Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your Groove^SM

December’s Principle:
GO BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

A Note From Karen

Thanksgiving was a rich time for my family & me. We celebrated the first birthday of our first granddaughter, the promise of a new marriage coming next year, and a new baby born to our clan. We had deep conversations that matter and tons of laughter, love ‘n hugs. Nice way to move into 2011. More…

FEATURE

I’ve heard from so many who are deeply and rightly blown away by the current state of affairs in our world right now. No surprise since headlines both befuddle and rankle us.

"…one has to have strong cojones and ovaries to withstand
much of what passes for "good" in our culture today."
~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“But it’s not supposed to be this way.” we bemoan to each other, to our kids, our politicians, to the heavens. Just like our politicized U.S. Congress, our elderly parents pull back when we expect them to reach out even more. On every level we are being forced to face up to hard truths and confounding questions. When we least expect to be confronted, we get crazed as old hurts flare up. And shaken to the core when our status quo evaporates and dreams seem out of reach.
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Karen Recommends

A good read for your holidays
Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. Or his later book, My Ishamel. I read this years ago when it was an underground novel. A colleague reminded me of it recently. It felt right to read it again now. You will love this book cause you too want to make the future work.

Tools, Tips & How-To’s

A Greatness Tool for Emergence During a Time of Heightened Crises & Unrelenting challenges—into the New Year

Here’s something we can all do to make a difference in our world during the holidays.
These are my favorite celebratory exercises. I’ve grouped them by different aspects of y(our) world.
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Widening The Circle

When you look forward to Holiday Season 2011, are you able to say that you will use this season to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock? What big shifts are you considering or making happen?

If you’d like to engage in this dialogue Please share your responses. (Remember I’ll be hush and not share your personal info.)

To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed. I will promise to keep your anonymity.

I also invite you to get some ‘real time’ with me and your elite cohorts on one of my complimentary limited time offer, ROCK ON Teleclass on Thursday Jan 13.

Are YOU A Change Agent?

© 1997-2011 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future
Works Institute, Ltd.

WANT TO USE THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include the following text in its entirety: Online entrepreneur Karen Sands,MCC, Everyday Futurist^SM“, is the publisher of the complimentary monthly ezine, Future Works® Gazette and FutureWorksBlog.com. To sign up for our complimentary ezine and blog and to learn more about our tools for positively transforming yourself and your world, visit www.FutureWorksInstitute.com on your journey on the way to a greater future.

Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your Groove^SM

October’s Principle:
HONOR YOUR AGREEMENTS

A Note From Karen

Once again autumn brings with it the promise of new beginnings and hints of the harvest to come.

More and more women across the country are asking me “What do I need to know being an older woman?” Men too are contemplating their changing role as they age. Both are asking, “Who am I if I’m no longer young?” I realized the time has come for me to share what I know and have learned about aging consciously. In the coming months I hope to initiate a continuing dialogue with you that will address my view as a futurist and gerontologist in the emerging field of Conscious Aging. Our stories and our role as wisdom leaders for the 21st century needs to be voiced and shared. Please click to read this month’s feature, Wild Wisdom Unleashed.
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FEATURE

Growing up, every Friday night was a command performance for our family of six. My Mother lit the Sabbath candles and recited the appropriate ancient prayer. We’d break Challah bread and pass it around to signify our appreciation for what we had and the blessing of another week passing. More…

Karen Recommends

I recently attended Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium to my surprise I was wholeheartedly thrilled that this grassroots offspring of the Pachamama Alliance is gaining traction across the globe. As a professional futurist the content is not new news, but the intent and context created are, and spot on. For me these gatherings of local like-minded folks are the start of something big!

Widening The Circle

When you look forward to Fall 2010, are you able to say that you will use this season to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock? What big shifts are you considering or making happen?

If you’d like to engage in this dialogue Please share your responses. (Remember I’ll be hush and not share your personal info.)

To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed. I will promise to keep your anonymity.

Are YOU A Change Agent?

© 1997-2011 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future
Works Institute, Ltd.

WANT TO USE THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include the following text in its entirety: Online entrepreneur Karen Sands,MCC, Your Ultimate Guide to the Future^SM“, is the publisher of the complimentary monthly ezine, Future Works® Gazette and FutureWorksBlog.com. To sign up for our complimentary ezine and blog and to learn more about our tools for positively transforming yourself and your world, visit www.FutureWorksInstitute.com on your journey on the way to a greater future.

Rock On To Your Greater Future

A Note From Karen

As I crisscross the country I hear uncertainty, angst, loss, and anxiety. Yes these are crazy-making times. Hold on! I also hear about the promise of possibility and hope for the future.

I’ve just returned from the World Future Society’s annual Conference in Boston. We professional futurists convened to share the latest on “Sustainable Futures, Strategies, and Technologies.” Before I can share it with you in readable form, I have to decipher and process a mountain of information.

Additionally I’ll also report to you on another bell weather conference taking place this month which explores the apocalyptic predictions about 2012 and their possible impact on our future. I will be emailing a follow up special report so you can get my take on what emerged. What I can tell you now is that these two conferences will offer very different perspectives on our near and far off future.

Material that I pushed underground is rising to the surface with a new momentum. I’m working feverishly on completing my new book and a brand new website, along with new offerings. You’ll be the first to know when I launch the new website and have my book for sale.

In the meantime, hang in there and let go at the same time. No matter what happens don’t take any of this personally. Remember, this is an epochal shift. I know these are hard and frightening at times. Trust that this is the time for a big reframe. So take a “rethink time-out” every chance you can. But don’t do it solo. These shifts are too big to go it alone.

Have a great rest of summer.

