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STEP BACK FROM THE URGENCY (Another IPS)

STEP BACK FROM THE URGENCY (Another IPS)

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Urgency, the repeated hammering on the direness of some situation or other that absolutely requires your personal immediate attention (or else), has become the go-to stance for so many of the professional and amateur persuaders in our lives these days. They tell us that urgency is different than panic.  Panic is a freak-out.  You run around like a chicken without a head, not knowing where you are going, bumping into things and falling down a lot. The proper response to…

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MAKE THE ORDINARY SACRED

MAKE THE ORDINARY SACRED

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I am reading a book by a man I admire greatly, Edward Espe Brown.  He was the first head cook at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center back in the 1960’s and later founded Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. His earliest book, THE TASSAJARA BREAD BOOK is a classic. More than one dear friend remembers their well-thumbed, flour-coated and oil-stained go-to copy of the book and the loveliness that flowed from their hands and the kitchens of their youth.

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THE TROUBLE WITH PIVOTS

THE TROUBLE WITH PIVOTS

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I don’t know.  Maybe I am misunderstanding this new-to-me concept of “pivots,” as applied to making business moves and such.  They seem to be telling me:  You don’t like the way things are unfolding?  Fine.  Turn around.  Go sideways.  Move that booty.  Yuh-huh!

HOW TO MESS AROUND

HOW TO MESS AROUND

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Hands-on (often inept) fooling around with stuff has been called “tinkering.”  The top definition for the word “tinkering” in the online collaborative Urban Dictionary is this:  “to mess around with something and you don’t really have a clue what you are doing.”  (The regular dictionary definitions are pretty boring.)

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MAKING ROOM

MAKING ROOM

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I’m re-reading an invaluable book, CREATING A LIFE WORTH LIVING, which was written by Carol Lloyd, the founder of The Writing Parlor and the Life Worth Living workshops. Over the years since I first read it in 2011 it has kept me focused on integrating my propensities for Making into a regular, ordinary sort of life.  It is an ongoing process, always.