Dear Reader,
In the Western world, we live with a fundamental assumption of scarcity, the unintentional mindset that there is not enough for all of us and that we ourselves are not enough. Not rich enough. Not pretty enough. Not good enough. Not educated enough. Not enough jobs. When we unpack this assumption, there are three central myths that have come to define the very way we live in the world: 1) there is not enough; 2) more is better and 3) that's just the way it is!
Lynne Twist's classic book, The Soul of Money, an insightful reflection on money as a spiritual currency, introduced the context of sufficiency to me and thousands of other readers when it was published in 2003. Sufficiency is a conscious choice about how we view our lives and circumstances, an act of making known to ourselves our existing resources -- and our inner resources. Since 2003, The Soul of Money has inspired a global movement of people dedicated to living and working from the context of sufficiency rather than in the rat race of scarcity, trying to always get more and have more.
My guests, Jen Cohen and Gina LaRoche of Seven Stones Consulting, have made a thriving business of helping people and organizations learn how to live and work from sufficiency. Please join Jen, Gina and me to explore the radical difference a sufficiency mindset can make in your life.
Their vision changes the very definition of what success means at a time when we really need a new American dream.
Sincerely,
Kate Ebner CEO Nebo Company |
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Monday, October 10 11 AM Eastern Time On VoiceAmerica Business Channel
A Vision. A Movement. A New Paradigm for America.
How Sufficiency Will Change Your Life with Guests Jen Cohen and Gina LaRoche of Seven Stones Leadership  | |
Jen Cohen and Gina LaRoche
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What is enough? Enough time... enough wealth... enough material possessions... even enough self-development? When we realize, even for a moment, that all we need is right in front of us, the possibilities for our lives begin to shift dramatically. Seven Stones Leadership founders, Jen Cohen and Gina LaRoche, share an alternative approach to the pursuit of endless abundance that can show us all how to live together more sustainably, happily and harmoniously in spite of lean times. Join Host Kate Ebner and her guests for a discussion of a powerful - even radical - new context for the American dream: the context of exquisite sufficiency. We will explore how believing in scarcity drives us in ways that do not serve us - and how sufficiency can be the antidote to anxiety, fear, distraction and shame. Jen and Gina will help you see a future you can believe in for your own life, one that will lead to a sustainable life for all. Learn More. Missed the Live Show? Past Episodes are available On Demand and Podcast Ready via itunes or RSS feed. |
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Nebo for Leaders
Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life
A Leadership Training Day with Kate Ebner and Donna Friedman Meir
 Inspired by The Nebo Company's "Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life" curriculum, this Master Class offers a leadership development intensive designed to help you create a career vision -- and bring it to life. Come away with practical tools and strategies that can help you shift immediately from being a bystander in your own career to driving on the path of your choice. Through highly interactive presentations, panel discussions and workshops, you will master strategies that help you thrive professionally while increasing your personal fulfillment.
This unique program is being offered as part of the annual Kidscreen Summit. Nebo is glad to be able to make registration available for non-Kidscreen participants.
When: February 6, 2012
Where: Hilton NY, New York
Learn more!
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Recommended Reading and Video Clips
Dr. John McCardell Jr. is leading the way in higher education with a vision for the southern university of the 21st century, Sewanee, and big ideas about the opportunities -- and responsibilities that society owes our young people.
Read these articles and watch these videos for a bit of inspiration over lunch:
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Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die
 We join the world in mourning the loss of one of the greatest visionaries of our time. In 2005, Jobs delivered this commencement address at Stanford University. Need a 15 minute inspirational break and some real food for thought? Watch the Steve Jobs' address.
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Create Your Vision!
We have designed a quick and easy visioning exercise just for you! You will receive your own personal vision statement immediately upon hitting "submit." To create your vision statement, CLICK HERE.
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The Learning Circle
A Newsletter for Coaches 
Nebo is please to announce that it will launch a newsletter full of resources for coaches this fall called The Learning Circle. Sign up here!
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On nostaliga...
Nostalgia won't get you very far. Nostalgia needs an offset. Hope is nostalgia's antidote. Hope looks to the future and is aspirational. You can't and must not forget where we have been, but don't try to recreate the past - instead, look to the future.
~ John McCardell, Jr.
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Don't miss this!
Exquisite Sufficiency: How to Create a Peaceful & Exquisite Life
What is enough - enough time, wealth, material possessions, or even self-development? How would we know enough if we saw it?
Learn more about this program offered at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies by teachers and coaches Jenn Cohen and Gina LaRoche of Seven Stones Leadership.
Also, join us on Monday, October 10th to hear Jen and Gina on Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life.
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