Nick Udall - The Way of Nowhere - Eight Questions to Release Our Creative Potential

the Way of

8 questions to

release mycreative potential

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Welcome to our quest.

It is a quest to unlock the creative potential of people and their organizations.

Over the last 12 years this quest has given us the opportunity to work all over the world with some amazing people and organizations. It has been a rollercoaster ride – and continues to be, as we tap into both ancient and modern wisdom traditions.

Along the way we have learned that it is not answers but questions that unlock our creative potential. Therefore the Way of nowhereis a book of questions. Within and between these questions lie insights. When put together in inspiring and innovative ways, these questions, and the insights they hold, have the power to transform.

We invite you to hold these questions in your mind, to work with them, so you too can discover their magic.

We reach choice points all the time in our lives. These can be relatively minor – tea or coffee? – or relatively major – marriage or divorce?

You have presumably made a choice in buying this book. You now need to make another: Where should I begin?

releasing my creative potential

This half of the book works with questions that are designed to unlock the consciousness and creativity of individuals . It looks at ways in which we can catalyze breakthrough in ourselves and others, thereby becoming the inspiration and innovation we want to be in the world.

releasing our creative potential

This half of the book works with questions that are designed to unlock the creative and collective potential of organizations . It looks at ways in which we can transcend our organizational limitations and inspire breakthrough innovations within our organizations and through our organizations into the world.

There is no right or wrong way of entering this book.

You are currently starting this book from a personal perspective. We offer you this page so you can pause for a moment and make a conscious choice as to the best way in for you.

Both ways lead to the Way of nowhere.

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releasing mycreative potential

the practice wheel of inspiring-innovation

a beginning

our quest

a book of breakthrough questions

inspiring-innovation: a personal practice

wheels

how to use the wheel

the 8 questions

e what is my unique purpose… ?

se how am I releasing the magic of the moment… ?

s how am I venturing into uncertainty… ?

sw how am I focusing the power of my intent… ?

w how am I supporting growth… ?

nw how am I learning to see the invisible… ?

n how am I returning my gift… ?

ne how am I keeping my energy clear and bright… ?

living the practice

standing at the centre of mycircle

the Way of nowhere

releasing ourcreative potential

the art wheel of inspiring-innovation

a beginning

our quest

a book of breakthrough questions

inspiring-innovation: a personal practice

wheels

how to use the wheel

the 8 questions

e what is our unique purpose… ?

se how are we releasing the magic of the moment… ?

s how are we venturing into uncertainty… ?

sw how are we focusing the power of our intent… ?

w how are we supporting growth… ?

nw how are we learning to see the invisible… ?

n how are we returning our gift… ?

ne how are we keeping our energy clear and bright… ?

living the practice

standing at the centre of ourcircle

the Way of nowhere

About the Publisher

the practice wheel of inspiring-innovation

There must have been more than 60 of us sitting in a circle on a patio overlooking a beach on the south coast of Crete. The group was made up of people from all over the world, and we were there to explore ways of transforming organizations.

We were reviewing some of the workshops we had attended earlier in the day and were beginning to propose sessions for the evening ahead. I was feeling nervous, as I wanted to propose a session on a subject about which I was passionate but knew little. Finally I said to the group: