Establishing clarity and getting candor are often confused with the use of profanity and “brutal” honesty in communication relationships too often filled with more noise than substance. There has long been a desire from audiences—whether in a family, or on the other end of an email communication—for the clear sending Read more…
By now, you already know that “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” are recent marketing creations, designed to get you to buy more, spend more, have more stress, engage in more consumption and to confuse “tradition” with moving money out of your possession and onto the bottom line revenues of brands. Read more…
This Thanksgiving, let us be grateful for the moments of silence, inside and around the moments of noise. The most important voices, and the most attention, go to family on this day. And while there may be things left unsaid, conflicts left unaddressed and fights left unkindled, today is the Read more…
In the world that we have built, noise is confused with engagement and silence is confused with disengagement. This is a problem, because in silence and disengagement, introspection and self-awareness are found. When the presence of noise is confused with engagement, distraction reigns, bouncing already limited attention from point to Read more…
Having an “attitude of gratitude” is what Thanksgiving is all about. But, it’s hard to demonstrate (and act on) gratitude in the hardest mission field in the world, when the average person is wealthier, healthier, and wiser than just three short generations ago. Gratitude comes from knowing from whom everything Read more…
Does the admonition my mother gave me during my childhood still ring true in an era of refugees, immigration and fears? Natural boundaries have existed since the dawn of human existence to separate “them” from “us” and, once Dunbar’s Number kicked in at scale, political boundaries existed as stories that Read more…
The fact of the matter is, credibility for the mediator is either eroded or strengthened in two spaces: At the table In a caucus At the table, the mediator can establish credibility early, by being on time, looking prepared and professional and by demonstrating knowledge, empathy, active listening skills and Read more…
There are two ways to “make a ruckus,” if you want to: The first way is to be generous, give away your knowledge and spiritual wealth (and maybe even your material wealth if you are led to) and to collaborate with others to use the power you have gained to Read more…
[Podcast] Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode #8 – Nicholas Jackson, Children’s Book Illustrator, Artist, Graphic Designer, Man of Faith, Entrepreneur, Thinker & Thought Leader [powerpress] Let’s talk honestly about the unmentionables. When I was a child—and then as I transitioned into adolescence—I was warned by my parents to never talk about Read more…
Everyone “knows” what “it” is, but we often confuse the outcomes of “it” with the source of “it.” Everyone “knows” that “it” is shifting geographically, technologically, morally, ethically, physically, mentally and spiritually, but no one “knows” why this shift is happening at this moment in our global historical consciousness. Everyone Read more…