Several months back, fellow FMBR board member, Mary Cummings, and I were sitting in a lecture given by Dawn Clark at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment. The audience was very engaged as Dawn led us through various exercises and, over the course of the evening, the topic of success came up.  "What does success mean to you?", Dawn asked, and a lively conversation ensued.  One of the audience members that evening was Silicon Valley corporate attorney and author, John Montgomery.  He can speak with authority on success because he has helped a number of start-up companies reach their goals.

I have to be honest that I was a little surprised to meet John at Dawn Clark's talk.  I had fallen victim to an old stereotype:  that lawyers aren't the most spiritually aware people on the planet.  I should have known better, since I had been on the receiving end of "spiritual suspicion" years ago at an ISSSEEM (International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine) conference.  At the time, I was working at a large pharmaceutical company doing clinical research.  I was met with disbelief when I told people what I did for a living.  At the time, the terms "pharmaceutical research" and "subtle energy medicine" didn't really go together.  But times are changing quickly.  Many mainstream scientists today are interested in the new possibilities that are presented by findings in the realms of quantum physics.  And it's not just scientists who are interested.  As anyone who is paying attention to cutting edge research coming out of more and more labs these days will tell you, the terrain we find ourselves in is expanding rapidly.  The field of what's possible is opening up across all sectors of society, as we get glimpses of just how interrelated our reality is.  We are participating in the birth of a new way of thinking--one which will help us to navigate the challenges we face on the planet today.

As Mary, John and I spoke together after the talk, we found ourselves finishing each other's sentences.  We were on the same wavelength, talking about the movement to embrace principles traditionally considered as "feminine"--principles of nurturing, relatedness, stewardship, intuition and yes, love-- in every aspect of our society, including business.  It is happening as we speak, and John's work is helping to create the shift in the business world.