• What is it about distraction? It’s easy to name it as the problem:a lack of focus, a wandering mind, too many inputs. But distraction is rarely the starting point. Disconnection comes first. A subtle separation from what is in front of us.From the task, the moment, the body, the reason we began. Once that thread…

  • Almost

    There’s something about a system that almost works. One system settles.The other needs adjustment. Again. And again. Not broken.Not unusable.Just slightly off. It keeps asking for attention. At some point, the question isn’t how to fix it. It’s whether it’s meant to settle at all.

  • Joy

    The article here isn’t just for those in the C-suite or who are “the boss” at work. It’s for all of us. Take a moment. Read it. Leneker is on to something. Is “work” just that? Or is it a passion? There’s of course nothing wrong with working to work: doing so keeps the lights…

  • On Seasons

    When people talk about seasonal affective disorder, they usually mean winter. Short days. Less light. A kind of heaviness that settles in. That’s real. But it isn’t the only pattern. — For some, it’s spring. Not the bloom people expect but the pressure of it. Everything waking up. Everything moving. Everything insisting on becoming something.…

  • On Performance

    People struggle with performance. — Not performance in the obvious sense—presentations, visibility, results. Something quieter. The performance of being: The performance of knowing what they’re doing while they’re still figuring it out. — You can build an entire career inside that performance. You can be rewarded for it. You can even convince yourself it’s real.…

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