Bob Ewing, Author at Ewing School

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#51: A New Year, A Beginner’s Mind

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “While differing widely in the various little bits we know,
in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.” ~ Karl Popper

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#50: New Year’s Resolutions

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Commitment is an act, not a word.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

2022 Mountaintop Card

2021 Mountaintop card

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Four Thousand Weeks Discussion Questions

Before reading this book, how many weeks did you think the average person lived? I love this quote from Marie-Louise von Franz (page 218): There

My Favorite Books I read in 2021

My Top Pick: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. From the moment I heard about this book (while flipping through a magazine killing time at

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#49: A Year in Review: 2021

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Without reflection we go blindly on our way.” ~ Meg Wheatley

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#48: Holidays, Permanent Revolution, Pretty Flowers

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week.“There is a terrific fear of . . . being the unique human one is.” ~ Marie-Louise von Franz

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#47: The day the world changed

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Buckminster Fuller

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#46: The secret to success

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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#45: How to Find Good Stories

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “I’d rather wrestle grizzlies than compete with Mrs. B!” ~ Warren Buffett

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#44: Do people remember what you said?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week “Perception and reality are two different things.” ~ Robert Thomas, The Riddle of Oz

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