The most insidious assumption is: “That’s just the way it is”. I started noticing the pervasiveness of this belief courtesy, again, of Lynne Twist’s book The Soul of Money. In The Soul of Money Twist defines the three toxic myths of scarcity that she sees are universal worldwide. The third and most gripping of the three is: “That’s just the way it is”. Continue
I’ve always been a rapid fire reader, but lately it’s at a fever pitch. I’m going through an average of four books each week. It is delicious. As I dug through my stack of recent Amazon purchases this week, three seemingly disconnected books happily and accidentally came one after the other to form one of those “big theme” moments in my life. Continue
Yesterday I was talking with a client of mine and he told me the story of his great-great uncle’s immigration from Russia. It involved deserting the Russian army, walking to China, and then hiding in a boat as it left Shanghai to find himself- after what I’m sure was not exactly easy livin’- on the shores of San Francisco. Continue
It occurred to me that every week I’m stumbling upon wonderful goodies that help me (at least) live/experiment with/ explore the good life. It’s a wild grab bag o’ goodness, but I figured it would be fun to publish that each week. So here’s edition one of the treasure hunt (heavy on food, movement, and education reform this time…). And, yes, we’ll keep with the 11 tradition here too: Continue
It was a Twitter miracle. I had tweeted that I was packing for Seattle, and my friend Melissa Pierce asked if I would be in Seattle that coming Wednesday as she was showing her film at Seattle Geek Week. Continue
Hello! I'm the founding editor (chief cook and bottle washer, yadda, yadda) of The 11 Project and you've just found my blog home. This is where I ponder defining my own good life, making stuff, and finding treasure- which usually arrives in the form of the exceptional people I interview for the magazine. Welcome.