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A Couple of Brief History Lessons Lesson 1: People Who Started a Business After Age 50 Joseph Campbell – started

Does your work allow you to alternate between tasks that use your hands and body and those that use your

It’s Just Business. It’s not Personal. Two sets of wishful thinking have thus far dominated trade and industry: The “free

It’s the connection the technology makes possible Human augmentation by technology is now available to everyone, everywhere. We can hold

What are some examples of Right Livelihood to you? What do you do for a living? What steps are you

With Brief Annotations I thought I’d share the book lists with brief annotations that I’ve created for people aspiring to

Perhaps the most influential teacher about right livelihood, for me, is Tarthang Tulku, Rimpoche, a Tibetan Vajrayana teacher and lama

Recently I was asked why I had drifted away from using Paypal, Venmo and similar payment services to collect payments

The other day, I was looking at Charlie Varon’s website for some inspiration (he frequently inspires me) and I encountered

That’s right! People don’t buy products or services. They buy a way to rid themselves of: a pain a problem

A plan that emphasizes the parts may pay the cost of failing to consider the whole, and a plan that

Client Advice MESSAGE FROM XXXXX XXXXXXX ON 09/15/2022 Hi Claude, Dropping in for some input. I was thinking of sending

Not to long ago, I got a request from a member of the Briarpatch (the alternative business network I coordinate)

  Of Historical Note In the Briarpatch’s early years, our open books practice spread by word of mouth to counterculture

Meaningful Work Food for Thought “We rush too much with nervous hands and worried minds. We are impatient for results.

There are many ways to organize a work portfolio. Gleanings from planet Briarpatch have revealed a simple portfolio model based

“If we are transparent enough, our ideas gain traction from the feedback and accountability provided by those around us.” Scott

Never hold a meeting when action will produce just as much or more. Conduct all meetings standing up (except of

How to Earn a Living Selling Used Books Online by Joe Waynick (Small Business Press, 2011). Reviewed by Claude Whitmyer,

Look for an interview with me on “Mindfulness and Meaningful Work” in the Winter 2011 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine.

IN MY OWN WAY: An autobiography 1915-1965 by Alan Watts (New World Library, 2007, Second Edition, 385 pp. with index,

SUCCESS WITHOUT COLLEGE: Why Your Child May Not Have to Go to College Right Now—and May Not Have to Go

Purpose, Direction, Relevance, Dialogue, Fit, Relationship-building, Respect, Invention, Personal Acknowledgement, Challenge, Validation, Support, Development, Informality, Flexibility, Ownership, Equality, Oneness, Self-identity,

JOB SHIFT: How to Prosper in A Workplace Without Jobs. By William Bridges. (Addison-Wesley, 1994, 256 pp, bibliography, index, ISBN

THE WARRIOR: Living the Fourfold Way,. by Angeles Arrien. (Wisdom Circles CD series, 1996.) Reviewed by Claude Whitmyer for AHP

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COOK: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life that Matters, by Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields

MERCHANTS OF VISION: People Bringing New Purpose and Values to Business. Edited by James E. Liebig. (Berrett-Koehler, 1994, 252pp, bibliography,

THE REPUBLIC OF TEA: Letters To A Young Zentrepreneur, by Mel Ziegler, Bill Rosenzweig, and Patricia Ziegler. (Currency Doubleday, 1992,