A few weeks ago, I came across a perspective with which I disagree profoundly. The premise was somewhere along the lines of ‘the lack of self-development is also caused by lack of reading, especially of specialized books; you might as well read twenty books of fiction a month, it’s for nothing if you don’t read …
Author archives: Andra
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Here there be dragons
Dragons, eh?! I bet there’s not one of us who wasn’t told or read a story about dragons when he/she was a wee child. What I think was most wonderful about these stories (my grandma used to tell me a lot of them!) is that they’re inevitably about courage or conquering your fears or pursuing …
Compound Coaching
Coaching is an amazing experience to go through. As a coachee, it allows you to experience the generosity of others. As a coach, it means adopting a posture of generosity and curiosity and serving. Back in February (it’s July as I’m writing this), I had the pleasure of going through a coaching session with two …
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
And then, there’s music and there’s magic and so, there’s hope <3
Notes from one introvert to the World
Dear World, Everything’s different and everything is the same at the moment. Everything and nothing has changed. Things are strange, and then not quite so. Confusing, isn’t it? The world has turned topsy-turvy, as some people (annoyingly say). I mean, topsy-turvy?! Aside from going on long weekend walks through gardens or to museums, and the …
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Don’t be yourself, be yourselves
I have a lot of ongoing conversations, with Frank, with myself, with my Muse, God, the Universe, as well as a whole bunch of other people. I also dream a lot, in a way that it doesn’t make any sense but somehow it all comes together later down the road. I’m doing my best to …
On creativity and play
For some peculiar reason, we’ve denied ourselves the space or time or willingness to be creative. It’s easier to say in a shoulders-shrugging manner, I don’t know or I’m not the creative type, really. I should know, I’ve done it myself plenty of times. You see, when I was a kid, I used to write …
Under Pressure with Andrew Summey
Have you ever met people that made you think ‘Oh, I really want us to talk more about x and y’? People you felt you have unfinished conversations with, even though you haven’t talked to them before; people whose work you’ve read and whose thinking strongly resonated. Queue Andrew, human extraordinaire, always asking for two …