Author name: Peter Schulte

Both the progress narrative and the doom narrative trap us in certainty — and inaction. The truth: we don’t know what tomorrow brings, and that matters.

You feel it every day: too much information, too many choices, too little clarity about what actually works. This is the VUCA world. And for change agents, finding a way to wade into its depths without being swept away is no small feat.

Not all psychedelic spirituality looks like visions and spirit beings. This is a counterintuitive take on what these experiences can reveal — and the strange paradox of a practice grounded in what’s real.

Is the world not beautiful enough already? A counterintuitive take on the “more beautiful world” we keep chasing — and why our awe of the world we already inhabit might be the most powerful fuel for change we have.

Most of us are waiting for the promotion before we give ourselves permission to lead. But self-leadership doesn’t require a title. It’s about owning whoever you really are — right now — in service to your team and its mission. You can be a leader right now.

There is actually significant overlap between my shoulding and what I genuinely want to do. And yet, these aspirations can be so much more liberating, joyful, and easeful than I’ve made them in the past.

We do not choose what we dream. At best, we can choose which of our many dreams we pursue.

You are not a hero. I am not a hero. None of us is. We are not going to save the world on our own. We need to cultivate the ecosystem of change.

At best, you can have a clear, powerful purpose for this chapter of your life and career. And that chapter might end five years from now and it might end tomorrow.

We live our best lives when we actively choose the life we actually have, rather than yearning for some different, more “ideal” one.