Personal
I'm
62.
I've been incredibly fortunate.
When I was
eight my parents moved us to Teller, Alaska on the
Bering Straits.
On a clear day
you can turn west and look into tomorrow.
(thanks to the International Date
Line)
I grew up in
an Inupiat Eskimo village of 200.
Friends taught me lessons for which I'm profoundly
grateful.
Sam Ailak, an
elder, shared his time when I was 14.
The longer I live, the wiser he
becomes.
Growing up in
a place where continents and worlds touch gave me a
love
for in-between space.
("Zwischenraum" the Germans call it)
I went to
college and then grad school at Harvard's Kennedy
School of Government;
eventually I finished school and began management
consulting.
Then I
discovered coaching.
It's allowed me to connect the wisdom of all my
worlds.
That's my history
in brief.
Here are my favorites so far in life:
My daughter's
smile
Writer:
"At
the Back of the North
Wind"
George MacDonald
Essay:
"The
Weight of
Glory"
C. S. Lewis
Short
Story: "Leaf by Niggle"
J. R. R. Tolkien
Poem:
"The
Windhover"
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Icon:
The
Trinity
Andrei Rublev
Writers on
the North:
Barry Lopez | Nick Jans | Hugh
Brody
Places:
Seward Peninsula, Alaska | St.
Petersburg, Russia | Anyplace above the
Arctic Circle
Food:
Mediterranean (by Rabah Chettfour at Aladdin's)
Anything prepared by Alaska's Cathy
Frost
Outdoor
activity:
Hiking | Sea Kayaking
Business
activity:
I focus on relationships.
They're more fun than anything else and longer
lasting.
Creative
outlet:
Launching into a new adventure |
Writing
Music:
Moya Brennan | album: Whisper to the Wild
Water
Shaun Groves | album: Invitation to
Eavesdrop
Indoor
activity:
Reading
Things I don't really mind:
Blizzards
Wind
Being alone
Mosquitoes
People who have really helped, and influenced me
profoundly:
Jim and Audrey
Pearson
Parents
They were gifted to me and give me unconditional
love.
Sam
Ailak (1911 - 1983)
Inupiat Eskimo elder. He introduced me to the
art of listening.
Nancy
Baker
Personal Coach
She's always there. We have tons of fun
together
Cheryl
Richardson
Mentor Coach
She shared the bestsellers before she wrote them:
Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers
Agnes, Brenda,
Carl, Hazel, Ingrid, Iris, Kim, Mark, Paul, Doc
The first class of Training Without Walls.
They let me coach and learn.
MindJazz
Players
Professional colleagues
They're neat people doing neat stuff in neat
places
The People I
Coach
they keep me in awe
What I'm proudest of:
Biggest
accomplishment:
My daughter
Coolest thing
I've developed:
Alaska Native Leadership Network
Training Without Walls
The Best of
Times, The Worst of Times:
Being seriously ill in East Germany in the
summer of 1988
(yep, before the Wall came down)
They had really good doctors and I got Prince's
Room #1.
The local party official got Room #2.
Best lesson
I've ever learned:
being yourself is a very good thing
Smartest thing
I've ever done business-wise:
going into business
Most
intriguing/compelling project:
G3 Dinners: introducing great people to great
people
(G3 = great people, great time, great
stories)
Values:
relating
sensitivity
catalyst
Favorite word
and experience:
eucatastrophe
the sudden joyous 'turn' of the happy ending
"Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as
grief"
- J. R. R. Tolkien
A few
pictures
Alaska
Cruise
ship in College
Fjord
Glaciers
in Collision
Glacier
with curves
Glacier-fall
Please say hello.
I enjoy mug-ups...
(a mug-up is coffee/tea/conversation - shared by
two hunters when they meet on the ice)
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