Work the index
The list below is deliberately dense: scan dates, titles, and excerpts quickly, then open the essay that catches the thread.
Twenty-four articles per page keep the archive moving without making each card compete for attention.
Category: Articles
Roadmap
Read with direction.
Use this category as a focused corridor, then widen the map when a related question starts pulling you into another part of the archive.
Start with foundations
When you want the personal and philosophical base of the archive, begin with the Theory of the World essays.
Cross the boundary
Most useful ideas do not stay in one lane. Move sideways when a theme needs another lens.
Return to the whole
Step out of this category when you want the full field rather than one territory.
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Connect Unconnected Things
Take five things are unconnected and or unrelated and link them. The link may not be easy and may elude you for a while – but you will find it eventually….
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Decide If You Are Being Repelled or Attracted
When you realise that you are not free – you have to realise that something is holding you.
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Shift Dramatically and Live Incrementally
When the direction is wrong, change clearly; when the direction is right, build patiently through small repeated acts of alignment.
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Be All That You Can Be
At some point in life we realise that we are going to die one day and all of a sudden, we start doing more, being more and taking more responsibility.
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Release Your Subjects
We often imagine ourselves as the centre of the world. We do not say it that directly, but we live as if other people are part of our kingdom. They must understand us, respond to us, ag…
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Gratitude
There is a lot wrong in the world today. In many ways it boils down to one basic thing – gratitude. Gratitude is the anti-thesis of all the major sins. Lust…
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Combining Vision with Action
We often think that vision is something that is out there. Since I have completed my MBA, which included research on high performance in small teams, I have…
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Simplicity
Is there such a thing as simplicity? It is a surprisingly complex thing to make things simple. You have to search for the essence of what is – this requires…
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Thinking Things Through
I recently came across a process for thinking things through. I think it is something that we all should have and be trained on. How many times in life have…
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Identifying Opportunities
I was thinking today about identifying opportunities. We all get to see the world around us every day. Some of us take this as an opportunity to reflect on…
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The Hidden Bottom Line
I was asked to advise on some strategies for sales. A long time ago I learnt that one has to look not only for the bottom line and then the hidden bottom…
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Diving Into Issues
There is a wide debate in project management and other management disciplines that is phrased in the context of asking if it is absolutely necessary for…
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Bricks
A wise man recently said that what is most astonishing is that the choices that we make have such a profound effect on the outcomes that we experience later…
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Knowing What We Want
Do we really know what we want. I have realised for myself that the answer is deeply rooted in the ability to picture it in my own mind, not getting stuck on…
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Exploring Boundaries
Nicola Tesla invented the electricity that you are using in your house now because his teacher told him that it cannot be done.
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Focus and Inner Peace
We have all tried to focus and to varying degrees succeed. I think it is an essential skills to learn to clear your mind. If we all learnt how to clear our…
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Spiritual Business Processes
A reflection on karma, process discipline, engagement and the spiritual consequences of everyday business decisions.
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Distinctiveness as the Seed of Creation
Two long lost twins walk next to each other – looking identical and not knowing it. One is the CEO of a mega corporation and the other is a professor. A…
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Success Anchors
We are a lot more successful than we often remember. One of the interesting ways to remind yourself that you are a positive and inspired person is to think…
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Powerful Voice
Today I was reminded that a lot of our journey in life is about finding, exploring and delivering our voice.
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Looking for a Destiny
The science of searching for a destiny is very poorly developed. If we accept the teachings of most religious schools of thought then we have a purpose on…
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Celebrating Our Ancestors
I greet my great ancestors. I celebrate all that became before us – created paths that we can travel on and that give us a real appreciation for who we are…
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Conquering Fear
We are all afraid of something. Whether it is fear of what may happen today or tomorrow, or fear of the consequences of yesterday – we all seem to be able to…