pat kane: “no ‘occupation’ or ‘vocation’ or ‘craft’ or ‘sector’ is ever going to be stable and predictable ever again.”

[“Night­mare”, which I sent out in the news­let­ter recently. You can buy the print here etc.] [Today’s guest blog post comes from Pat Kane.] “No ‘occu­pa­tion’ or ‘voca­tion’ or ‘craft’ or ‘sec­tor’ is ever going to be sta­ble and pre­dic­ta­ble ever again.” The first phrase that came into my head con­si­de­ring the title ‘remem­ber who you […]

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be yourself. remembering what’s important.

[Today’s guest post comes from BL Och­man.] Be Your­self. Remem­be­ring what’s impor­tant. By B.L. Och­man Three times in the past 10 years, I have faced down death. Once from ill­ness, once by being hit by a car, and once run­ning through the cloud of debris as the Towers fell on 9/11. Shoulda been dead each of […]

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building bridges between aspiration and consummation

[Today’s guest post comes from Brian Solis, author of a new book that I’m currently rea­ding, “Engage!”] Buil­ding Brid­ges Bet­ween Aspi­ra­tion and Con­sum­ma­tion Seve­ral years ago, I was re-introduced to a famous quote. While I had long for­got­ten the words, I believe that they had sub­cons­ciously ins­pi­red me. I was much youn­ger when they initially […]

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you, less than

[Today’s guest post comes from Pam Slim.] You, Less Than. I still remem­ber the smell of damp ivy from a recent rain as I stood in the back­yard, wai­ting for my Dad to take my pic­ture. It was 1971 and I was five years old. I was wea­ring a brightly colo­red knit vest, a pre­sent from […]

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“it’s not normal”

[’Gun”, which I sent out in the news­let­ter recently. You can buy the print here etc.] [Today’s guest blog post comes from JP Ran­gas­wami.] It’s Not Nor­mal Maybe it is a con­se­quence of when I was born (1957) and where I grew up (Cal­cutta), but from a very young age I’ve belie­ved in some things. […]

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“eventually, you need to start being you. and then– you need to get really good at it.”

[“Echo Cham­ber”, which I sent out in the news­let­ter recently. You can buy the print here etc.] [Today’s guest post comes from Faris Yakob.] You never know what you’re going to be famous for. In the case of Polo­nius Lord Cham­ber­lain to King Clau­dius in what is arguably the best known play in the world […]

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remember yourself

[“Love Without Har­mony”. Part of The “Love” Series etc.] [Today’s guest post comes from Mark McGuin­ness.] Remem­ber Your­self “Remem­ber your­self always and everywhere.” These words were insc­ri­bed on the walls of the study house of the Ins­ti­tute for the Har­mo­nious Deve­lop­ment of Man at the Châ­teau Le Prieuré, Fontainebleau-Avon, the home of the eso­te­ric teacher […]

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are you a “waker”?

[“I Choose This Life”, which I sent out in the news­let­ter recently. You can buy the print here etc.] Are you a “Waker”? If the ans­wer is no, I’m sorry to hear that. Wakers are my favo­rite peo­ple. A waker is someone who is very good at waking other peo­ple up from their metapho­ri­cal slumber. […]

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“maybe you are right and THEY are wrong”

[Today’s guest post is from Vinny Warren. You can buy the same print here etc.] Re. The Gene­sis of “Remem­ber Who You Are”: When I (unwit­tingly) coi­ned the “Remem­ber Who You Are” phrase for Hugh [backs­tory here] it was in refe­rence to the print of his I had just purcha­sed, that we proudly dis­play in my […]

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focus on the the important

[“90%”, which I sent out recently in the news­let­ter. You can buy the print here etc.] [Today’s guest post is from mini­ma­list maven,  Eve­rett Bogue.] How to Eli­mi­nate Dis­trac­tions to Focus on the Impor­tant In the modern age it’s so dif­fi­cult to focus on the impor­tant. It’s not enti­rely your fault. For the last few […]

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