Self-leadership en action

  • The plot is thickening

    Several actors on stage, known, unknown; several possible dialogues, and still one story being written… Actually no, several stories being written, shortcuts of reality bumping onto each other, and among these, mine, bumpy and bumping. Is it about going with the flow, or riding the flow like the surfer on…

  • Moment of excellence

    It was one of those quiet mornings when life came easy and sparkling. I awoke smoothly to birds singing and a ray of sun on my face, both caresses of dreams and skin; and I opened my eyes confident and happy. Everything around me was so sharp and bright, exquisite…

  • Reality, which reality?

    ‘At least 95% of the process involved in seeing occur in the mind. The eyes and eye muscles respond to messages from the brain. Mental strain is the cause of blurred vision,’ wrote Thomas R. Quackenbush (extract from his book Relearning to see). Vision, it seems, is happening in our…

  • Reality…

    New smells this morning, and old smells at the same time… new noises this morning, still old noises… A jump through time of 12 hours with a step back for 6 and I am now in my reality, the one I had for the past three years in this city…

  • Moonlighting…

    At last, I step onto the terrace, step out of air conditioning and into real air. That feels amazing, especially with the wind getting crazy. I hear it against the building; it is not as strong as the singing in an harbour, though a nice start. That is the only…

  • The unexpected…

    Here I am, following the flow but not any flow… the flow of hikers and sporty people; I recognize them easily at their shoes, fitness bib on the wrist, a quick pace and a bottle of water in one hand –at least- and they are all heading to the Peak.…