Vortex Eudaimonia : productive & joyful life

				click triangles and ••• links — March 30, 2010, 4 pm Denver Eudaimonia (Greek: εὐδαιμονία) is a classical Greek word commonly translated as 'happiness'. Etymologically, it consists of the word "eu" ("good" or "well being") and "daimōn" ("spirit" or "minor deity", used by extension to mean one's lot or fortune). Although popular usage of the term happiness refers to a state of mind, related to joy or pleasure, eudaimonia rarely has such connotations, and the less subjective "human flourishing" is often preferred as a translation. —Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia This vortex deals with these ideas as they apply to individuals, and also to their extension into the work of groups in every kind of venture or network collaboration. Good life depends not only on what you take into yourself, but also on what you choose to allow to surround youself, including organizations that provide opportunity to employ your abilities and providers of governance services. The work of each of these people contributes in some significant way to the development of freeorder within single minds or among collaborating minds. All are highly recommended. -leif

				Lara Ewing, Ewing & Associates •••

				Peter McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Company ••• —better energy, effectiveness, laughter, team-building

				Positive Psychology in Business •••

				Peter McLaughlin is part of a vanguard group in the new field of Positive Psychology**  studying the role of positive emotions in business, such as optimism, zest, resilience, and gratitude. The research is clear: positive emotions help you live longer, have better health, work more productively, and make more money.

				**The field Positive Psychology was spearheaded by Peter’s colleagues Martin Seligman, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania; and Chris Peterson, Ph.D., University of Michigan.

				Emergenetics — the art of balancing brain styles to make good teams

The Emergenetics Profile •••
Our personalities emerge from our genetics and are further shaped by our ongoing life experiences. Emergenetics is a unique and flexible approach to personality profiling that is based on the latest brain research.

				Catchfire Café ••• Catchfire Video •••

				Adventures in Boomerland

				A small group of creative colleagues is developing an exciting program entitled “Adventures in Boomerland.” The program is being roughly targeted to individuals age 46 to 90 - individuals often referred to as “early boomers,” late boomers,” and “pre-boomers.” The purpose of the program? To optimize one's journey through life's Third Age. The age that could well be the most rewarding and exciting time of one's life. To flourish, not languish in the last third of life. The program is seeking people who are unafraid of change; who are insatiable in intellectual curiosity; who are interested in big things and small happinesses. People who intend to “go quietly into the night” need not apply. The program, now in its nascent stages, will consist of hands-on workshops and retreats, web-based seminars, special tutorials, networking experiences, and appropriate products. The objective is to instill a “leaping out of bed” feeling by optimizing participants' strengths rather than dwelling on their weaknesses. It will address the participants' physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. We'd like to know if such a program interests you.

				Meg Biddle, Cartoonist •••

				Jan Prince, speaker, NLP trainer

				Bill Casey & Wendi Peck, Executive Leadership Group •••

				Pat Wagner, speaker, writer — leadership, effective management, supervision •••

				Pat Wagner Webinar Recordings offered by The American Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA), a division of The American Library Association (ALA) •••

				“The Executive-Decision Maker’s Secret Weapon – How You Can Make Better Choices with the Use of Graphic Models” •••

				"The increased speed of change, along with new and shifting user expectations, and political and financial pressures, make decision-making more difficult, even for seasoned library leaders. Simple visual models can help capture useful (and sometimes slippery) data, better communicate issues to stakeholders, and earn trust and respect through transparency. Learn two time-tested models from the negotiation community, which can be applied and shared in many situations."

				“Learn the Supervisor’s Balancing Act – How You Can Bring Out the Best in Your Top People Without Micromanagement” •••

				"Library leaders might hesitate, with justification, to interfere with the work of top managers. After all, didn’t you promote, hire, or retain people with the experience and breadth of vision to run departments and buildings without micromanagement? However, even top managers have issues. Are they coordinating their efforts with their administrative team members? Are they consistently working within the parameters and priorities of the strategic plan? Are they modeling the best behaviors of civility and customer services? Are they growing their skills and changing along with the people they supervise? It is not that top managers don’t need supervision; it that the scope and direction is different."

				“Make Your Library Dreams Come True – How to Use Project Management Techniques to Write a Strategic Plan” •••

				"Why does a library’s strategic plan often fail? Because your overarching and ambitious abstract vision might not translate well into goals and priorities that make sense to the people who will be doing the day-to-day work. The secret is to use project management principles while creating the plan, including accountability and what is often called management overhead. Building in time and resources for operations–communication and trouble-shooting–at the beginning can ensure that the work gets done on time, under budget, at an agreed upon level of quality, and with everyone still speaking to each other."

				Michael Strong, FLOW

				Yasuhiko Kimura, Vision in Action

				Leif Smith, Explorers Foundation

				Glyphs (to be expanded)

				Participants in this vortex

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