Shawn Madden’s Visionary Journey
A visionary musician from our March Boot Camp has moved here to Austin from Boston. His story is here: http://revolution.zaadz.com/blog/2007/10/shawn_maddens_visionary_journey
Read MoreA visionary musician from our March Boot Camp has moved here to Austin from Boston. His story is here: http://revolution.zaadz.com/blog/2007/10/shawn_maddens_visionary_journey
Read MoreReturning from a beautiful yoga class today, I was searching for words to express the evolving nature of the work we do inside the VisionForce Boot Camps. And I found myself calling it “spiritual exercise.” Instantly, upon hearing those words, it just felt right. Indeed, more and more, people are reporting having profound spiritual awakenings inside our Boot Camp, and yet, we have...
Read MoreThanks to Antonio, we have more bootleg footage from the Dinner of Honor at the March 2007 VisionForce Boot Camp! Keith’s impromptu lyrics were his way of honoring everyone with whom he had shared the Boot Camp. He starts singing to individuals towards the end of this first video. (Oh, and those are bottles of sparkling cider on the tables, as this is an alcohol-free event!) We seem to...
Read MoreListen in as OT, a good friend of mine, and I engage in a wild conversation about living as free, visionary, entrepreneurial visionary beings… and how can we birth a new, visionary culture in these times where authoritarian structures are conflicting with rapid change. If you follow along with the conversation for about 45 minutes, you’ll get a pretty wild, interesting introduction...
Read MoreI think one of the most beneficial things we can do as visionaries, who are risking so much and working so hard to create a better world, is to get plugged into what other visionaries are up to. FLOW is an organization that is undertaking some very visionary projects, which, if successful, will change the world in which we live. I invite you to listen to this interview I recorded earlier this...
Read MoreBoot leg footage from the Dinner of Honor at the March 2007 VisionForce Boot Camp, here is Audrey singing a heart-riveting rendition of I Hope You Dance (Sung much better than by the author, Lee Ann Womack, in my opinion):
Read MoreOK, so you’re a visionary in the 21st century. You have a new idea or see a new way to make the world a better place. You see what others don’t see in a way that inspires you to action, and you know that if others could only see what you see, they’d be inspired to new courses of action that would make an incredible difference. I find myself in this predicament currently, and...
Read MoreI was just watching a YouTube video of Sam Keen talking about his interview with Ernest Becker, author of Denial of Death. Towards the end of the video, Keen is noting how Becker did not exhibit the kind of removed intellectualism that one might expect from such a thinker. Keen, who has become visibly moved by this point, remarks in admiration, “He thought with his life.” Ayn Rand...
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