“First enlightenment, then the laundry” …Zen master

I love ideas. They feed me. I start each day perched in front of an open window, pausing to connect and reading from a book or two. It orders my day and over time, my life.

In the 30 years (holy cow) I've been working and considering how I want to experience my life, I've been changed by the thoughts and words of all kinds of people -- from poets to economists, who write about everything from the logic of sharing a chocolate cake to the wisdom in cleaning out your closets. In case you're curious, if one person cuts the chocolate cake in two and the other gets to choose first which part to take, a natural fairness results – the portions magically become equal. It's actually an economic theory, but I remember it as the ‘chocolate cake' theory – that ‘aligning interest' of two parties is possible. Think we could apply that idea to CEO pay and employee compensation?

Absorbing great ideas is one of the things I could only do when I started working full time from my home, and got out of the fray of commuting and working in a busy office full of brain-numbing distractions. I can actually read a report or a research study or even an entire book in the sunshine on my veranda, absorb the ideas and think about what they mean.

I'm eager to pass on some of those ideas I've come across and I hope you will do the same in return. In my experience change and growth (certainly my own) always starts with understanding and perspective. I invite you to post some of the ideas that have spoken to you, whatever the subject. We can create an idea forum. Wouldn't that be great?

Just respond and we'll begin.