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Invitations to meaningful conversation from Dr. Rick Bellingham, Ed.D, a pioneering psychologist who has published over 16 books on leadership, spiritual wellness, community, & innovating corporate culture.
In December of 2022, I attended a conference at the Harvard Executive Center in which I first learned about the stunning acceleration of AI by one of the leading computer science researchers… Read More
“In a way, you are poetry material; You are fully of cloudy subtleties I am willing to spend a lifetime figuring out.  Words burst in your essence and you carr… Read More
I just listened to a brilliant podcast of Ezra Klein interviewing Zadie Smith, the best-selling author of White Teeth, On Beauty, and The Fraud.   One comment from Za… Read More
One of the best pieces of feedback I ever received was when an honest friend said, “Sometimes your confidence exceeds your competence.”  As painful as that feedback was, it… Read More
“Locking” and “loading” refer to steps in preparing a machine gun to be fired: You first “lock” the bolt or safety and then “load” an ammuniti… Read More
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”  Marcus Aurelius. “When you&rsq… Read More
I must admit that I became somewhat obsessed with the Paris Olympics over its two week run.   As I was watching the closing ceremonies, I was struck by the elegance and eloquence o… Read More
To get at the root cause of any problem, a helpful question to ask is, “is this problem primarily caused by an individual or is it the result of the culture in which the problem is occ… Read More
“Nothing is true and everything is possible.”  Hannah Arendt In my local community, I see signs like “No woke zone” and “God’s got this.” … Read More
Released almost 50 years ago, in the aftermath of the American War in Vietnam, this song by Kansas still captures our experience today.  Carry on my wayward son There’ll be peace… Read More
“A dictator may hereafter arise, who laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of governmen… Read More
“To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”  Confucius “There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only n… Read More
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding.  But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is ri… Read More
“The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.”  Lord Byron “At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still, you get the wonde… Read More
Forty years ago, 7 couples in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, decided to start a book group.  The first book we chose was 1984 by George Orwell, because it happened to be the year we began… Read More
For my 75th birthday, a friend gave me a T-Shirt with a quote on the front  by Walt Whitman:  “Resist Much, Obey Little.”  I get more comments on that T-shirt than… Read More
Nope, it’s not a song, but it could result in a beautiful harmony. What if there was a magic pill that filled you with hope, fueled your innovative juices, and enabled you to trust the… Read More
“Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse.”  Meryl Streep “When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus… Read More
This has not been the best few months for college presidents.  Many leaders responded to protests about a disproportionate response in Gaza with a disproportionate reaction on their own… Read More
“I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.”  Simone de Beauvoir “To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infin… Read More
“Life is about perspective and how you look at something.  Ultimately, you have to zoom out.”  Whitney Wolfe Herd  “Your perspective can be your power or you… Read More
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.  With freedom comes responsibility.  For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry… Read More
“Emptiness is the ground of everything. Thanks to emptiness, everything is possible.”  Nagarjuna, 2nd century Buddhist philosopher “Your thoughts emerge from the nothi… Read More
“The wise man looks into space, and does not regard the small as too little, not the great as too big; for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions.”  Lao Tsu A dear fr… Read More
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”  Thomas Paine “The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative side than on the positive side… Read More
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.”  Margaret Wheatley “By three methods, we… Read More
In this post, I’m going to make the case for higher taxes.  Yes, very popular subject.  At the end, I will share what my 12 year old grandkids have to say—ahh, from the… Read More
Sometimes I feel like a pundit without pedigree or platform.  I guess that makes me a lonely voice in the wilderness.  I often wonder about how many people actually read this blog… Read More
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible—the kind… Read More
“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”  Barack… Read More
Every summer, my wife and I visit my childhood friends, Bob and Norma.  Bob lives on 25 acres of farmland near Grand Rapids, Michigan, which includes a small pond with the most deliciou… Read More
“It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.”  Eckhart Tolle “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.&nb… Read More
As we begin one of the most consequential years in history, I wanted to reflect on three themes that may play a big role in how the year turns out: Access, Excess, and Success.  I&rsquo… Read More
“It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will.  It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This h… Read More
The problem:  Global carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil fuels industry exceeded 37 billion metric tons in 2022 – their highest level ever.  Since 1990, global C02 emiss… Read More
My father and grandfather were both farmers for much of their lives.  They prepared the soil, planted the seeds, pulled the weeds, nurtured the plants, and harvested the produce that re… Read More
“The five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the ones we lost.&nb… Read More
“A rejection of absolutism, in all its forms, may sometimes slip into moral relativism or even nihilism, an erosion of values that hold society together, but for most of our history it… Read More
“If we want to have good citizens, we need to create common spaces in which individuals can talk about the moral and ethical dilemmas that they have faced and how they resolve them.&rd… Read More
“Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination, and that such illumination may well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickerin… Read More
“In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.”  Alanis Morissette “W… Read More
“Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism.  Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends.  Th… Read More
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care w… Read More
“Anytime emotions are involved, you cannot come up with an impartial and objective assessment of any given problem.”  Benigno Aquino III “The Sixth Amendment secures t… Read More
“Age does not protect you from love.  But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”  Anais Nin “Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don’t… Read More

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