EQ Reflection: State of the World Jan 30, 1999 I am writing you from Monterrey, Mexico where I am attending the State of the World Forum for Emerging Leaders; I want to share some of the energy and joy of this event. There are about 700 young leaders here, university students and recent graduates who are in leadership positions in 40 countries. This morning, Desmond Tutu reminded us that "children do not know how to hate when they are born." His Read more »
EQ Reflection: London, Feb 22, 1999 First of all, THANK YOU to all of you who wrote in response to the last newsletter. Many of you said the news from the SWF was inspiring -- and the dozens (hundreds?) of responses to that message clarified two lessons: that I have a tremendous privilege to "act as a conduit" to share this kind of hope (and hereby promise to do so), and that feelings speak louder than ideas. We just returned from London, we were Read more »
EQ Reflection, 13 Mar 1999 Recently I have been working on the Self-Science book for high school. Next week I am meeting with a group of high school and college students to get their opinion about what would make the edition exceptional. Of course, I have been thinking a lot about my own years of high school... and I don't know now if I am totally deluding myself and forgetting lots of trauma -- or if it really was as exciting as I remember it now. Read more »