google news alerts - monitor your own name!
Even more hardcore than simply google-ing your name whenever…
 
ps there it is again - why google beats yahoo - google is a verb.

George Gray:
I have studied many times  
The marble which was chiseled for me—  
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.  
In truth it pictures not my destination  
But my life.          
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;  
Sorrow knocked at [...]

"I got lost in NY one day
Found myself on library way
Below my feet set poems in stone
There caught in a butterfly net

Set words i had not yet met
And yet,
I had always known:
"the universe is made of stories, not of atoms"
- Muriel Rukeyser"
 
– poem by Natalie Shell

 
Other of my favourite plaques on Library Way (41st [...]

"Stories constitute the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal."
- Dr. Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard University, and Author of Leading Minds

I have been considering space (especially the built/man-created one) a lot lately and how important it is in shaping how we think, act and more…Like the importance of context, I think the physical space we find ourselves in is often significantly underestimated as a contributor to our outcomes. 
From time to time I consider writing an [...]

‘An idea is salvation by imagination.’- Frank Lloyd Wright
Found an interesting imagination visualisation exercise by Michael Munn today that leads you into the Forest of Your Imagination - all from the comforts of your own desk.
This first article is followed up with this one which takes you into ‘Comic Land’ to help you make sense of what [...]

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a [...]

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge,
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts
That hope always triumphs over experience
That laughter is the only cure for grief
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
– Robert Fulghum

1. And ‘old’ (since 2001) but continually evolving collection - if you haven’t read Otto Shamar’s Dialogue on Leadership you should! There are insights and beautiful tales to be had at every click! (ok so he spells it dialog but I am Australian)
2. A relatively new project: Lance Armstrong’s Foundation has a continously growing story collection "Survivorship Stories" whereby [...]

I had a lot of good response to the last post ‘when I grow up’ (though please post comments as well as email:)…
With thanks to FastCompany check this section out -  a great tool box of articles and perspectives on discovering purpose, branding you and more!