Bill McDonald's Newsletter - Archive

Let me begin with a story I’ll frequently share with clients. The Old Monk and the Cobra Somewhere in the Indian subcontinent, there’s a village.

March 15, 2024

This is one of those “my father taught me” statements. And that’s how I speak of it whenever I teach it to my clients. Truth

February 1, 2024

Last year, as every year, ended with a narrative about the Holy Birth of a Prince of Peace. Born in innocence and vulnerability Now, The

January 1, 2024

Even from my youth, that forceful solo Bass air from the midst of G F Handel’s Messiah is seared into the musical memory chambers of my brain,

December 1, 2023

Let me begin with an illustration. Let’s say I ask a particular person (person A) this question: “How are you feeling today?” And he answers,

November 1, 2023

The other day, I pulled from my living room bookshelf a small volume I’d long forgotten – a small paperback with a blue cover by

October 9, 2023

Apologia: Truth be told, I don’t write about Burning Man from having direct experience. I’ve had clients who were “burners”, and have observed from a

October 1, 2023

Some (many) years ago, when I was in training for the work I do today, a guest trainer named Richard Bandler (of NLP fame) was

September 1, 2023

I recall a few years ago enjoying a cartoon in which a car was sitting at the bottom of a pond, from which emerged a

August 1, 2023

Mark Twain 1835-1910, a great favorite of my father, once said, “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” And

July 1, 2023

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