“Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness.” -Graham Greene I often get asked something like, “Why bother?” … because it’s unclear to most folks exactly what it is that I do. It’s usually a sign of some confusion that I get asked such a thing, because the connection between the work I [...]
Language & Linguistics
Foolish Wisdom … Making The World Go ‘Round …
“Foolish wisdom is about dealing with the world in ways you have not before …” Challenge is … Most folks can’t get out of their own way What I mean by “most folks can’t get out of their own way” is that they lead with their limitations. Of course, they don’t mean [...]
The Aesthetic Frame
There’s a profound possibility in organizing aesthetically … in other words to see the world in terms of pattern and potential beauty. I used a word for it in a response on Facebook earlier today … “SPLENDOR” … to become present to and aware of SPLENDOR. Specifically the beginning point may be as simple as [...]
New Games and New Code …. Survival and Prosperity in the New World Order
New Games and New Code … Survival and Prosperity in the New World Order I’ve struggled with writing this post for more than a few days now. Let me begin at the beginning and sharing why this has been a difficult post for me to write. I hate the idea of being a harbinger [...]
Applied Mythology 101: Reflections On Heroes, Mentors and Stories
Applied Mythology, ala Dr. Joseph Riggio and the MythoSelf Process, Is NOT About The Telling Of Old Stories … Applied Mythology IS ABOUT How To Incorporate The Structure Of Mythic Form Into Your Life To Make It More Whole and Wellformed … i.e.: More Blissful Heroes and Mentors I have a couple or “Intellectual [...]
What The Single Most Important Decision You Must Make?
Almost every day I ask myself a single question (amongst others of course … but this one I ask myself almost every single day …). “What is the contribution that I will make today?” And, almost every day I come up with the same way to answer it too: How can I help people make [...]
Stepping Forward: A Hero’s Journey
Stepping Foward: A Hero’s Journey [The animation of Joseph's presentation at TEDx Academy, Athens, Greece 10 October 2011] ““You All Have Brilliant Brains … And Bad Educations.” – Dr. Joseph Riggio In this video, Dr. Joseph Riggio explores the topic of how our stories shape the worlds we live in, as individual and collectively. He [...]
Moving Beneath The Meta in NLP
Meta- (from Greek: μετά = “after”, “beyond”, “with”, “adjacent”, “self”) The prefix comes from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-), from “μετά”,[1] which meant “after”, “beside”, “with”, “among” (with respect to the preposition, some of these meanings were distinguished by case marking).In Greek, the prefix meta- is generally less esoteric than in English; Greek meta- [...]
Rethinking the Value of Language – Part 3
Howdy all … Using a thread that began with a posting about the Swine Flu vaccination on a colleague’s Facebook page I’ve been analyzing how the interactions have progressed from that posting into a minor flame war. However what’s most interesting to me is the underlying structure. I been looking at the structure and impact [...]
Rethinking the Value of Language – Part 2
Howdy all, I wanted to get to this post while the thinking is still fresh for me … [NOTE: If you haven’t read Rethinking the Value of Language (Part I), yesterday’s post here in BlogNostra I recommend that you do that first, http://www.josephriggio.com/blog/entry/rethinking-the-value-of-languge/ ] What originally compelled me to begin writing this series of article [...]
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