Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
During my travels two years ago, I met some amazing people at Second Wind Dreams. This organization grants dreams to people in nursing homes. In the book I tell of the dreams granted to Mae
I found some of the dialogue around Ben Bernanke, the potential replacement of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, quite interesting. It felt like a debate about goal-setting. According to a recent Associated Press article by
There is a new article on kansascity.com about Goal-Free Living entitled: “Without a goal, we don’t have to keep score.” I really enjoyed the perspective of the author, Cindy Hoedel . Click here to read
“I don’t know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I’ve had
Ok, riot is a bit of a strong word. No tables were tossed and no fires were set. However, new ideas did spread like wildfire. And a rebellion of sorts did take place. Let me
This past weekend I spoke at the Worldblu event in Washington DC. While there I met so many interesting people. One such person is Alexander Kjerulf from Denmark. His website has some good stuff. He
In a recent goalfree.com survey, 1 in 7 Americans said that they either broke the law or did something immoral to help them achieve their goals. And that is only those that ADMIT to doing
I recently attended a workshop, where a large focus was on goal-setting. Given my contrarian perspective, I was asked to briefly speak to the group about Goal-Free Living. The next day, a woman came over
Here is the first paragraph of another comment posted on my blog: “I stumbled across your web site today and succumbed to my curious state. Goal-Free Living, how contrary to the stuff forced down me
One of my favorite authors is Carl Hiaasen. He writes fun books where the bad guys are always land developers in Miami. In his book Sick Puppy, one of the characters is a dog. A
A recent New York Times article raises the question, “What is happiness. In the United States and in many other industrialized countries, it is often equated with money.” The article continues with an idea of
In Alan Alda’s new book, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (And Other Things I’ve Learned) , he tells a story about “The Apple Tree,” a mid-’60s Broadway play, which resulted in a Tony nomination. What
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