http://www.davidpdiana.com Unique Perspectives in Mental Health Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2012/01/09/thoughts-2012/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2012/01/09/thoughts-2012/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:42:12 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3790
And within that process, your efforts should center on creating a connection between you and your audience in a variety of different ways. This means that having and delivering a brochure is not marketing. Advertising is not marketing. A website - not Marketing. Direct mailers are not marketing, and networking is not marketing. If you think of these kinds of activities as stand alone entities - you will be frustrated. Marketing is an effective and unique combination of these and many other efforts. When you find the right combination for yourself and your work, true success will take hold. ]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2012/01/09/thoughts-2012/feed/ 3 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/12/13/100/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/12/13/100/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:03:38 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3766
Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to you all!]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/12/13/100/feed/ 0 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/11/29/the-essential-laws-of-progress/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/11/29/the-essential-laws-of-progress/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:16:45 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3685 “Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon. Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” - From the movie, The Matrix

The process of giving life to an idea, of finding freedom and forging new paths, is so incredibly fragile that the slightest shift causes that potentiality to retreat into the shadows. The precious thoughts that spark a beginning are so easily dismissed and compromised one often wonders how new ideas find a foothold. It requires patience, determination, and a willingness to walk into the unknown. And most of all, it requires faith and commitment.]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/11/29/the-essential-laws-of-progress/feed/ 1 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/09/19/stuck-on-try/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/09/19/stuck-on-try/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:37:45 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3613 “Do or do not do. There is no try.” - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back (* a special thanks to my oldest son who reintroduced me to this movie quote one evening as he read his newest book, “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda”.)

When you seek change, “starting” will be the hardest part. I’m not talking about starting in the sense of acknowledging a need to change, planning for change, or seeking help with the change process. I’m not even talking about your first real act that begins the “start” process, although this is often farther than most people are willing to go. What I’m really getting at is “a genuine start” whereby you lean into risk and uncertainty with determination and commitment.]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/09/19/stuck-on-try/feed/ 5 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/08/08/trading-calm-for-creation/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/08/08/trading-calm-for-creation/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:57:52 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3536 The good news is there’s no ground.”
– Chogyam Trungpa
The economy is still reeling in my part of the world. I hear stories from time to time that shock me, and my head fills with siren like yells to take cover! The butterflies well up and I start day dreaming about safer solutions.
But are there really “safer solutions”?
In this ...]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/08/08/trading-calm-for-creation/feed/ 6 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/07/26/crossing-the-threshold/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/07/26/crossing-the-threshold/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:38:41 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=3523 I was doing market research recently and found that while there were an awful lot of people doing similar work, very few of them had crossed the threshold into something “special”. Their messages were unremarkable, watered down, unclear…typical. There was very little in the way of an “experience” or an emotional connection that would make a ...]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/07/26/crossing-the-threshold/feed/ 2 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/04/25/strawberry-fields/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/04/25/strawberry-fields/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:13:47 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=2746 It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn’t matter much to me.
Let me take you down, ’cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever.”
History tells us John Lennon was amused when people attempted to “over-interpret” his lyrics.  I found myself pondering them one weekday afternoon walking the strawberry fields with my youngest son.
http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/04/25/strawberry-fields/feed/ 10 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/03/14/maya-making-lessons-from-a-post-9-5-world/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/03/14/maya-making-lessons-from-a-post-9-5-world/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:20:57 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=2694 “There is no place in this new kind of physics for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality”  – Albert Einstein
I used to believe institutions, and society as a whole, would help me gain perspective and create meaning in my life.  They would define the limits of possibility, and provide the rules and principles I would need to be fulfilled, grow, and prosper.
How long have I been sleeping on that bed of ...]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2011/03/14/maya-making-lessons-from-a-post-9-5-world/feed/ 7 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/22/the-intellectual-integrity-of-commitment/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/22/the-intellectual-integrity-of-commitment/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:35:33 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=2291 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/22/the-intellectual-integrity-of-commitment/feed/ 9 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/08/the-art-of-science/ http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/08/the-art-of-science/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:58:49 +0000 David http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=2278 “I don’t give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way.”  – Mark Twain
It’s easy to lionize art.  The mere mention of it conjures up images of freedom and creativity.  Science…not so much.  And yet, both science and art are essential.  Each gives life to the other.
Many moons ago, medieval mapmakers depicted dragons on the far edges of their maps. Hic sunt dracones (“Here be dragons!”), they warned.  Now that’s one ...]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2010/11/08/the-art-of-science/feed/ 4