Karen Sands, MCC
Your Ultimate Guide to the Future^SM

P.S. My son Brett is now engaged with Paige Finley from Phoenix Arizona. Yahoo. We adore her and welcome her with open heart and arms.

Karen Recommends

Short and sweet.

Go play, read a good book, make love, and laugh tons. Most of all don’t take what happens personally. But do take it seriously. Safeguard your hope; pray often and up the ante on your consciousness. Spend some time just being with your Self. Let your creativity ripen so you can find the solutions you seek. Happy rest of the summer!

Tools, Tips & How-To’s

Grab something to write with and go where you can be by yourself and unwind. Take some time to self-reflect on these questions.

When you look forward to mid-Summer 2010, are you able to say that you used this season to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock? What big shifts are you considering or making happen? Are you in freeze-frame mode unable to reverse or move forward? Please share your responses. (Remember I’ll not share your personal info.)

Widening The Circle

I’d love to continue a conversation with you addressing important issues like the big shifts that we are all facing; your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed and/or your own experiences and views. I promise anonymity.
With so much shifting going on I may be a bit erratic with my monthly Gazettes. Please know how important your being with me is on this journey into our future. If you have a moment, I’d love to hear from you about your big shifts. Not to worry I will keep your personal information confidential.

Last but not least, I’d love your feedback on a new blog format I’m toying with based on my 52 principles. To encourage dialogue you can post your own take anonymously. The more voices the better. Interested? Please let me know.

Are YOU a Change Agent?

© 1997-2011 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future
Works Institute, Ltd.

WANT TO USE THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include the following text in its entirety: Online entrepreneur Karen Sands,MCC, Your Ultimate Guide to the Future^SM“, is the publisher of the complimentary monthly ezine, Future Works® Gazette and FutureWorksBlog.com. To sign up for our complimentary ezine and blog and to learn more about our tools for positively transforming yourself and your world, visit www.FutureWorksInstitute.com on your journey on the way to a greater future.

Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your Groove^SM

May/June’s Principle:
RESULTS FOLLOW THE ENERGY

A Note From Karen

Big Shifts are the name of the game right now. Learning how to ride discontinuous change while still making conscious choices is a must if we are to turn the seeds of possibility into grand personal futures. More…

FEATURE

Making big relocation changes in midlife is very different than it once was in my youthful 20’s, 30’s and early 40’s. Reality dictates: Time is a diminishing asset. It always has been. I just didn’t get that truth in the same way as I did when I turned 50. Now in my 60’s it’s my daily contemplation. In our youth it’s not such a big deal to change our minds and move on … even to return again. Now I feel an urgency to dig in and make my new home-base “home”. But caution rules since I want to limit the number of mid- and later life relocations ahead. I’m not looking for where to retire, but where and how to live my greatest life yet. I know I’m not alone in this pursuit. More…

Karen Recommends

I can’t speak highly enough about both of these grand teachers. Please check them out if they are new to you. More…

Tools, Tips & How-To’s

Now that I’ve put my “7 Rules of the Road for Making Positive Moves” to the test again in real time, I can wholeheartedly ask you to check them out again. More…

Widening The Circle

When you look forward to Summer 2010, are you able to say that you will use this season to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock? What big shifts are you considering or making happen?

Please share your responses. (Remember I’ll be hush and not share your personal info.)

To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed. I will promise to keep your anonymity.

I also invite you to get some ‘real time’ with me and your elite cohorts on one of my complimentary limited time offer, ROCK ON teleclasses on Tuesday June 15.

Are YOU A Change Agent?

© 1997-2011 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future
Works Institute, Ltd.

WANT TO USE THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include the following text in its entirety: Online entrepreneur Karen Sands,MCC, Everyday Futurist^SM“, is the publisher of the complimentary monthly ezine, Future Works® Gazette and FutureWorksBlog.com. To sign up for our complimentary ezine and blog and to learn more about our tools for positively transforming yourself and your world, visit www.FutureWorksInstitute.com on your journey on the way to a greater future.

Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your Groove^SM

February/March’s Principle:
THE SLOW ROAD IS THE FAST ROAD

A Note From Karen

No wonder I’ve been having a hard time focusing since we arrived in Arizona . Out of my familiar workspace and rhythm it’s been hard to get into my “skin”. But it’s more that my energy is scattered and my mind distracted as we investigate making a significant life change. More…

FEATURE

Moving on is never simple. The hardest part is letting go of “what was” before there’s a “what will be”. Changing careers, closing shop, relocating or calling it quits on a relationship, thrusts us into this same muddle of the middle. More…

Karen Recommends

Rock On teleclass @ Noon EST on May 4th and repeated again on June 8th. A recent attendee shared, “I’ve never been asked questions like these before!” If you’ve been my guest in the past, please come again and invite anyone you know who would benefit. This is another opportunity for us to work together so you too can begin to take hold of your future.

Tools, Tips & How-To’s

7 Rules of the Road for Making Positive Moves
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Widening The Circle

When you look forward to Spring 2010, are you able to say that you will use this recovery to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock? What new moves are you going to make?

Please share your responses.

To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed.

I also invite you to get some ‘real time’ with me and your elite cohorts on
one of my complimentary limited time offer, ROCK ON teleclasses on  May 4th and June 8th.

Are YOU A Change Agent?

© 1997-2011 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future
Works Institute, Ltd.

WANT TO USE THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR E-ZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include the following text in its entirety: Online entrepreneur Karen Sands,MCC, Your Ultimate Guide to the Future^SM“, is the publisher of the complimentary monthly ezine, Future Works® Gazette and FutureWorksBlog.com. To sign up for our complimentary ezine and blog and to learn more about our tools for positively transforming yourself and your world, visit www.FutureWorksInstitute.com on your journey on the way to a greater future.