Back2Different

I love the journey I took with Teresa as she and I explored the connection between accomplishment and journey. Too often we don’t celebrate the necessary increments—training, for instance—that are the motor behind the crowning accomplishment, say completing a marathon. And this applies to our emotions, our thinking, our reactions, our development and our relationships. Teresa calls that process integration into character. 

We can see and feel the results of our efforts, and we can also help ourselves stay tuned (in every way) by paying attention to the question, “Where did that come from?” 

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“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,” says Bilbo Baggins.
How many of us are feeling that way right now? Please join Colin Smith and I as we explore everything from Zoom fatigue to Goggle research.
Colin’s work—through his operation, Dexterity Solutions—is founded in listening. Seems to be a dearth of that most humane of human behaviors right now.
Maybe we can find room in the current gigantic crack of the pandemic to nurture connection by understanding (and practicing) the essential connection between Listening and Love.

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One of the unforeseen (at least by me) ripples from the pandemic has been the dissolution of distance. Dia and I found resonance in our points of view about leadership and learning online, and we've been talking ever since, though we've never met ftf. Dia re-introduced me to wabi-sabi, which I remember from my college days - the idea of transience and imperfection, especially in art. We certainly are living in a time of transience and imperfection, and Dia focuses on moving beyond wishful thinking - harvesting the current reality.

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Dennis Pitocco and I happenstanced (newly coined) via writing and realized we're both energized by possibility. Dennis found his success first through business, then through giving. These days, his title is Chief Reimaginator for a very cool cyber environment indeed: 360Nation (https://www.bizcatalyst360.com). As we back-and-forthed, we arrived at a question for back2different: However else we think about, and deal with, this tsunami, what would we like to create as our Legacy?

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My first (slightly unwilling) visit to Excel Pilates - two seconds in the door and I felt like I was coming home. It feels like a community, not just a business. Kerry De Vivo’s love of her work and respect for everyone permeates her – their – studio, and I’ve been a devotee ever since. 

Kerry’s story, her celebration of fitness, fairness, and movement all serve her well now as she maintains her clarity about what she can keep and what she needs to change in order to go back to different.

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Sean Casey, Senior Project Manager at Colleague Consulting, is part of my new wave of friends whom I have never met ftf. Back 2 different, right?

Like me, he's fired up about discovery and possibility. He promotes better as a vision that accepts risk and pushes forward. When we talk about where learning can go, his conversation is always generative—not just how we react to the “new different,” but how to enshrine the learning opportunities we create.  

And that gives him what Ben Zander calls “shining eyes.” Even virtually.

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So. Jimi Davies. Annapolis Neighbor. Publisher and Creative Director, Up.St.ART. And, of course, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. Oh, and a boxer named Betty White. We’ve said Hi, talked about the land around our little houses, and now we talk a bit about how this time in our lives and in the world has opened up possibilities for discovery: LIVE FEED.

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Boundaries brings me together with Krystyna Petersen and James Perryman, two entrepreneurs who launched their new project, MyPeopleClub on March 2. Talk about timing! Their discovery and learning as they have navigated this time of turmoil is part of the story they share with their clients at their online community and learning platform (www.mypeopleclub.com).

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Marilyn O’Hearne combines a strong grounding in executive coaching with a focus on cultural intelligence and compassion. Her message is focused, powerful, and inclusive. Join us for Bias, Grace and The Nap Ministry.

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Michael Iannini and I discovered each other through a shared passion for learning and a hunger for change. We want to transform assumptions about what school is for and how schools work (or don’t). Join us as Michael and I share our enthusiasm and focus on pivot points for change.

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