is on clean green energy projects. And that is ultimately where our future is. But I like to think that rational self-interest, national interests and the larger global community can have a conversation for change that preserves the current good, reduces or eliminates the current bad, creates the desired future good and reduces the likelihood of new problems.
I think that is a fair and balanced approach to the energy question.
Now for some good news for those of us who dream of an idyllic world where all energy generated is from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. These oil and gas guys are actually investing in and raising funding for both large scale solar and algae based biodiesel projects in Utah and California for projects starting in 2009.
How's that for an economic stimulus?
Clean, green projects fueled by the new focus on renewable energy sources. Apparently the old "oily dawg" can learn new tricks, and I don't mean that in the pejorative sense.
So to quote Rodney King from back in the day; "Why can't we all just get along?"
Once again I chose the Ecuadorian Organic coffee. Still a good choice on a winter's day.
Yes Man and The Power of Yes
Just started reading the book that inspired the movie, YES MAN.
Amazing tale. Its a true life story of young man named Danny Wallace who had lost his woman, lost his way and had fallen into loneliness and isolation. He began to despair until a seemingly random encounter on a bus led him to a meeting with a stranger.
A brief conversation on a public bus with a complete stranger changed his life. This man offered Danny Wallace three magic words, "Say Yes More."!
Three magic words that transformed his life in the most delightful and unexpected ways. In that moment he resolved to be open to receive what the universe had to offer. He would "Say Yes More."!
What happened next? He gives spare change to anyone who asks. Invents things. Travels the globe. Wins $45,000. Becomes a TV executive...and a minister. He nods a lot. And finds that romance isn't as complicated as it seems.
Just by saying yes more.
His story really is our story. He had lived his life in a state of resistance to what is. Of course he didn't consciously know it. But he lived with the consequences of it. The result was a life of frustration, isolation, loneliness and despair. He had lost hope and was living a meaningless life.
The road led him to seek escape from this ennui. Down to the pub to find a moments reprieve from the frustration. A quick escape with an empty promise of happiness. Ironically it was while he was on the bus to the pub that he encountered the stranger that would change his life.
The chance encounter only could happen because he was open to receive. He was willing.
It was a moment of truth on the bus. A moment that changed Danny Wallace's life for ever. It was a moment of transformation. The proof is in the extraordinary life he has lived since that day of acceptance.
All because he was willing. He didn't have to spend years tucked away in a monastery or ashram meditating to change the course of his life. He didn't have to read a single self-help book, or go to the latest "change your life" course, and he didn't even have to pay a dime for it (well he did have to pay the bus fair, but that was incidental to his serendipitous meeting). He only had to say yes more.
Will you say yes more?
In my opinion, the act of saying yes more activates the Law of Attraction, uses the Law of Allowing and diminishes fear through action. Simple. To the point. Where the rubber of mind meets the road of life.
Today's thought: Are you willing to move out of your state of resistance? Are you willing to say yes more?
If so, get out your ruby Nike's, click your heels three times and repeat after me;
"Say Yes More"!
"Say yes More"!
"Say Yes More"!
Resistance=Fear. Resistance keep you stuck and acceptance sets you free.
Simple. Easy. Really.
Amazing tale. Its a true life story of young man named Danny Wallace who had lost his woman, lost his way and had fallen into loneliness and isolation. He began to despair until a seemingly random encounter on a bus led him to a meeting with a stranger.
A brief conversation on a public bus with a complete stranger changed his life. This man offered Danny Wallace three magic words, "Say Yes More."!
Three magic words that transformed his life in the most delightful and unexpected ways. In that moment he resolved to be open to receive what the universe had to offer. He would "Say Yes More."!
What happened next? He gives spare change to anyone who asks. Invents things. Travels the globe. Wins $45,000. Becomes a TV executive...and a minister. He nods a lot. And finds that romance isn't as complicated as it seems.
Just by saying yes more.
His story really is our story. He had lived his life in a state of resistance to what is. Of course he didn't consciously know it. But he lived with the consequences of it. The result was a life of frustration, isolation, loneliness and despair. He had lost hope and was living a meaningless life.
The road led him to seek escape from this ennui. Down to the pub to find a moments reprieve from the frustration. A quick escape with an empty promise of happiness. Ironically it was while he was on the bus to the pub that he encountered the stranger that would change his life.
The chance encounter only could happen because he was open to receive. He was willing.
