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The End of the Beginning

Monday Jan 02 2012

By Jim Selman Bio 

Ah, January 1st, the new beginning and a chance to finally get it right this year. Or is it?

Perhaps it is the End of the Beginning. When we began as a nation, we were full of hope and idealism. We believed that every person could thrive and prosper if they worked hard and learned from their past mistakes.

Today, can we honestly say we believe that hard work will take us in the direction of our dreams? What happened to us? Where are we going?

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Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: beliefs commitment democracy new year

Lake Kiowa

Monday Jul 05 2010

   By Jim Selman | Bio
The Fourth of July is a uniquely American holiday. This weekend, I felt a little bit like I was a part of a Bill Geist segment on small town celebrations on CBS’s Sunday Morning show. My father is a World War II veteran. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1939 and retired after a career in the military in 1968. Yesterday, the community of Lake Kiowa, Texas honored him and 31 other survivors of the ‘greatest generation’ for their contribution. It was a very moving experience to witness[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: bill_geist commitment fourth_of_july honor lake_kiowa sacrifice veterans

Moods

Tuesday Jan 12 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio
Moods ‘color’ our experience of living. They are all encompassing interpretations of the world—especially the future—and tend to determine the quality of our lives. When we are in a positive mood, the world is bright and we ‘feel’ great. When we are in a negative mood, we typically want to withdraw from or strike out at everyone around us.  One of the most useful things we can learn as we grow up (at any age) is that moods aren’t personal. First of all, they are involuntary. No one I know decides they will be in a bad mood (although there are a few who more or less equate their mood with ‘the way I am’, which can[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: commitment future moods paradigm quality_of_life story worldview

Second-Guessing

Tuesday Dec 15 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
Over the past few years, I have written about how life in our society is increasingly becoming a 'spectator sport'. I am again reminded of this as I listen to week after week of pundits second-guessing President Obama and other leaders as if their points of view are a) true, b) somehow contributing to a civil public discourse, and c) honest and not contrived to produce controversy or provoke conflict and drama.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Leadership

Tagged with: coliseum commitment leader media nero obama spectator_sport wall_street

Boundaries: Choosing Change

Monday Nov 30 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
We’ve all experienced a situation—whether in a marriage, friendship or business relationship—where we find ourselves thinking about the other person and saying, “I love you, BUT…”. It’s in that moment we realize a particular behavior of theirs is not acceptable to us and has become a source of stress and resentment. For many, resentment almost always leads to a downward spiral of self-destructive behavior and the eventual destruction of the relationship. I was coaching a friend recently who is in such a dilemma.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Personal Empowerment

Tagged with: addiction boundaries change choice commitment habit possibility relationship risk

Learning and Environmental Choices - Part 2

Friday Nov 27 2009

   By Rick Fullerton | Bio

While I don’t have any quick fixes to offer, here are a few ideas that may have potential:

1.  As within, so without.  All change begins with me.

Recognize that who we are and what we stand for is the starting point for all significant change. Looking inside ourselves to clarify what is important is an essential step.

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Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: commitment copenhagen environment intergenerational_conversations post-kyoto responsibility sustainable_future

The Future Habit

Monday Nov 09 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
It is almost impossible to turn on the television or read a newspaper or a magazine without encountering one pundit, expert or “man on the street” either talking about the future or trying to blame someone for something. Our media commentary is rarely about what is happening now: mostly it’s about what happened in the past or what someone thinks is going to happen in the future. Combine the establishment media with all of the blogging and chatting going on, and it is incredible how fixated we are on what will happen next.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: choice commitment control force future habit past possibility prediction relationship transformation

Global Warming & Our Commitment to the Future

Monday Oct 12 2009

   By Rick Fullerton | Bio


Recently, I have been focusing more and more of my attention on global warming and, in turn, on understanding my own reactions and responses to what’s happening. The results so far have been both fascinating and challenging. One aspect of the global warming conversation involves the role of the media in reporting scientific evidence and projections regarding the effects of carbon dioxide in heating the planet. In particular, I have learned about

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Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: choice climate_change commitment community future global_warming leaders post-kyoto

Moods

Wednesday Jul 22 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio
Perhaps the most pervasive and omnipresent aspect of being alive is our moods. We are always in one mood or another. Moods are either positive or negative and they ‘color’ our experience of living, affect how we relate to others and our circumstances, and have extraordinary power to open or close possibilities. If we examine this phenomenon, we can see that our moods are portable—we take them with us wherever we go. I can be angry at home and find that mood affecting me at work or even on the golf course. Moods are also[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: action choice commitment context future mood possibility resignation

Where Is a Genie When You Need One?

Wednesday Jul 15 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
There is a widely understood belief in Argentina’s culture that “the way we are is a big part of the problem … and one of our characteristics is that we’re always waiting for a leader to come along and save us.” The first time I heard this I was giving a talk to a large event in Buenos Aires. A man stood up and challenged my ‘American optimism’, suggesting that I just didn’t understand the way things really were in ‘their’ country. My response was to acknowledge that this may be true and to suggest that, since they were all waiting for the leader to appear, perhaps he could take the job until the leader came along. That got a chuckle or two and drove home my point. We live as if[Read More]

Written by eldering at Leadership

Tagged with: breakthrough commitment faith genie leader miracle possibility vision

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