Add It Up: Pause and Take Stock

Confession: I had no blog post lined up for today.

Options:

Let myself off the hook and post nothing. Post the fluff article I drafted about wearing my WDS t-shirt while traveling. Recycle an old article.

As the woman in charge here, there was some self-haranguing. Pressure. Reminders of my commitment to strive for excellence. [Read more...]

Am I Aware? Jonathan Fields’ Mindfulness Practice

Am I aware? A simple but profound question from Jonathan Fields. [Read more...]

Who are These Dominators Anyway?

At the World Domination Summit – I know, the title is provocative – I met a handful of dominators.

Who would attend a conference about domination? Not the people you might think.

Learning how to Bollywood dance

I don’t know why Chris Guillebeau called his conference that, and I really don’t care. I can’t [Read more...]

Jonathan Fields Inspires Courage for the Creative Life at #WDS

I’ve been following Jonathan Fields for awhile now. I’m very interested in his Tribal Author work.

In person, people are so different than online. You can’t convey your height online, and it’s not easy to convey your depth and commitment to heartfelt work.

I was so glad to see Jonathan in person.

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Laura Roeder Reinvigorates Operation Delegation at #WDS

Your call.

These two words are what Laura Roeder uses to help empower her team to make decisions. Her session, How to Not Do Everything Yourself, was hugely inspiring to me.

I left the conference ready to get back to Operation Delegation – my plan to restructure my business so I am not [Read more...]

Michael Bungay Stanier Nudges Us Toward Greatness at #wds

I’ve been a fan of Michael Bungay Stanier and his company, Box of Crayons, for awhile now. Michael’s recent book, Do More Great Work, is a call to step into your creative and productive power and into your great work.

In our conference schwag bag, Michael had included his posters to help move people [Read more...]

John Unger Harnesses the Power of Disaster @ #WDS

John T Unger makes ‘big steel stuff’ – giant sculpted fire bowls. The unconventional artist also hosts Art Heroes Radio podcast, inspiring artists to shrug off the starving artist myth to become heroes of their own worlds.

What disasters have you harnessed to drive your career forward?

Here’s my audio elucidation:

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Mondo Beyondo Rocks #WDS

Jen Lemen and Andrea Scher of Mondo Beyond help world domination summit dreamers go even bigger. [Read more...]

Just Be Awesome @ #WDS

Sunday at the World Domination Summit rolled around with another day packed with love, inspiration and awesome. (Awesome was the word of the weekend, btw.)

Neil Pasricha of 1000 Awesome Things was scheduled to start off the day but he had become ill and had to return home. They showed his TEDx Toronto talk instead, [Read more...]

Karen Walrond’s Beautiful Difference at #WDS

Karen Walrond of Chookoolonks made such a powerful impression on me.

Her stunning photography and down-to-earth personality gave everyone permission to be themselves, and to enjoy it.

Here’s my audio elucidation of her presentation:

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Open Mind/No Plan – Jodi Ettenberg at #WDS

Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads inspires at #wds. [Read more...]