It was a moment of truth on the bus. A moment that changed Danny Wallace's life for ever. It was a moment of transformation. The proof is in the extraordinary life he has lived since that day of acceptance.
All because he was willing. He didn't have to spend years tucked away in a monastery or ashram meditating to change the course of his life. He didn't have to read a single self-help book, or go to the latest "change your life" course, and he didn't even have to pay a dime for it (well he did have to pay the bus fair, but that was incidental to his serendipitous meeting). He only had to say yes more.
Will you say yes more?
In my opinion, the act of saying yes more activates the Law of Attraction, uses the Law of Allowing and diminishes fear through action. Simple. To the point. Where the rubber of mind meets the road of life.
Today's thought: Are you willing to move out of your state of resistance? Are you willing to say yes more?
If so, get out your ruby Nike's, click your heels three times and repeat after me;
"Say Yes More"!
"Say yes More"!
"Say Yes More"!
Resistance=Fear. Resistance keep you stuck and acceptance sets you free.
Simple. Easy. Really.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Changing & Rearranging Reality
Ate Lunch today at the Whole Foods in Cottonwood, Utah. Been eating there and drinking coffee there for the last three years. Since the election I have noticed less and less people in the store. Today the dining area was only a 3rd full. This store is located in one of the most affluent areas of Salt Lake City.
What does it mean? Change has come to America. Less people with disposable capital. Whole Foods is a modern day canary in the coal mine of America's despair.
As I pondered this change, I realized that all economies expand and contract. Right now this one is contracting. A simple reset of the engine which drives the economy. The question is how much rearranging of economic reality can we stand?
Time will tell. Tomorrow I will be there again, sipping coffee and pondering the change. I recommend the organic Ecuador. Strong body, rich flavor.
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" Albert Einstein
What does it mean? Change has come to America. Less people with disposable capital. Whole Foods is a modern day canary in the coal mine of America's despair.
As I pondered this change, I realized that all economies expand and contract. Right now this one is contracting. A simple reset of the engine which drives the economy. The question is how much rearranging of economic reality can we stand?
Time will tell. Tomorrow I will be there again, sipping coffee and pondering the change. I recommend the organic Ecuador. Strong body, rich flavor.
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" Albert Einstein
Living in the Past yet looking to the future
Thoughts, feelings and emotions which refer to any experience that occurred before now, are by their nature in the past. The past is not just memories of events from days, weeks or years ago. It is what was only a moment ago. According to some researchers one ten thousandth of a second ago.
Imagine that.
"Now" becomes "then" aka "the past" literally in less than the blink of an eye. Of course some of the past and the consequences of the past persist into the present moment. It is in some ways the persistence of the consequence of past experience into the physical that gives us the "feeling" that the past is a reliable reference point for dealing with the now. And to a large degree it would seem so.
But that is part of the illusion and in a very real way an impediment to meaningful change. Feelings and emotions are only the end products of past conditioning and experience.
The challenge is use the past as a source for knowledge but not be "used" by the past. This requires that we wake up. The exact meaning of this is subjective but for my purposes it means to recognize yourself as the creator of your life experience. This acknowledgment will make you authentically responsible for your life.
And perhaps most important but difficult to do is give up blame. Its much easier to blame mom, dad, teacher, church and state for what's not working in your life. Of course this does not mean that these individuals, groups, or institutions are absolved of accountability. What it does mean is you recognize that you are the CEO of your world. And in the final analysis blame is a waste of time.
Instead you reorient your life around accountability, integrity and honor. You give your word, you keep your agreements. You act and live as the deliberate creator of your own life. In a nutshell, you live as the person responsible for your life experiences.
As the deliberate creator and CEO of You, Inc. (LLC) you choose and act in alignment with your values and mission. You take ownership of the consequences of your choices and actions. No blame. No excuses. You get things done with integrity and grace.
To accomplish this transition to deliberate creator requires a shift. From living in the "familiar and routine" aka "the comfort zone" to inspired acts of deliberate creation. Now, I like to be comfortable. I like my house warm in the winter, I like my coffee hot. The point is that the familiar and routine often evolve into the classic catch-22 known as the "rut."
The rut is safe, part of the known, created by the past and sustained by choices which mirror the past in content, context, feeling and emotion.
When in the grip of the comfort of the familiar, we lose traction with living a more inspired life.
