Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your GrooveSM
October/November, 2009 Principle
Stay Awake, Alert & Aware
| Experience has shown me that what keeps us on the road to great futures, personally and professionally, is to have a set of core tenets that guide us even when the going gets rough. Each month's issue of the Gazette is focused on one of these principles. |
A Note From Karen
I’ve been ruminating about “Tribe” and how it plays into success and our future-making. Finding ourselves enmeshed in John Naisbitt’s once futuristic “high tech, low touch” world, social networks and “tribe” are becoming sought after respites for our connection-hungry souls.
To my great joy I’ve been admitted to a new tribe, the Association of Professional Futurists. It’s quite an honor I relish. Based on the members I’ve met so far, this is one tribe I’m putting down deep roots with for the long haul. More...
FEATURE
Time it was and what a time it was it was,
A time of innocence a time of confidences.
Long ago it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories, they’re all that’s left you…
~Simon & Garfunkel
Book Ends |
I attended my first ever High School reunion—decades post graduation! I didn’t know why I was going this time. Some part of me wanted to go “back to the future”. The prospect of sharing our stories and our dreams for our futures appeals now.
It wasn’t easy to match vague teenage memories to now adult faces. Nametags helped find old confidantes -- most now had more than one last name. No time for deep or earth-shattering conversations. No past loves sweeping me off my feet. Just warm confirmation that we are still standing after all this time. We reached across time, joyfully returning to yesteryear’s fold…dipping in to re-source for the journey ahead. More...
Karen Recommends
Last week I bought several “alcohol-free” hand sanitizers.
I was preparing for our upcoming get-away to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Only to read later that to be effective the minimum alcohol content is 60%. More...
Tools, Tips & How-To's
Be Prepared…
Before the high energy of the holidays takes over More...
Widening The Circle
When you look forward to the unfolding of the last months of 2009, are
you able to say that you will use this recovery to your advantage? What
are you doing to make your future rock?
Please share your responses.
To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you'd like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you'd like addressed.
I also invite you to get some 'real time' with me and your elite cohorts on
one of my complimentary limited time offer, ROCK ON teleclass and our upcoming weekly, Future Works® Network Member Meetings, launching March 2nd, 2010.
Are YOU A Change Agent?
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Future Works Institute is researching the critical strategies for catalyzing change and welcomes your stories and strategies for creating positive futures.
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