Pause. In your
#MindOfMind
, sit with me, please, on a “think bench” overlooking a Walden-like “think pond” to
#ThinkToThink
™. Allow the water’s ripples to
#InviteYourMind
to engage in
#metacognition
’s flow. Think about the ways you’ve made available to think about your thinking.
Done! I finished
#Spare
well within 36 hours of starting it. It’s not written to be liked. One wouldn’t. It’s to be respected and valued for its raw humanity and great vulnerability. With unexpectedly personal empathy, I’m grateful to
#PrinceHarry
for sharing his journey to date.
We are excited to announce the remarkably personal and emotionally powerful story of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex.
SPARE, the highly anticipated
#PrinceHarryMemoir
, will be published on January 10, 2023. Learn more at
Done! Within 36 hours of its US release, I finished my first reading of
#PrinceHarry
’s instructive revelations in
#Spare
. Still, I sense in the book’s shadows
#truth
that dares not speak its name. Lawyers, editors, and ethicists probably advised restraint.
@khills77
Katie, thank you. I suggest you invite what’s between the lines to inform you. I sense great restraint was used in the writing and editing of
#Spare
.
#PrinceHarry
is likely to be judged by
#history
scholars as having been respectful to—or fearful of—those who harmed him the most.
Through two close friends, I had 1st-degree and 2nd-degree proximity to insights about then
#PrinceCharles
. One of my confidantes traveled for two+ years with the young Prince, at the behest of the
#Prince
’s maternal grandmother.
#Spare
, therefore, saddens more than surprises me.
As
#FathersDay2021
comes to a close, I welcome the clever joy in this story about Meghan's touching gift to her Harry and the rest of us. "I really hope that people can see this as a love story that transcends the story of my family," said Meghan. It does.
#Entrepreneurs
and other
#leaders
at
@enclave_center
value observing glimpses of the complexity, efficiency, and humility in
@SamHeughan
's exemplary human journey. Clearly, he surrounds himself with loyal and competent subject matter experts. Join Enclavians in "keeping watch."
One-third of the signers of the US Declaration of Independence were from wee
#Scotland
. The
#Scottish
Enlightenment's independent thinkers guided the rethinking of their British coauthors. With
@Outlander_STARZ
, American
@Writer_DG
gives
#Scots
due credit.
This interview's pairing is brilliant.
#PrinceHarry
and
@andersoncooper
were born into great privilege with moms with deep early-years heartache coursing through their veins. One of my life's great privileges was quality time with Anderson's magnificent mother,
#GloriaVanderbilt
.
Anderson Cooper will interview Prince Harry on 60 Minutes next Sunday, January 8, on CBS. It will be Prince Harry’s first U.S. television interview to discuss his upcoming memoir “Spare.”
HELLO UK!🇬🇧
@SassenachSpirit
is back in time for the holidays! 🙌
We also won another gold medal - European Wine and Spirits Trophy!
(Yazz)
Join me for a festive “Dram with Sam” 23rd.x
@SilviaTerigi_
Sylvia, thanks for your note. It’s difficult to imagine any empathic adult reading
#Spare
cover-to-cover without at least some heartrending sadness. For some,
#schadenfreude
might block healthy sadness. Many commenting on
#PrinceHarry
’s book haven’t yet read it and may not. Sad.
His truths are newsworthy. Why did I order 2 copies of the
#PrinceHarryMemoir
from
@PenguinUKBooks
to arrive on its date of release? To lighten the air swirling around
#PrinceHarry
’s book, count the seconds until the humorous answer comes to you. Have some fun with this exercise.
What’s “the truth that dares not say its name” in
#Spare
? One logical inference is
#PrinceHarry
’s emotional emptying when learning he and his brother were sired by a father who was in love with someone other than their mother. The Coronation requires intense compartmentalization.
@tma285
@khills77
TeeMaa, thank you. The randomness the editors allowed appears to be among
#Spare
’s clever literary devices. The quirky references to body parts were similarly allowed to remind readers of
#PrinceHarry
’s common-folk humanity — and his sense of humor and irony. It feels authentic.
Is
#MasculinitySaturday
a thinker's
#HashtagHoliday
? It flags masculinity's evolution from Eden's shame-igniting fig leaf and yielding of power to a more intellectually defensible notion of man. A scholar suggests studying why millions prefer
@SamHeughan
's example of masculinity.
When occasionally I'm asked why in 2019
@EnclaveAcademy
selected
#Scotpreneur
@SamHeughan
as our
#EntrepreneurToWatch
for 2020-22, now I can simply suggest buying his Waypoints book as a study guide to focus on his exemplary mastery of thinking about his thinking (metacognition).
As members of
@enclave_center
continue to observe, appreciate, and learn from the journey of our
#EntrepreneurToWatch
for 2021-22
@SamHeughan
, we value the humility, humor, and happiness he allows to shine through. He and his several
#startup
teams seize each day’s opportunities.
Remember back in March when lots of you were very excited about
@SamHeughan
&
@grahammctavish
gracing the cover of our Member Magazine?
Well... turns out the cover is up for a
@PPAScotland
award & you can vote for it.