Paradoxically, we need challenge and novelty. Its not just a "nice to have." We actually truly need change, novelty,to be challenged. Its in our DNA. The problem with most of us is that our need for security and certainty will trump out need for novelty. As we get older, we have more to lose. This perceived increase in risk tends to reduce our initiative and keeps us in familiar territory.
How do we rise above the the tendency toward the familiar and routine? Good question, so glad you asked:)
The seeds of our personal evolution are found in a our willingness to change. Routines are hard habits to break:) Just the plain skinny on how "it" is. With willingness we discover an internal resource that opens us up to new possibilities.
Willingness is the key to the renewing of our minds. To take command of our future in a deliberate and creative way requires a shift in our consciousness, to break the physical and mental conditioning of being "ourselves." It all starts with the willingness to do so.
Yet, the "spirit is willing" and the flesh is weak. What to do?
To be born anew demands a replacement of old patterns of behavior, thinking, doing and being. We must be conscious of our habit of being and how we live. The natural response is to resist change. We are , after all is said and done biological beings. We have tendency to reach a state of homeostasis aka the comfort zone. That is tension seeking resolution. To transcend the tendency to stay with the familiar and routine we must be both willing and sufficiently conscious to be and do in a new way. We must be born anew to see things in a new way.
Just the way it is.
According to some,"Change has come to America." If you want to be the conscious creator of your own change then you must take a leadership role in your own life. You, Inc. and its CEO, that be U must deliberate and act in new ways. To change we must see in new and powerful ways. As Einstein noted, "we cannot solve the problem with the same kind of thinking that created it. We must go up a level." We need a shift in perspective and a new mind. Born of a new perspective. A new attitude which embraces principles of integrity, honor and personal responsibility.
We must turn around or away from the old paradigm. See differently. Acquire new knowledge, apply this knowledge with wisdom and listen for feedback. Then and only then will we become responsible creators. then and only then will we be the change we want to find in the world. Then and only then will meaningful change come to America.
Imagine that.
"Now" becomes "then" aka "the past" literally in less than the blink of an eye. Of course some of the past and the consequences of the past persist into the present moment. It is in some ways the persistence of the consequence of past experience into the physical that gives us the "feeling" that the past is a reliable reference point for dealing with the now. And to a large degree it would seem so.
But that is part of the illusion and in a very real way an impediment to meaningful change. Feelings and emotions are only the end products of past conditioning and experience.
The challenge is use the past as a source for knowledge but not be "used" by the past. This requires that we wake up. The exact meaning of this is subjective but for my purposes it means to recognize yourself as the creator of your life experience. This acknowledgment will make you authentically responsible for your life.
And perhaps most important but difficult to do is give up blame. Its much easier to blame mom, dad, teacher, church and state for what's not working in your life. Of course this does not mean that these individuals, groups, or institutions are absolved of accountability. What it does mean is you recognize that you are the CEO of your world. And in the final analysis blame is a waste of time.
Instead you reorient your life around accountability, integrity and honor. You give your word, you keep your agreements. You act and live as the deliberate creator of your own life. In a nutshell, you live as the person responsible for your life experiences.
As the deliberate creator and CEO of You, Inc. (LLC) you choose and act in alignment with your values and mission. You take ownership of the consequences of your choices and actions. No blame. No excuses. You get things done with integrity and grace.
To accomplish this transition to deliberate creator requires a shift. From living in the "familiar and routine" aka "the comfort zone" to inspired acts of deliberate creation. Now, I like to be comfortable. I like my house warm in the winter, I like my coffee hot. The point is that the familiar and routine often evolve into the classic catch-22 known as the "rut."
The rut is safe, part of the known, created by the past and sustained by choices which mirror the past in content, context, feeling and emotion.
When in the grip of the comfort of the familiar, we lose traction with living a more inspired life.
Paradoxically, we need challenge and novelty. Its not just a "nice to have." We actually truly need change, novelty,to be challenged. Its in our DNA. The problem with most of us is that our need for security and certainty will trump out need for novelty. As we get older, we have more to lose. This perceived increase in risk tends to reduce our initiative and keeps us in familiar territory.
How do we rise above the the tendency toward the familiar and routine? Good question, so glad you asked:)
The seeds of our personal evolution are found in a our willingness to change. Routines are hard habits to break:) Just the plain skinny on how "it" is. With willingness we discover an internal resource that opens us up to new possibilities.
