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VOLUME XIV ISSUE NO. 11 | November 2022
Breakthrough
"Productive insight; clear (often sudden) understanding of a complex situation." Free Dictionary

Pop the bubble of conditioned thinking and emerge into the creative realm of "no absolutes," continuous change, uncertainty and unlimited possibilities.

Then, there can be innovation, adaptation and optimal performance.
Performance and Open-minded Mindfulness
Open-minded: questioning everything, accepting diversity and uncertainty.  

Mindful:  consciously aware; concentrated. 

Foundation for blending process, project, engagement and knowledge management into a cohesive approach to optimize performance.
Heal the World
By George Pitagorsky
Anyone can help to heal the world. And the world does need healing.
 
Here we are in the season of light, approaching the winter solstice, the darkest day. We acknowledge that the cold dark days of winter are upon us, and we celebrate light's victory over darkness.
 
Thankful, come in touch with your ever-present inner light, open-hearted ❤️ joy. Let it expand and shine. Let it melt away tension and stress and calm those around you.
 
It's not about becoming a clown, sending out fun facts and pictures, or painting on a smile, though all of that could be fun and provides a moment of relief. Smiling and laughing are healing.
 
But deep healing begins within, it is about
  • acknowledging and accepting what is happening - your feelings, beliefs, and behavior, your social, economic, political, and environmental setting. This is the hard part, especially when experiencing loss and pain.
  • calming down
  • deciding
  • changing the tapes in your mind to stop fueling anxiety, anger, jealousy, and depression.


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Self-Aware Living - Mindfulness, Meditation, Self-Awareness

We provide online courses, workshops, podcasts and other web content to individuals, organizations, and consultants with a focus on mindfulness, self-awareness, and process thinking. Our content is based on George Pitagorsky's personal...

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From the outside, this looks like you are doing nothing, but this inner work is the best thing you can do for yourself and for others.
 
Your mindset influences your wellness. Your mood and subtle nonverbal behavior effect those around you. 
 
What More Can You Do?
Doing the inner work sets the stage for your life=play. Life unfolds, whether in a cave, monastery, luxury hotel, or the marketplace. You play your roles.
 
Awake, with a calm positive foundation, seek to live optimally, as best you can. Letting go to experience Flow.
 
On a social level, you might choose to stop fueling division and anger by speaking out, maybe write an article or post on social media, donate time and money, run for office, fact check, debunk a conspiracy theory, invent something useful, do a good job, be kind, thankful and generous.
 
The Quality of Your Action
Whatever you do, make the quality of your action, or inaction, effective.
 
Will how you live your life – the way you exercise your body and mind, what you eat, your relationships – promote wellness?
 
Will what you say and do promote harmony, a better future with qualities like compassion, loving-kindness, happiness for the good fortune of others, acceptance of differences, objectivity, critical thinking, and open-mindedness?
 
Step back. Is your behavior driven by emotions like fear, depression, and anger or by wise understanding, and intention?
 
Spread the Light to Heal the World
In these times of uncertainty, the challenge is to stay in touch with your center, inner light, open-hearted ❤️ joy, and do what you can do to heal your world. 
 
I am reminded of the song How Can I Keep from Singing?
"My life goes on in endless song
Above earth's lamentations,
 
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
 
I hear its music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?"[1]
 
Happy season of light.
May all be self-aware
May all be healthy and free of suffering
May all find peace.
 

[1] How Can I Keep From Singing? lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC


Emotional Support for Ukraine  
       
To support people experiencing the horrors taking place in Ukraine, we have published and wish to distribute freely

"How to Manage Difficult Emotions and How to Support Others"

in English and Ukrainian. Please pass the toolkit on to anyone who can benefit from it or can distribute it further.


Emotional Support for Ukraine is a small ad hoc group of coaches seeking to help relieve the suffering of those under fire, refugees, and helpers across the world. 
How to be Happy Even When You Are Sad, Mad or Scared:

How to be happy...How to be Happy Even When You Are Sad, Mad or Scared is available on Amazon.com. It is a book for children of all ages (including those in adult bodies). Buy it for the children in your life so they can be better able to “feel and deal” - feel and accept their emotions and deal with them in a way that avoids being driven by them. You can order the book at https://www.amazon.com/How-Happy-Even-When-Scared/dp/1072233363
Performance and Open-minded Mindfulness
Open-minded: questioning everything, accepting diversity and uncertainty. 
 
Mindful: consciously aware; concentrated. 

Foundation for blending process, project, engagement and knowledge management into a cohesive approach to optimize performance.
By George Pitagorsky

Success is measured in how well and how regularly you meet expectations. But what exactly are expectations, and how do you effectively manage them when multiple priorities and personalities are involved?
Using the case study of a Project Manager coordinating an organizational transition, this Managing Expectations book explores how to apply a mindful, compassionate, and practical approach to satisfying expectations in any situation. George Pitagorsky describes how to make sure expectations are rational, mutually understood, and accepted by all those with a stake in the project. This process relies on blending a crisp analytical approach with the interpersonal skills needed to negotiate win-win understandings of what is supposed to be delivered, by when, for how much, by who, and under what conditions.
Managing Conflict in Projects
By George Pitagorsky

Managing Conflict in Projects: Applying Mindfulness and Analysis for Optimal Results by George Pitagorsky charts a course for identifying and dealing with conflict in a project context.

Pitagorsky states up front that conflict management is not a cookbook solution to disagreement-a set of prescribed actions to be applied in all situations. His overall approach seeks to balance two aspects of conflict management: analysis based on a codified process and people-centered behavioral skills.

The book differentiates conflict resolution and conflict management. Management goes beyond resolution to include relationship building that may serve to avoid conflict or facilitate resolution if it occurs.
 
The Zen Approach to Project Management 
By George Pitagorsky

Projects are often more complex and stressful than they need to be. Far too many of them fail to meet expectations. There are far too many conflicts. There are too few moments of joy and too much anxiety. But there is hope. It is possible to remove the unnecessary stress and complexity. This book is about how to do just that. It links the essential principles and techniques of managing projects to a "wisdom" approach for working with complex, people-based activities.