In the beginning…
Catching the Updraft! is a story, a philosophy, and a practice of living. It concerns who we are, what we do, and how we find our piece of the puzzle. And, in a practical way, it reveals how we can effectively respond to the challenges that are particularly our
s. We irreverently call it Updrafting.
The principle is this:
Amidst everything else that is happening, there is a momentum to our true, best life and it is arising every moment with force and direction creating an updraft of creative potential that we can choose to catch the way a surfer catches a wave or an eagle catches the wind. We can catch the updraft of our life and take a great exciting ride.
Too corny? Perhaps. But once we get a handle on this model of how the world works, we’ll find that it is ultimately practical for our life, our work, and our businesses.
For many of us, a time come in our lives when we want to improve or evolve our engagement with life, we often ask traditional questions:
• Who am I? What is the world about?
• What should I do? How do I do it better?
The questions come in all flavors depending on the scope of the challenge we are engaged with. The answers we come up with form the basis of the worldview from which we work. So the answers to these questions are very important.
The first question is about coming to an understanding of the reality of the world.
The second is about how we should choose our actions in the world.
Updrafting provides a worldview that comes with a practical approach to living, which can be applied to any endeavor. It can answer these questions in any context. While the precise things we do, practices and tactics, vary for different creative activities and goals, the principles are the same for any project. Once we get it, we can apply it to choose effective action in any situation. Or, we might say, to live an effective life we must apply it everywhere.
