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Flow according to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the optimal experience -- where nothing else matters. One experiences an intense concentration that doesn't allow for problems or anything else to distract the mind, where you lose yourself and time gets distorted.
Read MoreWhether you're a seasoned organization or a startup chances are high that you've sat through a strategy session with your team. Regardless of the complexity and phase of your organization, you and your team have likely pondered how to grow, expand, or increase revenue and impact. I'd like to invite you to layer on a few additional questions at your next session.
Read MoreDid you know that there are many philosophies that support the belief that LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE?
Ayurveda teaches us that if we have an excess of one element within us that we tend to want more and more of the food, activities, and emotions that match that element.
From the seven universal laws the Law of Vibration teaches us that everything has an energetic vibration and that like vibrations find each other. This is similar to the Law of Attraction.
One year ago I left the steady paycheck of Silicon Valley to start my own company. I have exactly one year’s worth of experiences and transitions under my belt- it feels good. However, the first year is a wild ride. Starting your own company or practice can be like taking 15 years worth of life’s experiences in one gulp.
Read MoreI frequently get asked, “Erica, how exactly does Follow the Sun work?” referring to claims that mimicking Nature's processes drives an improved business mentality and bottom line. “Does this mean we have to go out into the woods and find ourselves?” Well yes at some point I recommend that you do just that, but today let's talk about brainstorming. The finding yourself blog post comes later on.
Read MoreWe’ve all done it.
Ordered a small little salad in an effort to be healthy and then sit chomping away in front of our computer looking into the daily abyss of emails.
Perhaps we’ve gone out and vented with a colleague or two about work and crammed down the biggest plate of chicken nachos this side of the Rio Grande.
Read MoreMonday, January 29, 2018 marked the historic date in time when the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country was signed. Kristine McDivitt Tompkins of Conservacion Patagonica donated one million acres of restored land to Chile President Michelle Bachelet. The area donated makes up Pumalín National Park and Patagonia National Park. I will forever remember that our volunteer group played a small part in this exchange. The experience was and still is the defining moment of my career.
Read MoreI’ve spent the last twenty years working in corporate environments that left me depleted, fried, and ready to run away to an island. And yes, I actually did that.
The cycle was always the same: hyper-focus on growth, competition, rapid results and then an immediate halt because there was a change in course. The crazy wheel of chaos left me uninspired.
Isn’t there a better way to do business?
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