 By Jim Selman | Bio
As an elder, what do I have to say regarding the ‘crisis’ in the
financial system? To begin, I don’t know what to say about the crisis.
But I do know that this is not a time for ‘idle’ opinions or mouthing
platitudes and ideological dogma. I know the seemingly ‘sudden’
emergence of this situation is mostly the fact that the media and
government pays attention only after something happens and doesn’t
bother to listen to thoughtful commentary before the fact—perhaps
because so much of their business is about who to blame. A few things are clear...[ Read More]
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By Jim Selman | Bio
I don't think that age is personal. I know
it feels like it is 'me' that is getting older, but I don't experience
myself as older. If anything, I experience my 'self' as being 'better'
than at any time I can remember over the past 66 years. I feel more
'alive', more engaged, more present and more satisfied than ever. It is
true that my body can’t run, wrestle or climb as easily as in the past.[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
Nathan Oates, a Christian minister who writes a very thoughtful blog called “ Theologically Speaking”,
did a nice piece on loneliness. His point: how we seem to fragment our
society into all kinds of niches and end up not relating to or
connecting with most of the people around us. Even in the churches that
one would imagine to be the most community-oriented institutions, the
norm is to break the congregation into oriented ‘special interest’
groups according to age—the tots, teens, 20 ‘somethings’, 30
‘somethings’, middle-agers and seniors. While such segregation might
make sense in terms of some ‘educational’ objectives, it makes no sense
spiritually and undermines the whole idea of a multigenerational
community.[ Read More]
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
While Americans debate the need for universal
healthcare in their country, Canadians are wondering about the need for
stringent controls on the classification, labeling and distribution of
therapeutic drugs, foods and medical devices. The federal government
has proposed Bill C-51, touted as a ‘security’ measure, clamps down on
the healthcare industry and poses a potential threat to the country’s
citizens by limiting the options available to consumers. We now have
pharmaceutical drugs and natural health products: the bill, if passed,
will merge both into one category called “therapeutic products”.
Neutraceuticals, derived from foods essential to life, would become
subject to drug testing routines and prescription requirements.
Currently, only pharmaceutical drugs are considered toxic until proven
they have therapeutic benefit.[ Read More]
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Well, it looks like Hillary is bowing out—actually more like accepting
the fact that she can’t win. Polls in that league are realists above
all else. I assume we’ll get the inside dope on whatever backroom deals
were made in the weeks ahead. Now the healing and reunification of the
Democratic Party must begin. However, before we relegate Hillary to the political graveyard, I want
us to stop and reflect on what an incredible process this has been and
acknowledge her for her strength and courage.[ Read More]
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In the 1970s, I belonged to The World Future Society. I even toyed with
the idea of becoming a ‘futurist’. I vaguely recall that there was a
magazine on the subject and various intellectuals were trying to get
prediction raised to the status of a science. According to Wired
magazine, the Society still exists and there are people who call
themselves professional futurists, but the numbers are shrinking and
their status seems to be less than in the past—primarily because the
future is increasingly less predictable (if it ever was). Yet, why do people continue to seek answers to what will the future be?[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
Believers
in the Law of Attraction, take heed! If you are afraid, don’t try to
resist your fear. If you do, then you will give more power to it and
end up attracting what you are afraid of. I know. I’ve just experienced
my worst fear: of being very sick, alone, and uncertain about what is
happening.[ Read More]
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It seems appropriate on this Earth Day that
I am scooting along the French countryside at about 180 mph on one of
Eurostar’s fast trains on my way to Amsterdam. I decided that the
chance to spend a few hours away from hotels and airports might be a
refreshing change. I was right. The scenery is lovely and the ride
comfortable. If governments and organizations could move this fast,
there is no telling what could be accomplished. I have been working a lot this trip with the question of how to get more velocity into my client’s decision-making processes.[ Read More]
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I don't think that age is personal. I know it feels like it is 'me'
that is getting older, but I don't experience myself as older. If
anything, I experience my 'self' as being 'better' than at any time I
can remember over the past 66 years. I feel more 'alive', more engaged,
more present and more satisfied than ever. It is true that my body
can’t run, wrestle or climb as easily as in the past. I make love more
often than in the best moments of my youth and, best of all, I am
experienced enough to enjoy it more. While age is always relative, I
can't really think of anything about being my age that isn't wonderful.
Moreover, I am looking forward to every day being the best yet.[ Read More]
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In the late 80s, Anne Wilson Schaef and Diane Fassel wrote a book called The Addictive Organization.
While I have a very different experience and theory than what they were
proposing, I think their metaphor was perfect. For me, the idea that an
organization or society can become ‘addicted’ is not a metaphor. I
believe, like Charles Horton Cooley, that “Individuals and
organizations are not separate phenomenon; they are the collective and
distributive aspects of the same thing”. The way I express this idea is
that “the ego is to the individual what the culture is to the
organization (or society”). What I am saying is that, from a phenomenological perspective, the ego
and culture are both self-referential structures of interpretation. [ Read More]
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