Where I'm Coming From

As you consider your own role in initiating positive change, you may be thinking about inviting me to bring the Prosperity for All Experience to your community.  There are plenty of pointers in this blogspace to the kind of content the Experience brings to life, but I thought it might be helpful for those considering hosting a PFA Experience to know a bit about where I come from, so to speak.  So, here's a bit about me that usually doesn't show up in traditional resumes or bios. 

This is the spirit in which I do my work:

I love to create new ways of thinking about things so that we can create new things. I love to engage people in thinking in new ways because it allows us to work in new ways, reconnect with what we truly want—individually and collectively—and ACT on it. I do this in a way that honors where we are and the best of what we’ve done, while acknowledging fully what’s no longer working. And, I like to have fun in the process!

While I have academic and professional credentials in Organization Development and Human Resources Management, the most useful credential I draw upon is the one associated with being human. You know, where we REALLY learn about how things work. It is this degree from “Life University” that makes me and the Prosperity for All message about:

• Creating, not destroying. Besides the fact that creating something new is far more inspiring and fun than destroying something, destroying in the pursuit of abundance just doesn’t make sense. So, let’s not destroy what no longer works. Let’s create something together that does! 

• No blame. One way of destroying we’ve gotten really good at is blame. This also makes no sense because there’s no single place we could assign blame for our current state of affairs in the first place. What we are experiencing now—the good, the bad, and the ugly—is something we’ve created together as a human family. Blaming also keeps us focused on the past, when the work we need to do is now, focused toward our future.

• Learning. Doing the same things and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. Learning is the only way to avoid this! It’s the only way to stop creating what we don’t want.

• Wading through complexity. Sometimes the complexity of the issues and the work ahead can be overwhelming, so much so that we sit like a deer in headlights and do nothing. There are simple ways to think about complexity that help us focus enough to get out of the headlights and save ourselves (literally)!

• Inclusion. There is no one left out of this party. All are welcome. All are needed. We have one world and lots of people who make it what it is. So, we are one interconnected human family that needs to get busy if it’s to survive on the planet much longer. 

• Action. I’m tired of talking about change. I’m tired of studying the issues. We don’t need any more information. We need action.