Willingness is the key to the renewing of our minds. To take command of our future in a deliberate and creative way requires a shift in our consciousness, to break the physical and mental conditioning of being "ourselves." It all starts with the willingness to do so.
Yet, the "spirit is willing" and the flesh is weak. What to do?
To be born anew demands a replacement of old patterns of behavior, thinking, doing and being. We must be conscious of our habit of being and how we live. The natural response is to resist change. We are , after all is said and done biological beings. We have tendency to reach a state of homeostasis aka the comfort zone. That is tension seeking resolution. To transcend the tendency to stay with the familiar and routine we must be both willing and sufficiently conscious to be and do in a new way. We must be born anew to see things in a new way.
Just the way it is.
According to some,"Change has come to America." If you want to be the conscious creator of your own change then you must take a leadership role in your own life. You, Inc. and its CEO, that be U must deliberate and act in new ways. To change we must see in new and powerful ways. As Einstein noted, "we cannot solve the problem with the same kind of thinking that created it. We must go up a level." We need a shift in perspective and a new mind. Born of a new perspective. A new attitude which embraces principles of integrity, honor and personal responsibility.
We must turn around or away from the old paradigm. See differently. Acquire new knowledge, apply this knowledge with wisdom and listen for feedback. Then and only then will we become responsible creators. then and only then will we be the change we want to find in the world. Then and only then will meaningful change come to America.
To Tweet or not To Tweet, that is the question
To Tweet or not to Tweet that is the question...
With a hundred or so to tweets flying by on Tweetdeck every a couple of minutes there is a temptation to stop and grab a few tweets for a witty reply.
This is risky business.
As a social media tool, Twitter is intended to help people connect. Most Tweeple are using Twitter to serve a larger part of their business strategy. The intent I believe is to broaden the network and round out the sales funnel. No objection here. Great way to connect with potential customers and tap the ever expanding creative and intellectual capital of the twitterverse.
I hope to be considered as a resource by my fellow Twitterzenz. I do my best to offer info, advice, and insight within the 140 character limit. But as in the real world the words lose their original meaning as they past through the twitterduction ( my word for compressing ideas into the Twitter imposed 140 characters). Unlike a JPEG compression or using any other CODEC, the original idea is decompressed by a variable CODEC unique to the Twitterzen.
The good news is the near real-time nature of replies. Sometimes you can correct or clarify in time before the misunderstanding promulgates and sometimes it! happens.
What I have learned so far is that some messages should be DMed and others left to silently move on through the metaphysical. No need to stir rile up the Twitterzenz, at least 4 now. Another time and another place perhaps, when the message may have more relevancy. But this is the challenge and opportunity Twitter provides, a fast moving and evolving cloud of people and ideas that anyone is free to join in on.
For a Twitterrific guy like myself:) whose mind is a few miles ahead of commonsense at times, knowing when to Tweet and when not to is a challenge. Yet, I persist in the process. I have chosen to be a Twitterpator ( a full fledged participant in the creation of amazing networks of people, ideas and possibility) and to take the risk. To Tweet with unbridled abandon. To give myself to this noble cause.
So in conclusion, my answer to the opening question is simple; it is better to have Tweeted and lost to never have Tweeted at all. In the words of the now dearly departed French mathematician Descartes, I affirm "I TWEET THEREFORE I AM!":) A TWEETER.
Hope we Tweet again somewhere in the vastness of Twitterville. Have a lovely day.
With a hundred or so to tweets flying by on Tweetdeck every a couple of minutes there is a temptation to stop and grab a few tweets for a witty reply.
This is risky business.
As a social media tool, Twitter is intended to help people connect. Most Tweeple are using Twitter to serve a larger part of their business strategy. The intent I believe is to broaden the network and round out the sales funnel. No objection here. Great way to connect with potential customers and tap the ever expanding creative and intellectual capital of the twitterverse.
I hope to be considered as a resource by my fellow Twitterzenz. I do my best to offer info, advice, and insight within the 140 character limit. But as in the real world the words lose their original meaning as they past through the twitterduction ( my word for compressing ideas into the Twitter imposed 140 characters). Unlike a JPEG compression or using any other CODEC, the original idea is decompressed by a variable CODEC unique to the Twitterzen.
The good news is the near real-time nature of replies. Sometimes you can correct or clarify in time before the misunderstanding promulgates and sometimes it! happens.
