Story-based
training
& coaching
The Creative Astronomer
Every night the astronomer liked to go outside and observe the stars and planets in the night sky. Sometimes he would sit on top of a big hill that was near his home and train his telescope on a particular star. Sometimes he just wondered the streets. Marvelling at the beauty of the heavens. On one particular night, as he walked down a country lane with his whole attention focused on the sky, he fell down a deep hole and was trapped. His loud cries brought a neighbour who happened to be passing to the edge of the hole having helped him back to safety, the neighbour said, “You are so curious at what is hidden in the heavens. How is it that you cannot manage to see what is here on earth?”
(Reprinted with permission, ‘Tales for Change’,
by Margaret Parkin, published by Kogan Page, 2004)
Ask yourself...
Q. Are you/your team/your organisation more aware of the 'stars' or the 'holes'?
Q. Can you do both at the same time?
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