by Barry Green | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Our Own FIMA, I shared on Focus, Immediacy, Mission/Meaning and Action. I humbly encourage the read. That said, this will be one of the shortest blogs I have ever written. It focuses on Action, the Execution. I have done my strategic planning (and am back teaching...
by Barry Green | Sep 12, 2024 | Blog, character, Commitment
Monarch Butterflies are stunning; remarkable… in simply being what they are. I noticed this one just today. It stood out. And it got me thinking on being and doing, oddly enough. In The Fruits of Focus back in July of 2023, I shared that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said, “So...
by Barry Green | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Call It a Mission… I noted that Shoghi Effendi said, “There is no time to lose. There is no room left for vacillation.” I suggest that this is not about panic. It is about noble Purpose, each day lived. Every day, nature practices this, in every Season. The...
by Barry Green | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Live Present, Look Forward… I noted that Seneca said… “Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs...
by Barry Green | Jul 7, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
It has been a month since I announced the relaunch of Sharpen the Blades. Since that time, I have retired from full time teaching and have blogged on same and more through posts including Own It and The Heroic Protagonist and Character Leadership Education and Return...
by Barry Green | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
Waaay back in June of 2023, I last posted a blog here on my website. It was on The Fruits of Focus. In it, I noted “We live in a world that wants to pull us in many directions with all the demands, distractions and even doubts that come with them. So, I am...