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Get Busy Being Yourself

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

As we've been talking about "how to find your onlyness", I thought you might like this nugget of wisdom from Shonda Rhimes: I did not dream of being a TV …

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Is Onlyness Selfish? (How to Find Your Onlyness, Part II)

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015

In the last post <link>, I shared the first part of an ongoing conversation I’ve been having with an e-pistolary friend about finding one’s Onlyness. Geoff, like so many of …

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And the Mophies Go To…

January 26, 2015

The funny thing about onlyness is that, to get there, most of us need inspiration from and conversation with our communities. Whether it’s yoga classmates, a religious organization, a book …

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What Color Is My Weird? (How to Find Your Onlyness, Part I)

January 20, 2015

The first in a three-part conversation from a Yes & Know reader. “Personally, I have no idea what my Onlyness is.” A new commenter appeared on my blog, sounding equal …

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Where do great ideas come from?

January 5, 2015

Are you the One with all the ideas? Some people think they need to be. That they’re job is to be the “Chief of Answers”. But it’s not true! Well, …

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You Will Show Me Myself Anew (Part 3 of 3)

December 16, 2014

Part III of III of series on how networks can enable onlyness, featuring Fortune’s MPW community (links for full series, below) “Here’s the thing. And it’s a real thing.” Manal …

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Running Towards the Future

December 12, 2014December 10, 2014

If the cover stories of Business Week, Fast Company, and Inc are to be believed, every organization ought to be 100% Digital, Alwayson, ready for AI technologies, and so on. …

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Let Me Change What You See In the Mirror (Part 2 of 3)

December 9, 2014December 10, 2014

 Gaelle Rimpel Pierre wants to change Haiti’s future by helping the very poor transform their lives through entrepreneurship. But to do that, she (and her husband) had to take a …

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On Bias and How it Affects Onlyness

December 8, 2014

A father and his son are in a car accident. The father is killed, and the son is seriously injured. The son is taken to the hospital where the surgeon …

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