by DavidFraser | Sep 24, 2012 | Energy, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
People interacting with one another have sensory experiences involving images, sounds and feelings. Yet we’re often tempted to reach for analytical models; to turn the flesh and blood experience into an intellectual exercise and try to manage relationships at that...
by DavidFraser | Apr 9, 2012 | Change, Energy, Leadership, Personal Mastery
Forgiving others’ perceived wrongs is such a freeing thing to do, both for them and for us. History shows that those that get the best results over time act as if other people are doing their best, even if they don’t seem to be doing as well as they could. There is a...
by DavidFraser | Apr 4, 2012 | Change, Energy, Leadership, Learning, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Systems, Wisdom
We’re pretty used to being clear about what we want, what our vision is—clear enough that if it showed up, we’d recognize it. But what if we can’t get to that straightaway? That’s where “creative tension” comes in. Creative tension is what Peter Senge (author of...
by DavidFraser | Mar 7, 2012 | Energy, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
You celebrate them, of course. If you’re anything like me though, that’s sometimes after a twinge of envy—a brief moment of wishing for a similar success. That’s not the way of personal mastery, of course. There, others’ success is an enabler, a...
by DavidFraser | Jan 1, 2012 | Current Affairs, Energy, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, World Affairs
Happy New Year! May it be a good one for you and confound all gloomy predictions. Often in an extreme can be found its opposite. As atomic physicist, Niels Bohr said, “The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may...
by DavidFraser | Dec 7, 2011 | Communication, Energy, Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
We’re in almost complete silence. The background noise level is very low. We hear a little noise from outside, but not much. The winter sun streams in from the large windows. Everyone is aware of everyone else. Nothing is said. Nothing needs to be said....
