Jack Ricchiuto / Books
Jack's books include topics like creativity and innovation, networked organizations, project management, appreciative leadership, personal growth and development and community development.
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Instructions From The Cook
Recipes for New Conversations
Copyright 2008
George Nemeth & Jack Ricchiuto
80 Pages, Paperback - $12.95 US
"Have you ever read a book that stays under your skin and makes you think about it as well as ideas that seem to spawn in your mind because of it?" Read the rest of Carole Cohen's rave review of the book.
Instructions From The Cook is an introduction to a powerful and simple model of building community. It is based on the observation that communities thrive when people intentionally engage each other in conversations that energize, engage, and empower them.
The model we present here is an introduction to the deeper and compelling model Peter Block presents in Community from his work with A Small Group. The model we present in Instructions From The Cook is a way to become familiar with the kinds of conversations Peter talks about that eliminate the fragmentation responsible for many things we call problems in communities. We invite you to learn and practice the model and unleash its power in your community.
An intentional model of conversations is built around questions that have power to engage people's gifts in ways that matter. They are conversations that connect people in new ways, so they can collaborate in co-creating a future that attracts them.
Conversations that build community have 4 qualities. They inspire dreams, initiate small acts, engage gifts, and create invitations.
In the old conversations that have no power, we mandate consensus, blame, problem-solve, give lip service, and talk about deficiencies. They keep the community isolated and fragmented in its efforts. In the new conversations that have power, we declare our dreams and gifts, we take and share ownership, we invite others to build community.
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Conscious Becoming
Conscious Becoming is exquisitely accessible ... this is a worthwhile read. Unlike so many Zen works before it, the book is composed in extremely digestible doses which can be consumed as daily affirmations with instant clarity. Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian
Jack Ricchiuto
2007 DesigningLife Books
ISBN 978-0-9661703-9-9
92 pages, Paperback $12.95 US
Production: BookMasters (Massillon OH, USA)
Cover design: Tia Andrako
Photography: Jack Ricchiuto
Back cover calligraphy: Sensei Koshin Ogui
Conscious Becoming is an invitation to a new conversation. It's the conversation about what it means to be conscious in everyday living. It is inspired by the observation that conscious people are easier to live with, work with, learn with, and play with.
We're living in an age where we're now having new conversations about the possibility of harmony and freedom in our relationships and our lives. It has become clear to many of us that the transformation of our communities will come about because of the presence and engagement of conscious people. One of the clearest signs of being conscious is that we see ourselves surrounded by possibilities. We discover our true nature as a source of new possibilities. And in the process, our relationships with ourselves, each other, and our world are forever transformed.
Based on 4 simple truths, Conscious Becoming is written in the style of the Tao te Ching, the ancient book of eastern wisdom that has inspired many of us to deeper levels of being and becoming. Like the Tao, this work is a collection of verses in 81 sections, each of which explores a different dimension of consciousness. It is written to infuse quiet reflection and practice in the dailiness of our lives.
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Sample Sections & Photography from Conscious Becoming
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It is our nature to be conscious.
When we’re conscious
we live by four simple truths.
Everything in life happens
the moment it becomes fully possible.
Whatever story we tell ourselves about reality
is only one possible story.
Whatever we’re doing right now
is only one possible thing to do.
We don’t need a different reality
to do what else is possible right now.
When we’re conscious,
we’re in harmony with reality.
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This is the song of consciousness.
Sail with the wind,
swim with the current,
cut with the grain,
trust the wisdom of the earth.
Follow the terrain,
flow with the traffic,
honor the natural course of things.
Reality rewards the effortless
with yields far beyond
what opposition and resistance
could ever imagine.
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Conscious people
are obvious.
The footprint of their curiosity,
their sense of possibility
is endless, far beyond
the measure of their personal
past, place, perspective, practice, or purpose.
They cherish their inhale into the unknown
as much as their exhale of the known.
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Whether we like it or not,
whether we approve of it or not,
whether it makes sense or not,
things are the way they are,
because they have become fully possible.
And if in the process, we realize
that what we do right now
makes something else more fully possible,
we discover our power,
and dwell in a calm sense of possibility.
Mountain Paths
A Guide on the Journey toward Discovering our Potential
ISBN 0-9661703-7-7
2006 DesigningLife Books
Paperback, 120 pages
Retail $12.95 (US)
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Inspired by Jack's 30 years of coaching people in personal growth and development, Mountain Paths is a practical and engaging guide for discovering your potential for passion, confidence, connection, and agility in your life and your work.
More details on the content of the book
Free Introductory Download of the PDF version of "Mountain Paths". The paperback edition will be out August 2006. For inquiries, contact: jack at designinglife.com
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ISBN 0-9661703-4-2
2005 DesigningLife Books
Paperback, 96 pages
Retail $12.95 (US)
With the emerging practice of Appreciative Inquiry and strengths-based management, Appreciative Leadership provides a practical introduction to sustainable leadership, organization, and community transformation.
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Project Zen...more...
ISBN 0-9661703-3-4
2003 DesigningLife Books
Paperback, 105 pages
Retail $12.95 US
Aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Project Zen offers a practical model and tools for keeping any kind of project on time, on target, and on budget.
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Accidental Conversations...more...
ISBN 0-9661703-3-4
2003 DesigningLife Books
Paperback, 105 pages
Retail $12.95 US
Inspired by lessons from the new sciences, Accidental Conversations explores the power of self-organization in creating dynamic, proactive, networked, empowering organizations.
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Collaborative Creativity...more...
ISBN 1-886939-12-8
1997Oakhill Press
Paperback, 121 pages
Retail $12.95 US
Based on research with international artists and inventors, Collaborative Creativity is a practical guide of principles and tools to keep teams innovative, focused, collaborative, realistic, and practical in their creative processes.
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