Mission as Building Character
In his ongoing articulation of the meaning of Mission, Steve Simmer sends us this. Many years ago, a long-time AA member I knew introduced me to the Shit Fairy. The Shit Fairy is the little voice on my shoulder that fills my ear with shit–bullshit, horseshit, and chicken shit. If I listen to this long enough, it turns my life into shit. What I say is bullshit, what I do is horseshit, and I am a chicken shit–a coward to the...
Learning From a Barefoot Movement
Bunker Roy gives a phenomenal TED Talk about self empowerment training in the developing world. Watch this for an amazing picture of hope! Good news far removed from our money, title and gadget driven agenda in the financially powerful and technologically rich part of the planet. The ManKind Project Journal is very indebted to New Warrior Ivey Hardy of Vermont for sending us this link. cjc – is a deeply personal issue that...
The King’s Speech: A Masculinity Movies Review
No warm bosoms in the Royal Palace The best and most important scenes of “The King’s Speech” feature speech therapist Lionel and king to be Bertie (aka Prince Albert) alone in some form of conversation. One of my most favourite of these scenes arrive after Bertie’s dad King George V has died. Bertie comes to […]
The Ripple Effect
by Ravenspen Men in the ManKind Project may sometimes be tempted to think that our work, words and impact do not extend beyond our own small circles of New Warrior Brothers. But like the proverbial stone dropped into a pond, the ripple effect of our ability to shine the light of common sense reality on ourselves and our situations spreads far beyond our own expectation. Men whom we have facilitated and mentored have themselves, in...
Chimpanzee Politics
[This article originally appeared in the Hardwired Humans Newsletter.] by Andrew O’Keeffe Gillard versus Rudd in Australia. Romney versus Santorum in the US. Figan versus Goblin in the forests of Gombe. Power contests for progression in the hierarchy are a natural dynamic of social species. While organisation politics might be more subtle, there are important lessons for leaders in understanding and using power. The similarity...
Delight Should Be…Well, Delightful
In a recent NY Times article, reporter Steve Lohr shares the lessons learned by those who worked closely with Steve Jobs. The first lesson: Do Whatever It Takes to Delight Customers What company doesn’t promise “Customer Satisfaction”? Everyone who wants to stay in business. But there’s a big gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered. […]
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