You've probably heard that the stories we tell about ourselves are important, whether we’re telling them to ourselves or others. Our narratives, as they're called, help us define for ourselves who we are and what we're capable of.
Listening to someone, truly listening and trying to understand their point of
view, can be a gentle form of confrontation.
Confrontation usually involves getting into someone’s face and challenging
something they’re
In my upcoming book, I talk about Open Artifacts projects. It’s an idea I had a
long time ago based on Open Source projects, but instead of software, we would
create projects
Buckminster Fuller decided early on that trying to change people was a waste of
time.
He decided instead to change the environment (i.e. the choices people have) such
that people would spontaneously
To make a difference, you've got to make things that change the culture (the practical), but you also have to imbue those things with a life that reflects your unique self (the personal). That requires courage, personal growth and transformation, as well as innovation.
