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potentia is here

potentia: a state of being not yet actualized, but capable of becoming real. power. potential. possibility. "just do it.. growth is at the edge of your comfort zone. no risk, no reward. go big or go home." you believe them. so you jumped off the cliff. and...

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you (and your vision) won’t thrive without them

in the world of "no pain, no gain", soft skills are undervalued, and in some cases, under assault (now that "empathy" has become a bad word for some). but soft skills, or a lack thereof, are also going to eat your lunch. without them, your vision dies. without...

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it may not be what you think

we humans like to oversimplify the complexity of the human experience and turn our deduction into an affirmation, meme, motivational poster, or argument about whether something is all one thing or all another thing when it is actually all of the things all...

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your nervous system is a root structure

over the last couple of posts, i have walked through elements of the root structure(s) that--when nourished and tended--support individuals and organizations to navigate complex change and bring vision into form.  the truth is that we need these same structures in...

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you need roots too

i know i'm not the only one who has forgotten to build myself (and my own root structures) into the equation of my life and vision. if you are leading a social enterprise or a mission or soul-based organization (even, or perhaps especially, an organization of one),...

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a tree with no roots

wings made of wax will fall out of the sky. a tree with no roots will fall. a vision without a support structure will fail. a human without the nervous system capacity and tangible resources needed to hold what they are creating will collapse (eventually). ...

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