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  1. "You can't avoid including people: life is about creating new systems through relationships." http://bit.ly/Oy933 (via @joegerstandt)
  2. The line between creativity and psychological disorder is astonishingly thin. http://sn.im/gbk12
  3. "You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are." — Anna Quindlen (via @Z12) http://sn.im/me37m
  4. Quantum leaps always generate resistance. In physics, it's called inertia. In people, it's called skepticism and doubt.
  5. "Benchmarking runs almost directly contrary to what we know about how innovation actually works in complex organizations" http://sn.im/mdk22
  6. Try replacing "can't" with "choose not to" today and see what happens. (via @pattidigh)
  7. The most common form of stupidity, in my experience, is an obstinate attachment to old ideas.
  8. "Reality is especially malleable right now, so the most forcefully expressed prophecy will probably come true." I love Rob Brezsny.
  9. "Whining doesn't make for a very mellifluous swan song," writes Steven DeMaio. See "Don't Quit the Way Sarah Palin Did." http://sn.im/m8xs1
  10. In this day and age the main function of work isn't production but self-development. It's amazing how quickly we forget that in a recession.
  11. My latest photo essay, three years in the making, looks at environmental devastation and decline at the Salton Sea: http://sn.im/lsora.
  12. As a longtime espresso lover, I was astonished to hear from a barista at Starbucks that fewer than 1% of customers order straight espresso.
  13. The cause of despair? Comparisons.
  14. People grumble about having teenagers, but I think it's because it forces us to relive our own messed up childhoods. It's actually a thrill.
  15. In "Integrity: Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason," Barbara Killinger says it often comes at a terrible price. (via @Margaret_Scott)
  16. Stephen L. Carter describes integrity as 1) deciding what's right 2) acting on your belief, and 3) making the belief public (via @johncr8on)
  17. Interesting and insightful replies on integrity. Good food for thought. Many thanks @Margaret_Scott, @johncr8on, @josephpred and @pauljlynch
  18. How would you define integrity? I see it as a basic lack of interest in what other people think of us—an immunity to criticism and applause.
  19. Patience, said Rodin, is also a form of action.
  20. A wonderful book: "Dialogues With a Modern Mystic" by Andrew Harvey and Mark Matousek. http://sn.im/l04o8