by Dr. Ed Brenegar | May 23, 2021 | Circle of Impact, Network of Relationships, Relationships
Take your phone out and look at your list of contacts.
How many of these people do you regularly have a conversation with?
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I suggest that you create your own network of relationships.
This goes a step beyond what is possible through social media sites.
A network of relationships is where you can meet people that you know and talk about the things that matter to you.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Apr 5, 2020 | Community, Impact, Questions, The Pressing Issues, The Spectacle of the Real, Two Global Forces
To recover reality is not to challenge the simulacrums of our time. But rather seek to understand the larger context in which these simulations / spectacles function.
The ancients would describe this capacity to discern reality as wisdom. While wisdom is certainly in short supply and in great demand, it is only one piece of a wider fabric of reality that is needed.
One of the results of the world of simulation and spectacle is the loss of the capacity for open, trustworthy, mutually caring relationships. Instead, we have connections with people. We have “friends” whom we’ve never met, had coffee or seen face to face.
I am convinced that the recovery of reality comes through the establishment of relationships of genuine meaning and love.
For to love another person requires a kind of reality that allows for honesty, emotional intimacy and commitment to the care and nurture of the relationship.
There is a choice we can make here. Live in the midst of the spectacle of the real or step back and try to understand how we can begin to live in ways that make a tangible difference in the way the world we live works.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Mar 17, 2020 | Circle of Impact, Community, Conversation
I don’t know about you, but the isolation that comes with social distancing is a challenge. As a result, I am going to host an online conversation this Wednesday, March 18 from 5-6:30pm Mountain Daylight Time. In order to participate, send me your email and an expressed desire to be in conversation with others to my email, ed@wordpress-488199-1628870.cloudwaysapps.com.
There is no agenda. Each person will have the opportunity to introduce themselves. And the group will decide what it wants to discuss.
The conversation will be moderated to ensure respect and openness of expression.
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Feb 7, 2019 | Impact, Relationships
A colleague once told me that influence was THE essential measure of leadership. I disagreed with him. My reasons have less to do with what leadership is, and more to do with the context where leadership takes place. My perspective is based upon what I learned over...
by Dr. Ed Brenegar | Jan 15, 2019 | Relationships, Transition
When we experience unhealthy relationships, we are faced with a transition point that we should not ignore. Just like the health of our bodies needs care, so too does the health of our organizations and communities. When our bodies become unhealthy, we take steps to restore our health. It may require simply relieving stress, and providing better nourishment and rest. Or, our body to be healthy may require surgery to remove, repair or replace a joint or organ that is essential to our health.
