What if magic was something very close by. If it was a cluster of attitudes easy to adopt? Here are 10 pointers and 10 (fake) magazine covers full of tips and ideas.
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By Floris Koot “Magic is within your reach. In fact it’s very real and very common. Miracles happen when we create space within ourselves and in the world. Improving our own life and that of many others might be less hard work and more fun than we ever imagined.” Now here are 10, often very practical, ideas, that’ll help you to unlock that magic for yourself and others. They are presented as possible new magazines and article titles. For people with imagination it might be all the nudge they need, to get the whole. Hidden among the article titles you’ll meet people and friends that inspired me, ideas that ignited me and others and very possibly the shape of things to come. Have a wonderful year, Floris Published under Creative Commons By Floris Koot December 2010 Call to a Wonderful Year
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By Floris Koot
“Magic is within your reach. In fact it’s very real and very common. Miracles happen when we create space within ourselves and in the world. Improving our own life and that of many others might be less hard work and more fun than we ever imagined.”
Now here are 10, often very practical, ideas, that’ll help you to unlock that magic for yourself and others. They are presented as possible new magazines and article titles. For people with imagination it might be all the nudge they need, to get the whole.Hidden among the article titles you’ll meet people and friends that inspired me, ideas that ignited me and others and very possibly the shape of things to come.
Have a wonderful year, Floris
Published under Creative CommonsBy Floris Koot December 2010
Call to a Wonderful Year
1. Start to Wonder (again)???“Wonder why things are as they are, look afresh at everything you see and suddenly you can even enjoy waiting in line again.”
The Magic in what is
Beginners Mind Issue #1
Powerful QuestionsWho Am I? What is this? Why?
Monks Mind
Artists Mind
Childs Mind
Beginners Mind
How to avoid Assumptions
The intensity
of just looking
“When you focus totally on what‟s at hand with heart and trust, it may suddenly happen; everything seems to come to you like magic.”
“Life is a mystery and you have a purpose. Trust this as fact of life. Then seek what you truly add; miracles will follow & ambitions fulfilled. ”
Daily Bravery Issue #3
3. Work with Purpose in Mind
Finding the work that’s meant for you
A life, alive with
Discover
your Inner
Super Hero
Personal Leadership Magazine
The Talk of
your Walk
“Develop your inner angel. Do unexpectedly or in secret something nice for a stranger . Those Random Acts Of Kindness will uplift you just as well..”
There are a million ways possible how to commit Random Acts Of Kindness. Most known for RAOK is Danny Wallace. When he started this, his best surprise was how good it made him feel himself. You can join him on: www.joinme.com. But you don’t have to join Danny, to follow his example.
The Idea that
made the
world smile
Amaze
your
City
4. Create Wonder with RAOKRandom Acts Of Kindness glossy Surprise the World Issue #4
“You are free when you can play with it. So liberate yourself by playing what feels frozen within and without you. It may hurt, but awareness and acceptance are the first two steps towards freedom”
*)If a idea at first does not seem absurd, then there is no hope for it.” Alfred Einstein
Creative Currency variety: Ego Money/Gift Voucher
Creative Currency variety: Ego Money/Gift Voucher
Monthly Paradigm Shift Failing Forward Issue #5
5. Dare to try the Absurd and Fail
The Power of
Fantasy
*
Mind Meets Imagination Magazine
The Not So Secret Issue #6
6. Play with the Law of Attraction
What
If We
Used
2012
To
Start
A New
Era?
If we imagine the best possible future together, we start to cocreate it.
“It doesn‟t matter if you love or hate „the Secret‟. Imagining what‟s possible, speaking out what you go for and following opportunities that arise in the right direction, is a practical and fun way to move forward.”
Are the Netherlands ready for “7 Days of Inspiration”?
Social Business“In small and local business relationships are the key to great quality and business ethics that support and are part of the surrounding society and environment.”
Social Business Design Issue #7
7. Support Small Businesses
How the Competitive Edge
Returns to the Craftsmen
Business school with a bigger purposeAnd where students can make money too
Getting the target
is missing the
point
& Why and How Big
Business should
turn Smalll
Magazine for
Work Space for New EntrepreneurshipThe HubSeats2meet
Meeting place for Innovators
# Create special dinners with friends, or inspiring contacts, who don’t know each other. Invite each of them to tell a personal story about a inspirationalquestion or heart touching theme.
“Culture isn‟t measured in possessions, it‟s measured in how we touch each other. The best way to start the world we would love to live in, is to live like it‟s here already. “
# 10 ways to have
a great time for free
Towards a The CoCreation Issue #8
8. Co-Create a Green Culture
Stand Up Inspiration
the Fun side of Living Green
Together Shaping Tomorrowby Focussing on Possibilities
Saving the planetas business opportunity
Vital Interestchanges cultures
Great Place to Live
Philosophy
Event Design with meaning
Magazine for network mobilisation
It’s: the Inspiration Issue! #9
Play Design:Where the
future is now
Very Old Ideas for a Very New World
Eureka in Groups
Corporate Tribing
It’s Usor Them
We promiseshareholder value. Trust that
all moves contribute.
Enjoy.
Love to play, experiment and
cocreate with others
We offer value foreveryone
Don’ttalk,
dance!
Score or getfired!
What steps willprotect our interests?
All noses in the same direction.
9. Tribe Your Network“When we work with friends, trust and shared purpose, great things can be done together. It‟s like the African saying: I am because We Are.”
How To Tribe:
* Seth Godin
* Martijn Aslander
•Floris Koot
•Daan van Geijlswijk
Vibrant networks
Birth places
of new ideas
NNF Festival & Mindz
Dialogue as
Collective
Thinking Tool
“When you share your magical experiences with others, you give them more reality and create more space for wonder in the world.”
To my best knowledge* all used pictures where published resort under Creative Commons with the remarks:Little man in circle meaning Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Roundabout arrow meaning Share Alike: If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible license.*)if I made a mistake about this, let me know asap.
Therefore anyone can redistribute this work or parts of with my name for the texts and original names for the pictures.
Or if more festive words: Please feel free to spread the magic.9. Tribe your network
• Painting: Caravaggio, inspiration of Saint Matthew
• Hand with Sun: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/• 1st dandelion: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tramani_sagrens/• 2nd dandelion: http://www.flickr.com/photos/black_friction/• 3d dan.:http://www.flickr.com/photos/artimagesmarkcummins/
Links you might like if you liked this. (some in Dutch only)
Purposeful business school Knowmads: http://www.knowmads.nl
