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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on the professionalization of spirituality (part 2): what's next

this is part 2. see part 1 for framing.

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