Sparking

Value or Principle, or Valuing Principles

by Grantonio on September 9, 2010

You see, successful living, sparked living, is experiencing a life where intrinsic values meet extrinsic principles. It is resonance between the internal world and the external world.

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To Spark is Universal

by Grantonio on August 29, 2010

To Spark is universal. In the developed world, it can be a blue-green glittering from a motherboard sending complex signals to high-tech machinery. In my ears it is a set of headphones, where every melody is generated by a spark. The coffee grinder in the background runs because the ignition switch was grazed by a [...]

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Friends of Your Sparked Mission

by Grantonio on July 28, 2010

In post-earthquake Haiti, sitting across from tent cities, fresh from my current favorite village in the rolling hills of this beautiful country, looking around the table at the small band of usually-disconnected travelers, I was pondering friendships. I knew that these people were friends, but I did not know ‘about’ them. I did not know [...]

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BOOK: The One-Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard

by Grantonio on April 3, 2010

The One-Minute Manager offers that model, albeit in allegorical form. I am also a fan of allegory, especially when I am just starting out studying out a topic. It is the best way I have found to begin to communicate the principles of a subject without overwhelming me. Allegory serves that need very well.

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TEDxTampaBay, Happiness and Ushahidi

by Grantonio on April 2, 2010

We could be doing the same work, seeing the same degree of profits, and still be Significantly improving the lives of those around us and in other countries.

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Sparking Success or Significance?

by Grantonio on March 24, 2010

A life in expectant attentiveness for the moment of surprising Significance, often typified as a life in the service of others, will inevitably lead you into many Successes. But the real reward is in the beauty itself.

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Kent Annan has a starkly transparent approach. He is so transparent at times in the book that it is uncomfortable! And this is coming from ME, folks!

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Jason, The Architect of Wow, and other Friend Thoughts

by Grantonio on February 24, 2010

With friends like these, I have no enemies. They help me root out that I am often my own worst enemy, and they do not rest until I return to a state of committing to be great.

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Lakeland Local: Valerie The Chef Destroys Defusers

by Grantonio on February 8, 2010

Meeting Lakeland Local, Valerie the Chef, and how she dealt with the Dream-Destroying Defusers; like a horde of zombies (the really fast ones, not the slow ones) chasing you into a parking garage with no back door and you are fresh out of 12-guage shells.

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God, Are We Listening?

by Grantonio on February 1, 2010

Using Covey’s Listening Continuum to improve my listening awareness, in relationships with friends, Haitian friends and aide recipients, and, more importantly, my relationship with God.

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