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Published in Bearings

·Sep 28, 2022

Belonging

To know how we belong to the world, we must first learn how to belong to ourselves. How we long to belong! We spend our lives in search of love and acceptance — from friends, from family, our spouses, and work. We strive to belong, yet the longing remains. …

Self Improvement

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Belonging
Belonging
Self Improvement

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Published in Bearings

·Aug 23, 2022

Mountain

This is not the strength our fathers and our brothers taught us. When I close my eyes, I see the mountain’s form — the wide base, the peaks, the charismatic presence that shapes the air and earth around it. …

Men

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Mountain
Mountain
Men

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Published in Bearings

·Jul 28, 2022

Rest

When we rest, we tend to our needs, and show kindness towards ourselves. Why do we deny ourselves rest? We need it, as surely as we need air and water. Sleep is rest, and we do not get enough of that. …

Self Care

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Rest
Rest
Self Care

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Published in Bearings

·Jun 22, 2022

Embraced

To be embraced is to join our suffering together, and in that communion find solace. For Chris. To be embraced is to be offered comfort and loving kindness when we are feeling broken, or sad, or lost, or defeated, or not enough. We are held — not for help because…

Self Compassion

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Embraced
Embraced
Self Compassion

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Published in Bearings

·Jun 7, 2022

Still water

What is gained when rushing water becomes still? For Sarah. The river widens, and its current slows. The rushing water becomes calmer, then grows still. Mud settles, and the water clears. Its surface holds the sky’s reflection. What is gained in this quieting of the water’s motion? There is silence…

Self Improvement

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Still water
Still water
Self Improvement

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Published in Bearings

·Jun 1, 2022

Roping up

To rope up is to commit oneself fully to a team. In that commitment, there is magic. For Scott. When crossing glaciers or steep terrain, climbers attach themselves at equal intervals to a shared safety rope. If one climber falls, the others must break the descent, or fall with them…

Teamwork

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Roping up
Roping up
Teamwork

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Published in Bearings

·May 24, 2022

Spring

Spring marks the beginnings of things that are not yet acknowledged, or understood. For Matthew Spring is the season for growth. It is a time of creation and discovery. It marks the beginnings of things that are not yet acknowledged, or understood. …

Life

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Spring
Spring
Life

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Published in Bearings

·May 17, 2022

Going Home

Going home is a return to safety and belonging. But which way is home? For Carlo. Going home is what happens after a journey. It is a return to safety and belonging, and to the familiar. It may require a physical return to family, or to the landscape of our…

Life

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Going Home
Going Home
Life

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Published in Bearings

·Updated May 10, 2022

Dropping Anchor

We all need to drop anchor at some time in our lives. But how do we know when it is time to pull up the chain and move on? For Kate. I have never been much of a sailor. But there is something magical about boats. The sails filling as…

Careers

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Dropping Anchor
Dropping Anchor
Careers

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Published in Virtual work

·Aug 21, 2020

Nine reasons why virtual work is a new medium

Soap operas began in the 1930s as radio shows. Despite their popularity, the transition to the new medium of television in the 1950s was not assured. The networks first introduced news and variety talk shows, avoiding the riskier business of reinventing soap operas for TV. All radio needed was a…

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Nine reasons why virtual work is a new medium
Nine reasons why virtual work is a new medium

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Ben Edwards

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Storyteller, coach, un-management consultant. Prolific author of books never written.

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