Adam Kayce

Controversy is a tough one for us folks who were raised to not rock the boat, not make waves, get along with others (by pleasing them) above all else; you know, classic co-dependency: “you mean more than me.” I had those belief systems ingrained in me as a kid, and yet I’ve come to realize that I’m just a bit too passionately committed to my convictions for that way of being to override my instincts. If I see something I believe in, I stick up for it.

So, when the last discussion of the conference turned to an issue I felt strongly about, I voiced my opinion, in a rather opinionated way.

I said, “If you don’t have your photograph on your website, you’re being a fool.”

Big deal? Not at all, really. But it was to me. And it must’ve been to a lot of others, because two interesting things happened next:

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When Ben Yoskovitz’s Productivity meme went around recently, I wrote a post about the value of clarity. Thankfully, a number of people liked it and found it as useful as I have.

Well, you shoulda been at SOBCon… because in no less than five of the presentations, I found clarity to be a ubiquitous theme.

The Iowa Trio (Mike Sansone, Drew McLellan, and Mike Wagner) talked extensively about knowing who you are, where you’re going, who you’re going there with, and the importance of being intentional with how you’re representing yourself, rather than just letting it happen accidentally.

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I had the pleasure of experiencing some beautiful synchronicity this morning.

I’m in a conversation over at Colleen Wainwright’s Communicatrix blog, which started with her productivity tips, but has evolved into the essence of being a Virgo (she and I are both Virgos, as are Dawud Miracle and Mark Silver, who also weighed in).

Add to the mix an email I got from Jennifer Louden (of ComfortQueen.com), about the lighten-ing effect of self-acceptance, and we’ve got the makings of one of the most primal teachings in all of mysticism.

The inherent goodness of the Universe.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to spout a bunch of platitudes on you. This is really some base-level, practical mojo we’re talking about.

In fact, as a healer, I regularly saw that at the beginning of someone’s spiritual journey, it was this core lesson that they needed the most. Once they got this piece, the rest of whatever they needed to heal could happen much easier.

What does the ‘Virgo conversation’ and self-acceptance have to do with the inherent goodness of the Universe?

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I believe blogging is making me a better person.

Blame it on isolation. After all, for a long time, I worked primarily at home, I live in the country, and seldom talk on the phone with people except for a specific purpose (I’m calling a company’s customer service center, or the other person is paying me for my services).

Getting out of touch with the human element is bad for business, bad for the heart, and bad for creativity… which is why I’m loving the blogging world so much. The conversations give me an opportunity to get inside the viewpoint of so many other people, on so many different topics, in so many different arenas.

Sure, it’s a completely different experience than getting face time with a living, breathing, human being. I’m not suggesting that it does, would, could, or should replace anything.

But, in lieu of other opportunities to mingle with such amazing people as I’m finding online, it’s not only great, it’s evolutionary. (more…)

I talk a lot about heart, here at Monk At Work. In fact, it’s one of the things I talk about the most (looking at the “Topics” in the sidebar as I write this, you can see what I mean).

But the heart I’m talking about is not just the heart of compassionate action, as in, “I want to hit my sales goal, but when I check in with my heart, I feel that I’m holding onto my goal a bit tightly, and I need to back off a bit.”

Having that kind of self-awareness is great — essential, even, to working holistically — but it’s also just the beginning of your heart, as I’m defining it.

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Maybe you’re thinking about blogging, and aren’t sure what it’ll take. Or you’ve got a blog, and aren’t sure what to do with it, how to stay focused, or how to face the daily grind.

For the sake of getting clarity in your business, my recommendation is, “do it!” The payoffs are huge — and, too numerous to go into in a single post.

But one thing blogging will do is force you to get clear. How? Here are five ways I’m finding blogging to be incredibly clarity-producing:
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Today we did the “Key to Your Purpose” telecall (if you’d like to download the recording, you can get it from the “Free Teleclass: The Key to Knowing Your Purpose” post).

On the call, we talked about the importance of context, love, and connection, amongst other things. We also took some time to do a brief intuitive exercise, to start the introspective process that I’ve found to be absolutely essential to discovering and evolving your own sense of Purpose.

One of the great distinctions that has come out of examining our Purpose, for me, has been the awareness that I have some definite core qualities that emanate into whatever I do. What I do may change, where I go always changes, but who I am on a fundamental level doesn’t change; it only ripens.

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… I sure had a doozy last night (don’t worry, it was totally family-friendly).

Before going to bed, I spent about an hour and a half reading work of Tom “Bald Dog” Varjan’s, on consulting, structure, clients, you name it. It was with Varjan’s concepts swirling in my head that I laid down to sleep last night.

That said, I’d be curious to hear what you’d make of this one:

I was at a workshop of some kind (as a participant, not a facilitator), in a semi-nice, yet semi-cheesy hotel conference room, with wood-paneled walls and bad carpeting. There were at least ten other participants, but it was clear that all the focus, in that moment, was on me.

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My youngest daughter turned two in November, and I think she’s starting to hit her stride.

Every other word she utters is, “Why?”
Every answer to her, “Why?” is followed up with another, “Why?”

And so I started thinking: That’s a great question.

Why do you do what you do?
Why is your work, your work?
Why do you stay at it? Why do you love it? Why?

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• I’ve got a three-second commute each morning.
• I work in my pajamas most of the time.
• And I almost never have to eat lunch out during the week.

What am I?

I’m a work-at-home dad! Booyah!

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