I just published the first episode of my new podcast! Listen to Going To The Well on Anchor https://anchor.fm/shawn-ward/episodes/Going-To-The-Well-Episode-1---Vision--Purpose--and-My-Main-Thing-e2thao Hello! Super excited about this next platform and learning I'll be on as I tackle podcasting as the next addition to my work here on In-between the Pages. I hope you enjoy it. This first episode... Continue Reading →
The Art of Candor
Do we really allow ourselves and those around us to have their ideas be free and opinions to flow with out limiting them? Do we give everyone a voice? How can we allow people to bring their whole selves to the group or to us? We need and our groups need to be able to... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette #5
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." - Jim ValvanoThis week's roulette has a very special meaning to me. Both my fathers, my actual father and my step-father are no longer here. But what they shared with me while on this planet is something that I... Continue Reading →
The Gifts in Your Life
Your part of a tribe and might not even realize it. If your working for a company, you're part of a tribe. If your going to the gym semi-regular, you're part of a tribe. The tribe itself is not the cool part. It's what they can provide for you and what you are responsible for... Continue Reading →
The Gift of Being Bored
At the end of the day when you do absolutely nothing all day you probably feel a ping of guilt because you were incredibly unproductive. People don't actually participate in boredom because of it's negative press that's been unfairly given to it. Those days for me however are the BEST! I recommend them highly. Intentionally... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette
There are these still moments where I am reading or checking out other blogs where I just pick up such inspiration from a quote. This is one of those. "There is only one world, the world pressing against you at this very moment. There is one minute which you are alive, this minute here and... Continue Reading →
No Regrets, Ever
Do you have any regrets? We spend at times in our lives keeping a backpack of enormous guilt that we might have left something on the table. Who doesn't want to just make some better decisions to trust their intuition and just swing for the fences? There are parts of us that we need to... Continue Reading →
Paveant, The Ghost
Fear when understood can shape us and sharpen us. It also, if we let it, can be what stands between us and the brilliance of an unlock. Inner fear is one of the most career/personal limiting factors we can face. The ghost of something completely horrible that is going to happen as a consequence of... Continue Reading →
Gifts
I got to thinking about gifts because of the obvious with our headlong plunge we're all taking into the holiday weekend and month ahead. There are so many times at work or at play in life we gift things to people. Some gifts are intentional and well thought out. They can be gifts of feedback... Continue Reading →