It’s an idea whose time has come. Timebanks, having languished in anticipation of the world’s resounding and grateful acknowledgement for too long, may just be the answer to our current spate of financial woes. Through them, we might redefine our understanding of currency to better reflect the value of those goods and services it purports to represent. And if we introduce a new economic model for a population...
There’s something magical about the arrival of summer, and it’s more than just the opportunity it affords to wear less clothing and play hooky on a stretch of sand. The summer solstice, poised to arrive in our hemisphere on June 21 at 1:17 pm EDT, has long been wrapped up in a kind of mystical aura. Though actually a mere instant in time—the precise moment when the earth’s axial tilt is most inclined toward the...
You know the days. Yesterday’s to-do list is still to be done, you forgot your egg salad on the kitchen counter back home and somebody left an open package of toner on the photocopier lid that you flipped onto your white-clad self. A day at the office, we are regularly reminded, ain’t no walk in the park. It’s moments like these that bring into sharp focus the eminent value of meditation. Long relieved of the...
Lead by example, they say. Find your successes in those of others. Learn from stuff someone else has already cycled through. Want to introduce the concept of spirituality to your workplace? Find a company that’s pulled it off and steal the moves from its playbook. Meet Telus. This massive telecommunications firm takes it employees’ spiritual health so seriously that Telus House Toronto, the downtown office that...
So you’re a bona fide smartypants with an impressive triple-digit IQ and a wall lined with the framed documents that make it official. So what. Doesn’t mean you’re happy with your job. Doesn’t mean you tear off the covers every morning and bound into joy. But if you happen to be blessed with a good stash of emotional tackle and, moreover, have a decent handle on how to put its component parts to best employ in the...