Radical fearlessness, soul decides when

by jf on 02/12/2011

Recently, after reading the post “Towards a life of charity“, a dear friend of mine wrote me: “Your steps towards a future submerged in a life of charity reflect your sincere belief in the goodness of mankind and the strength of your being.  It is indeed inspirational though I am sure that I would never [...]

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Towards a life of charity

by jf on 01/11/2011

Audio text (click here for direct link) : [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  Charity… since childhood, this is a word I only whispered in my inner cloister. Charity… The original radiance of this word has been dulled by the patina of time and by the encroachment of merchant ideology. Charity… he who asks [...]

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15 days until Centifolia 2011

by jf 4 October 2011

For our friends who may not yet know, Fernanda and I are investing a lot of time, effort, and love in Centifolia 2011, a congress that will bring together players from the perfumery and cosmetics industries October 19-21 in Grasse, the perfume capital of the world. Gosh, what could we possibly be doing at such [...]

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Did these men crash the world?

by jf 28 September 2011
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I wholeheartedly recommend this excellent 4 parts documentary called “Meltdown” from Al Jazeera. Part one is below. It explains with many details how the top finance lords have deployed their most subtle and vicious art as predators that eventually lead to the 1988 crash. No need to be a Nobel Prize economist to understand the systemic [...]

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Freudian Slips of Pyramidal Collective Intelligence

by jf 19 September 2011
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A friend of mine wrote me this morning: “My school just cut off two positions that were necessary to pursue the deployment of our project. I was supposed to hire these two persons but the context is bad and the management is opposed to any hiring! Even though I have faith, I start to feel [...]

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Sharing vs exchanging

by jf 8 August 2011

This morning a person joined TheTransitioner online community and wrote in her profile that for her sharing was more important than exchanging. I couldn’t agree more with her. Sharing is much more than exchanging. It raises a core collective intelligence question: how can we build large economies that are NOT just about exchanging (market economy), [...]

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Viviane-Josée Restieau, my sister of light

by jf 16 June 2011

I would like you to meet an extraordinary and exceptional person. In every aspects of her life she manifests with light. Her name is Viviane-Josée Restieau. Viviane is a great, extraordinary artist. I consider her to be one of the most enlightened artists of our time (we can say so!), one of these artists that [...]

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Centifolia 2011 — The best keynote Ninjas for the True, the Good and the Beautiful

by jf 13 May 2011

For Centifolia 2011, we are selecting a panel of 10 world-class keynote speakers who will inspire most of the decision makers in the perfume and cosmetics industry. Their talk will be in a TED format: sharp, short, concise, mind blowing, and very very very viral. Please read all details below, and if you want to [...]

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Speaking at TEDx Paris 2011

by jf 27 January 2011

Speaking at TEDx Paris has been a challenge for me. How is it possible to share the free currencies vision in 12 minutes? TED even asks for much more. It’s not just about concepts and views, we have to allow emotional intelligence, balance the right and left brain, share about the personal journey…  Whatever the outcome [...]

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Feudalism and money

by jf 30 November 2010
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Last September 2010 my dear friend and brother Eric Harris-Braun wrote a wonderful post on his blog called “A story about expressive capacity“, which I strongly recommend that anyone interested in the economic shift should read. Thanks Eric for this wonderful post! Another story we may want to link to the one written by Eric [...]

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