The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Science, Imagination and A Garden Meet: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation I first came across this garden in Louise Penny’s 10th book, The Long Way Home, of the Inspector Gamache series. The name alone intrigued me. The garden represents a collaboration between the late Charles and Maggie Jencks at Portrack House, their home in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Modern […]
In My Library
Do you need a dose of extraordinary real-world experiences and places to fire up your imagination? Look no further than Atlas Obscura, the website and the book. Atlas Obscura is not simply a place for those already predisposed to creative, out-of-the-box thinking. It offers a tremendous resource for all of us to shift perspective, receive inspiration […]
James Doty: Into the Magic Shop
Reading the journey of neurosurgeon, James Doty MD, does indeed have a fantastical element to it. He was born into a family where his mother was ill and his father an alcoholic. A world characterized by uncertainty, violence and few prospects. At 13 he began taking drugs and was beginning to get into trouble. By […]
10 Powerful Career Coaching Questions
Whether you work with a coach or not, powerful, open-ended questions are a way for you to kick-start the process of shifting perspective, whatever the issue. Our beliefs, fears, saboteurs and old narratives can keep us “stuck” in a certain way of thinking that prevents change and growth. Consider these questions as portals to your […]
The Delayed Gratification Trap
Are you stuck in the Marshmallow Experiment? Medical education and training can deliver rewards and satisfaction in terms of achievement, increasing competency and patient interaction, but it is also an exercise in significant sacrifice and delayed gratification. Such things as time, money, relationships, leisure activities are put on hold in service of becoming and growing as […]
Building Your Tribe
“The only true voyage would be not to travel through a hundred different lands with the same pair of eyes, but to see the same land through a hundred different pairs of eyes.” Marcel Proust Entrepreneur, investor and author, Tim Ferris, opens his fascinating book Tribe of Mentors with the quote above. Turning 40 and feeling at […]
Ice Fishing
“Perhaps they are seeking the greatest attraction of ice fishing: peace and tranquility. Out on the ice the silence settles in. The world calms. Restoration begins.” Reading about ice fishing is not something that I would normally do, but I have moved to a part of the country where it is a not uncommon activity. […]
Shifting Gear: Sportscars as a Metaphor for Everything
The incomparable Seth Godin brilliantly conceives of a provocative and succinct way to view “jobs, relationships and everything in between”. Ponder the four quadrants and decide which car you’re driving (or want to drive): fast and secure, hot rod, joy ride, or boring. Is it time to shift gear?