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Category Archives: Imagination
On the Value of “What Ifs”
‘What ifs’ are viewed by some as stumbling blocks to action, concern about a road not taken, or the belief that they don’t matter and wouldn’t change anything. They become a continuing hesitancy in the search for something better, a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Imagination, Perspective
Tagged limits, Opportunities, Sourabh Kaushik, What Ifs
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On Seeing What Others Do Not
“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” wrote Jonathan Swift. It is the magical ability to think with imagination and wisdom, to see what others do not see and see it before they do. Visionary thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination, Perspective
Tagged Big-Picture Thinking, Imagination, Limitations, Possibility, Vision
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Your Greatest Adventure
Speaking of life’s greatest adventures, Oprah Winfrey said, “The most important journey of our lives doesn’t necessarily involve climbing the highest peak or trekking around the world. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination, Perspective
Tagged Christopher Reeve, Disney, Dreams, Harriet Tubman, Life's Journey, Oprah Winfrey, Walt
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On Living a Life of ‘What Can Be’… the Joy of Imagination
Robert F. Kennedy said, “Some people look at things as they are and ask, ‘Why? I dream things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?’” His words capture the essence of imagination. It is the magical key that allows you … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Albert Einstein, Dreams, Exploration, Henry David Thoreau, Imagination, Robert F. Kennedy, Searching
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The Beauty of a Different View of the Pandemic
In a recent MERI Center Blog is a poem by Lynn Ungar about the pandemic. It opens great leaders’ eyes to a beautiful new way of seeing and living in this difficult time. Pandemic What if you thought of it … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Beauty, Challenge, Discovery, Lynn Ungar, Marcel Proust, Mindset, POEM, Possibility
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On the Joyous Freedom Imagination Brings
Albert Einstein wrote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Einstein’s words bring an … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Albert Einstein, Freedom, George Bernard Shaw, Imagination, Knowledge, Logic, Power, Understanding
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On the Joy of Living Your Potential
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” His words speak to the power of one’s potential which awaits release in the moment of our decision. Our potential is … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Confucius, Destiny, Hal Elrod, Limit, Passion, Potential, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Zig Ziglar
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A New View of Hope
So often we hear people say the words: “I hope that I….” To those words is an immediate response from great leaders: “Hope is not a plan.” These words beg a call for action – to move from simply wishing … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Achievement, Action, Alexandra Trenfor, Dream, Hope, Rumi, Stephen Covey, Value, Worth
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On the Power of Dreams
Cesar Chavez tells great leaders: “To make a great dream come true, first requires a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.” It is from dreams that visions arise, and from visions strategy;from strategy goals and from goals results. Dreams … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Cesar Chavez, Dream, Eleanor Roosevelt, Goal, Instinct, Perseverance, Persistence, Possibility, Vincent Van Gogh, Vision
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On the Joy of Aspirations
“Aspiration is dissatisfaction with the gap between now and not-yet. Aspiration is dissatisfaction with who-you-are-now and who-you-hope-to-be in the future” writes Dan Rockwell. Another way of saying this is that aspiration is the fiery goal inspired by passion and commitment to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Commitment, Dan Rockwell, Future, Goal, Henry David Thoreau, Inspiration, Passion, Possibility
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