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You As Creator

You As Creator

Join me this spring for my 4-session live webinar series for writers. More information at the bottom of this email. The power of our perceptions to alter reality is a theme that runs thro...

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This Spring: A Special Webinar for Writers

This Spring: A Special Webinar for Writers

How to Write a Bestseller in Times of Crises: Using the Power of Story to Accelerate Change By John PerkinsWe’ve entered the greatest revolution in history: The Consciousness Revolution....

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How to Be a Democracy Under Trump

How to Be a Democracy Under Trump

I watched President Trump’s inauguration from an airport TV in Guatemala. I’d just finished leading 22 people on a pilgrimage to live, study and participate in ceremonies with Mayan shama...

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What Will 2017 Bring?

What Will 2017 Bring?

It's a question on many minds as we begin this new year. It is perhaps asked more now than ever before in my life-time – and that spans 7 decades. All we can say for sure is that we are i...

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Message from the Legendary Elder Siblings

Message from the Legendary Elder Siblings

I write this in-flight, returning from a magical trip to the Kogi of Colombia. I write this having seen and heard the airport TV reports of the trauma that continues to dominate US politi...

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JFK’s Advice for this Hour of Change and Challenge

JFK’s Advice for this Hour of Change and Challenge

As I travel around the world speaking at venues that range from corporate summits to rock festivals and from consumer groups to universities, I hear deep dissatisfaction with the current...

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Lessons from an Underground City

Lessons from an Underground City

"Three families lived in this tiny space. On average, about 14 people." Robert, our Edinburgh guide, spread his arms around a room that was approximately the size of the interior of a sch...

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The Perception Bridge: Building a Better Reality

The Perception Bridge: Building a Better Reality

My success as chief economist at a major international consulting firm was not due to the lessons I learned in business school. It was not due to the competence of my staff of brilliant e...

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Sleeping on a Volcano

Sleeping on a Volcano

Last night I slept on the slopes to Tungurahua, a highly active volcano in Ecuador. I felt the earth shiver, heard her rumble, and smelled her smoke. I was very conscious that this earth...

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The Answer is Never Violence

The Answer is Never Violence

Attorney General Loretta Lynch on July 8, 2016 said about the shooting of police officers in Dallas: "The answer is never violence."I totally agree with the Attorney General.I have to won...

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What You Can Do to Fix a Broken System. You Personally!

What You Can Do to Fix a Broken System. You Personally!

Note: Join me for my July workshop at the Omega Institute . Details at the bottom of this newsletter. “What can I do to fix a broken global economy? Me personally.” It’s a question I’ve h...

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Hit by the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Hit Men

Hit by the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Hit Men

NOTE: I will be teaching at the Omega Institute this summer. I’ve been interviewed by lots of journalists in the past month in response to the Panama Papers disclosures. A question I ofte...

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