Extending Invitations Last week I purged all the books from my bookshelf, I threw out all my workshop notes and articles, and I deleted 1800 blog posts and 1400 images (everything) from my website. I wanted to begin with an ending for a beginning I do not yet fully understand. I ask for your patience as this evolves and I strive to be patient with myself. What I do know is that the concept and experience of invitations will be the backdrop of how I proceed. I don’t care for rules, commandments, cheap advice, manifestos, proclamations, and all the various things tossed our way that feel more like coercion than invitation. While I refine my own invitations I invite you to get to know Johnnie Moore. Spend a little time with Johnnie at:https://lnkd.in/gWEXfz8t I am so impressed by his thoughts, perspectives, and very present and engaging demeanour. His methodology of

I have taken the next radical step in my purge of the past. It feels freeing, enthralling and edgy. I went into my website at www.davidzinger.com that I started on November 11, 2005. I proceeded this morning to delete every blog post I wrote — a total of 1836 posts on engagement and strength based leadership. I also deleted over 1700 images, most of them my own, that accompanied these posts. There is no backup! I plan to embark on a refresh of what I will do in the future on April Fool’s Day. I do not know where I am headed but I feel that I am moving forward after letting go of the past.

At 69, I have gone through many transitions in my life and I currently find myself in a new one. For the last three days I have been throwing out tons of files and articles related to my work and I have purged my shelves of almost all of my work-related books. Whenever I do this, and I have done this a few times in the past, it is an early barometer of a looming change, even though I do not know the ultimate form the change will take. The process feels enriching rather than depleting or disconcerting. I know that all transitions begin with an end — often followed by a muddled neutral zone before arriving at the new beginning. Here are four 3-word lines that are informing me in the art of this process: 1. Not done yet.2. What comes next?3. I don’t know!4. And that’s okay. I