Category Archives: Abundance

The London Meditation Project

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

After meeting at the DO Lectures, I was trading notes with Catherine Powell about her wonderful talk on the London Meditation Project, and she shared some wisdom that she kindly has agreed to let me share on this blog: It … Continue reading →

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Scarcity and Abundance

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

It is so easy to experience what we feel we lack. There’s never enough time or enough money. We could do it if we just had a little more access, a little more support. I’ll start my new business soon, … Continue reading →

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Scarcity

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

A student at a nonprofit school of management told me that they are learning a lot about how to operate under conditions of scarcity – because that’s what the nonprofit sector is like. The catch is that if you start … Continue reading →

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The illusion

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Three years since I first started blogging, I’m beginning to get a glimpse of the phantoms that real writers battle: The illusion that, regardless of what happened yesterday, today you’ll have nothing to say. The twinge of loss when you … Continue reading →

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Critics’ critiques and cheerleaders’ cheers

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

There was a guy I went to school with who earned the (affectionate) nickname “Yes, but…” In any discussion, whether of microeconomic models or where to go for lunch, he started most sentneces with a nod to the contradiction, the … Continue reading →

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A dollar fell out of my pocket today

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

A dollar fell out of my pocket today while I was riding the subway. A passenger tapped me and pointed to the folded bill on the ground. Meanwhile a homeless man was asking the car for money. I looked at … Continue reading →

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Permeability

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

Yesterday’s post got me thinking about the question of permeability and the virtual organization.  A few years ago Niko Canner shared with me and my Acumen buddies the idea of a “virtual organization.” In Niko’s words, loosely paraphrased (and potentially … Continue reading →

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Abundance

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Here’s something I hear all too often: “Oh, we can’t ask her to donate (buy) to this new project (product), she already gives (buys) so much.” Which way does the value flow again? Remember, remember, remember, people don’t give (buy) … Continue reading →

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