meeting new people lets us get to reinvent ourselves

this week, i’ve had two or three conversations that have made me want to write this update on my thoughts about the importance of personal storytelling. i can’t remember the third conversation, but the first was with danielle coates-connor (of infinite growth) and the other was with a friend from school, xau ying.

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basic organization meeting framework (or why are nonprofits so poorly managed?)

to date, i have not worked at a non-profit organization that wasn’t poorly managed. i’ve worked at at least five. i have some systemic suspicisions about why this is, but i’ll leave that alone for later…

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random train encounters: downtown to the bronx

earlier this week, i was riding the train in nyc with some colleagues from grand central out to our office in the bronx. i had another random train encounter. long story short, it was great.

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how do i find such a range of things to write about?

last week i had lunch with a good friend (hey, craig!) and he asked me how it was that i found so many different ideas to write about. as i was explaining it (as often happens), i began to understand my own system better.

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can you take a routine and needs too far?

i’m a huge fan of routines and i write and think about them often, especially with people i coach. one of the biggest benefits they provide is (ironically) freedom. having a routine defined for a particular area of your life allows you to move through somethign without having to think about what you’re doing; you can just do it.

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