Inspired Project Teams

I’ve just reached a milestone.  Last week I published my 25th installment on this blog! And I’m hoping all these posts and podcasts are out there helping project managers and project teams step back and become just a little more inspired as they work their way through their projects.

For the next several weeks or so, I’ll be following my own advice to Make Time for Recreation. And I’ll be following Covey’s advice to Spend More Time in Quadrant 2 (i.e., doing things that are Important, but not necessarily Urgent.)  We’ll be doing some traveling, visiting old friends and far-flung family members, making a little more time for bike rides and walks in the woods, and generally spending less time at the computer.  In short, I need to get out there and recharge my batteries and get myself more inspired!

When I return to work on this blog later this summer, I’ll be developing more posts/podcasts. Here are the working titles of some of the drafts I’ll be building:

• Tend the Gardens of Your Thoughts
• Just Say No…
• Use Your Gifts & Follow Your Bliss
• Don’t look Back
• Consciously Choose Your Attitude
• Practice Generously Giving
• Get “Unstuck”… Knock Yourself “Outside the Box”

In the meantime, you can check out all Inspired Project Teams posts and podcasts published so far from any of these sources:

• On this blog, go to the Inspired Project Teams Collection of Posts & Podcasts:

• Or you might want to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes *:

• And if you have an Amazon Kindle, this blog is available through the Kindle store *.

*  NOTE: Since I’m fairly new to podcasting through iTunes and publishing through Kindle, I’m not sure what’s going to happen when I “suspend” my publications for a few weeks! I’m hoping both these outlets will remain available for you. In the meantime, you can always simply visit this blog to find episodes and download audios if they become unavailable at these other outlets.

• And last but not least, keep checking the eduFire website for my upcoming live, online video classes. Some will be free… all will be very low cost.  Here’s the link:

See you in several weeks!

(P.S. — You can follow me on Twitter [ http://twitter.com/michael_greer ] or become a Facebook Friend [ http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Greer/1354822932 ] — But don’t be surprised if there are some delays and “dead air” on these sources… After all, it’s time to “go out and play!” )

Audio: Be the Change You Want to See [Time - 11:25, File Size - 10.8 MB]

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” -  Mahatma Gandhi

“I can’t hear your words because they are drowned out by your actions” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.”  – Henry David Thoreau

“… if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others to become materially affluent.”  Deepak Chopra in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

All these quotes point to the same powerful truth that has become an aphorism: Actions speak louder than words. What’s more, implied in all these bits of wisdom is the deeper truth that when you take a heartfelt action, especially one that is rooted in giving of yourself, you somehow release into the world the same sort of energy that propelled you to take this action. The result: Other people resonate to your energy and begin to replicate your behavior. By being (or manifesting) the change you wish to see, you are actually releasing forces that conspire to bring about more of this change in the world.

OK. That sounds a little cosmic, right? Well, here are a couple of examples that will make this all a bit more real.
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Audio: Take the Risk [Time - 16:50, File Size - 15.8 MB]

This post is all about getting outside your comfort zone. It’s about encouraging you to run with open arms to embrace that somewhat scary opportunity that you see in front of you. If you can imagine it… if you can see it clearly… if it gets you excited as a possibility, then it may be your destiny to make it a reality. As Ralph Waldo Emerson says: “There’s nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.”  In other words, the very fact that you can imagine a new path or a new invention or a new way of being indicates that it is part of your larger life’s purpose to manifest it.

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