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Love this week’s episode. Mike is an amazing man and his...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:33:37 -0500

Love this week’s episode. Mike is an amazing man and his approach to “getting clarity” has changed how I approach my day and my photography.

attentionsurpluspodcast:

This week, White Rabbit Group CEO Mike Wagner joins us for a mind-expanding discussion of creativity, leadership, clarity, community, and his career path from pastor (“starting churches for people who hate church”) to brand consultant to professional speaker.

We mention:

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School

Secret School of Business

Clay Shirky

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

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Fallen city.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:36:17 -0500

Fallen city.

Cherry Beach. Recycling?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:54 -0500

Cherry Beach. Recycling?

I got lost on the Bluffs today.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:22:59 -0500

I got lost on the Bluffs today.

Swans on Lake Ontario.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:09:00 -0500

Swans on Lake Ontario.

go ahead and take it.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:54 -0500

go ahead and take it.

Playing hookie.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:58:03 -0500

Playing hookie.

attentionsurpluspodcast: “What do I want to be when I grow up?”...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:14:00 -0500

attentionsurpluspodcast:

“What do I want to be when I grow up?” That’s the question on the cover of the little book that first drew our attention to this week’s guest. Pat Thompson is a leadership consultant, Metcalf Foundation Innovation Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Massey College.

She visited our living room studio to talk about vocation and good work, the value of being stuck, and the vital importance of reflection and good conversation.

The notebook, available at Dark Horse Espresso in Toronto, contains other deep questions and thought-provoking quotes — and, of course, plenty of space to reflect.

Links for this episode:

Pat’s website One Alpha Avenue

Frederick Buechner, writer and theologian

Wendell Berry’s essay “Conservation is Good Work” (PDF)

Parker Palmer, author and activist

“Is Your Job Your Calling” (Fast Company)

“The Way It Is” by William Stafford (“There’s a thread you follow”)

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One of our best episodes to date. Still thinking about all the things Pat shared about work, purpose and vocation.

Lake Ontario. Long exposure. Tommy Thompson Park.

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:22:58 -0500

Lake Ontario. Long exposure. Tommy Thompson Park.

Downtown.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:18:15 -0500

Downtown.

Pay up. Brickworks.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:27 -0500

Pay up. Brickworks.

Canada winters are about skating and hockey. I find these scenes...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:55 -0500

Canada winters are about skating and hockey. I find these scenes warming yet alien. They challenge my lack of Canadian history.

a very creative city garden plot… I think. :)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:41:08 -0500

a very creative city garden plot… I think. :)

attentionsurpluspodcast: This is as close as you’ll get to New...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:40:58 -0500

attentionsurpluspodcast:

This is as close as you’ll get to New Year’s resolutions from us: Eric talks about how he came to write a self-critical personal manifesto for 2012, and Sean offers his theory of a “threshold of distasteful actions” as one of the roots of procrastination.

Next week, we dig into Eric’s manifesto.

We mention:

Sean’s New Year’s Eve exercise for recognizing your accomplishments

Episode 42, with Jon Crowley

Episode 38: Valuing What You Do

the Inbox Zero method

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A great way to wrap up the year. One of our best, I...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:32:44 -0500

A great way to wrap up the year. One of our best, I think.

attentionsurpluspodcast:

The new year is almost upon us, and we felt it was time to look back at what we’ve learned over the past twelve months. Strategist Jon Crowley joins us for a discussion inspired by his thought-provoking insights from 2011 on balance, flow, leadership, discipline, and doing what you love.

Follow Jon’s Tumblr feed, or find him on Twitter at @joncrowley.

We mention:

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (see also his 2008 TED Talk on flow)

The mental models of Charlie Munger

And to all our listeners, we wish you a purposeful, passionate, action-packed 2012.

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I fell in love with this photo on a beautiful (but cold) Xmas...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:44:37 -0500

I fell in love with this photo on a beautiful (but cold) Xmas morning

aheartwhoseloveisinnocent:

~ the dead tree ~ by ~Fussel~ on Flickr.

The smokestack from the old brickworks factory in the Don...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:12:08 -0500

The smokestack from the old brickworks factory in the Don Valley. Originally started as a paper mill in 1830, the Taylor brothers quickly found a great source of clay and the factory would launch in 1889. Most of Toronto was built with bricks from this location.

A cold morning down at the Brickworks trying to paint with...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:10:52 -0500

A cold morning down at the Brickworks trying to paint with clouds, only there weren’t any. here’s what I did manage to snag. Playing around with my Lee 10ND filter.

Truth is my Compass, and Wisdom my Helm.: Dear Black Mother

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:18:20 -0500

Truth is my Compass, and Wisdom my Helm.: Dear Black Mother:

stunning and beautiful.

worth the read!!!

truths89:

I love you. I love you. You must understand that I love you.

I, a sensitive insecure little black girl, grew up hurting. Everything hurt. I grew up bleeding with no blood to show. My mother was a single-mother. She was twenty-three when she birthed me. I understood that she loved me. But when I…

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about."

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:29:35 -0500

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about.”

- Benjamin Franklin (via @FrankInLalaland)