What I have learned so far is that some messages should be DMed and others left to silently move on through the metaphysical. No need to stir rile up the Twitterzenz, at least 4 now. Another time and another place perhaps, when the message may have more relevancy. But this is the challenge and opportunity Twitter provides, a fast moving and evolving cloud of people and ideas that anyone is free to join in on.
For a Twitterrific guy like myself:) whose mind is a few miles ahead of commonsense at times, knowing when to Tweet and when not to is a challenge. Yet, I persist in the process. I have chosen to be a Twitterpator ( a full fledged participant in the creation of amazing networks of people, ideas and possibility) and to take the risk. To Tweet with unbridled abandon. To give myself to this noble cause.
So in conclusion, my answer to the opening question is simple; it is better to have Tweeted and lost to never have Tweeted at all. In the words of the now dearly departed French mathematician Descartes, I affirm "I TWEET THEREFORE I AM!":) A TWEETER.
Hope we Tweet again somewhere in the vastness of Twitterville. Have a lovely day.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Wisdom of 140 Characters or Less
A few weeks back the only thing I knew about Twitter was the absurd notion that you could communicate anything worthy in short messages of less than 141 characters. Absurd precisely because pithy messages didn't seem like they could say what I really wanted to say.
Well, yet another paradox.
The crazy thing is the limitation actually forced me to think more clearly about what I wanted to say. Of course I had to learn a new type of shorthand beyond the ubiquitous ones like LOL, IMO, BTW, and such. Now I use words like 2nite and 4 for , well "for":)
The consequence has been a mixed bag of frustration and surprises. Mostly pleasant. I learned that I could post anything from the plain silly to profound and moving and everywhere in between. At this juncture I am not seeking business relations. But they are seeking me.
Odd.
My original motivation was simply to see what it means to Twit and Tweet in a world where short messages could connect me with a thousand people aka "peeps." I didn't expect much. After all I was operating with the preconceived notion that the exchange of 140 characters or less, with a cast of characters was no more than an extension to text messaging. The realm of preteens and teens alike. Certainly not 4 a seasoned veteran of technology such as myself.
Funny thing about preconceived notions, they melt under the burden of reality. Twittering has been an eye opener. I have met some amazing people (you know who you are;) People from all segments of society and from all over the world. all in a matter of a few weeks.
Crazy stuff this Twitter is.
So back to my original intent. I was asking myself, "Self, what conversation do you really want to be in?" And Self replied "Sow the seeds of all of your interests, let the Tweeple decide." And that is how it has been. I have sown a variety of seeds from clean green energy to sublime spirituality. And the Tweeple they did reply.
It has been a surprise the quality of ideas that I have been privy to be engaged in. I am humbled.
So, I will Twit and Tweet and hopefully meet the denizens of Twitterville for dialog, for ideas and for fun.
And for business too.
Well, yet another paradox.
The crazy thing is the limitation actually forced me to think more clearly about what I wanted to say. Of course I had to learn a new type of shorthand beyond the ubiquitous ones like LOL, IMO, BTW, and such. Now I use words like 2nite and 4 for , well "for":)
The consequence has been a mixed bag of frustration and surprises. Mostly pleasant. I learned that I could post anything from the plain silly to profound and moving and everywhere in between. At this juncture I am not seeking business relations. But they are seeking me.
Odd.
My original motivation was simply to see what it means to Twit and Tweet in a world where short messages could connect me with a thousand people aka "peeps." I didn't expect much. After all I was operating with the preconceived notion that the exchange of 140 characters or less, with a cast of characters was no more than an extension to text messaging. The realm of preteens and teens alike. Certainly not 4 a seasoned veteran of technology such as myself.
Funny thing about preconceived notions, they melt under the burden of reality. Twittering has been an eye opener. I have met some amazing people (you know who you are;) People from all segments of society and from all over the world. all in a matter of a few weeks.
Crazy stuff this Twitter is.
So back to my original intent. I was asking myself, "Self, what conversation do you really want to be in?" And Self replied "Sow the seeds of all of your interests, let the Tweeple decide." And that is how it has been. I have sown a variety of seeds from clean green energy to sublime spirituality. And the Tweeple they did reply.
It has been a surprise the quality of ideas that I have been privy to be engaged in. I am humbled.
So, I will Twit and Tweet and hopefully meet the denizens of Twitterville for dialog, for ideas and for fun.
And for business too.
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