These are field notes and images gathered across time and landscapes.
You will find reflections on projects, leadership, and decision-making alongside observations about nature, creativity, and the textures of a life spent paying attention.
There is no particular order. Follow what catches your eye.
Recently, one of our facilitators, Jodi Rhoden, spoke eloquently to her Birds Eye class when she stated “Your businesses are extensions of you out in the world. They can serve as microcosms of your beliefs, skills, passions, and daydreams.”
Read MoreI am enjoying the bounty making its way out of our farmer’s fields and the simultaneous experiences of surrender and exploration of this summer season.
Read MoreI am curious what it means to put your whole heart into something? One of the first questions we ask aspiring entrepreneurs is: Is this dream worthy of the investment of their own precious resources of time and money?
Read MoreI have come to anticipate the turbulence of re-entry following leading a Birds Eye Adventure. My own feelings are coupled with a keen awareness of the challenges the participants are experiencing when they re-enter the day-to-day after a seizing an opportunity to get away and regain perspective.
Read MoreThis image shares the vantage point from the Birds Eye office window. Yesterday this terrace served as a place of contemplation and connection for both a socially-driven local company and a mission-driven international non-profit organization.
Read MoreHere in Western NC, we are experiencing a stretch of extraordinarily cold weather that is generating some incredible ice formations.
Read MoreOver the years, I have enjoyed exchanging words with others who maintain the tradition of declaring a word in honor of the New Year, something to hang our hopes on and help clarify direction.
Read MoreEmpty shelves, a weathering beach house, and a red barn dream.
Read MoreI have been hiding out in the woods as much as possible in recent months. Last night was the first time I ventured out to reconnect with our local entrepreneurial community in a good while.
Read MoreAt the end of our last Folly Beach retreat, while facilitating our closing session, I felt a subtle yet sincere shift happening. I wrote one simple word on the page I was working on as a result: Refuge.
Read MoreI am, what a compassionate school psychologist might refer to as, an “experiential learner”. However, I am coming to accept that the other side of that same coin may hold the inscription “stubborn as hell”.
Read MoreAfter weeks of feeling like I had 27 simultaneous hamster wheels racing in my mind, and I couldn’t channel a clear sense of focus into any one of them, yesterday I finally experienced the swoosh that comes when we convene back into flow.
Read MoreOne of the most common questions that I receive from people who are interested in starting their own business is, “what does it take to succeed?” Over the years I have boiled my answer down to these two core characteristics
Read MoreA few months back, when I was engaging Birds Eye in a deep strategic planning process, a friend reminded me of what it means to create a culture inspired by a starfish versus a spider.
Read MoreToday is the day that we recalibrate with the offering of an extra day. Leap day is making up for the accumulation of the incremental misalignments between the calendar and the natural world.
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