Show it a little love here 💙🗳️👇
This moment,
@SamHeughan
is appearing five miles from
@enclave_center
’s front door. Until the last minute, no one on our team knew he was coming to the
#Chicago
area. We would have formally invited him for a tour and discussion. As an
#entrepreneur
, here he’s welcome at any time.
“It’s personal. It’s very personal. An
#entrepreneur
’s journey is deeply personal.” Often I repeat this triptych from the stage at
@enclave_center
, yet listeners default to more interest in inanimate
#ventures
than in
#venturers
as people.
@SamHeughan
fuses personal with venture.
The big brains behind
#USA
’s brawn are the
#Scots
. Scholars identify core philosophic tenets drawn from The
#Scottish
Enlightenment. Scots asserted the sovereignty of free
#thinking
—and live-free rejection of authority that couldn’t be justified by reason.
@ML_Philosophy
Intellectual curiosity.
Intellectual humility.
Intellectual generosity.
No reference to IQ implied in the above.
To be curious is to be smart.
To be humble is to be smart.
To be generous is to be smart.
Smart is as smart does.
Smart thinking about smart thinking.
Smart!😉
Agree!
@EnclaveAcademy
’s
#EntrepreneurToWatch
for 2020-22,
@SamHeughan
, continues to demonstrate his intellectual humility, agility, and generosity. We’re enlightened — and frequently entertained — by his ego-checked authenticity. He’s the
#Scotpreneur
to celebrate and emulate.
With 2022 coming to a close I’m reminded of what
@JohnRDallasJr
has said regarding
@SamHeughan
.
Sam definitely is continuing to be a great example of what
@enclave_center
represents.
Such great learning experiences at the center.
The qualification process for
#EntrepreneurToWatch
involves at least one year of stealth monitoring of public news and online behavior of high-profile
#entrepreneurs
demonstrating evidence of good character. Candidates must seek to enrich the quality of life for their customers.
@Outlander_Fan1
@SamHeughan
Yes, indeed. For a long time, Tweets and talks from and at
@enclave_center
feature details about
@SamHeughan
. He presents as a sterling example of a multitalented
#leader
with a good-to-great mind, big-to-biggest heart, and an inclusive spirit that appear to hold to the good.
#Leadership
basics at
@EnclaveAcademy
(EA) are drawn from examples of higher-order thinking of The
#Scottish
Enlightenment. EA’s “Lux venit ab plus ultra”—Light comes from further beyond—memorializes and honors the
#metacognition
of
#Scots
who saw light at the end of the tyranny.
@barrybutler9
@NWSChicago
Barry, healing thoughts and prayers are flowing your way. As if your mind is your brain’s camera lens, visualize adjusting its aperture for clarity of thinking that’s already coming back into view. Your fine mind is greatly appreciated by thousands of other minds. Aim well! 😉
You got it and you’re smiling! 😉😉A spare for Spare — just in case.📕📕In advertising, the title is a “call to action.” Perhaps many people already bought and will buy 2 copies, though mostly to use “the spare” as a gift more than as a fail-safe should the buyer lose
#Spare
.👑👑
#PrinceHarry
’s memoir is relevant for exploring
#metacognition
with
@EnclaveAcademy
.
#Spare
’s author and contributors painstakingly chronicle individual and organizational “thinking about thinking.” Failure to Think Things Through Thoroughly Together (
#TX5
™) caused BIG problems.
With thanks to
@Comaford
for this succinct reminder for high-performing
#entrepreneurs
. We must take breaks TO recharge — instead of thinking (feeling) we are taking breaks FROM the work we Iive and love. Work waits for us. We need to be “at our best” — replenished and refreshed!
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is where I lived as a toddler in post-
#WWII
@Pittsburgh
. Today’s warring ways make newsworthy
@PlutoTV
’s 24-hour plan for airing
@wqed
’s Rev.
#MisterRogers
of
@PBS
fame. Kids, parents, and others need his soothing thinking.
#LordJohnGrey
is the less-sung hero in
@Outlander_STARZ
. This character’s complexity and mostly unseen constant presence in the minds and hearts of principal characters, Jamie and Claire, reflect the brilliantly thought-through and richly nuanced cerebral writing of
@Writer_DG
.
@nancy_conner
@SamHeughan
@enclave_center
Thank you, Nancy. He was fortunate to meet a devoted fan who looks beyond his celebrity toward the example he sets for psychological maturity, solid character, unbridled joie de vivre, and discipline without martyrdom. He is a role model for
#entrepreneurs
of all ages and stages.
For brilliant
#JonathanBailey
to be threatened by a Pennsylvanian truly sickens me. When rank homophobia, antisemitism, racism, and other stultifying small-mindedness of fellow Americans cause harm to others, I cringe in deep disgust, regret, and sadness.
Enjoy concentric humor in
#metacogcentric
thinking;
“It’s a cog’s life.”⚙️
“Who let the cogs out?”⚙️
“It’s a cog day’s night.”⚙️
“…in the cog house.”⚙️
“Pick up after your cog!”⚙️
“A cog is a man’s best friend.”⚙️
“Take your cog out for a walk.”⚙️
Think. Think. Think.
Say it three times.
Try it.
“Think. Think. Think.”
Feel it?
Thinking about thinking’s thinking is
#metacognition
.
#ThinkThinkThink
to cogitate, innovate, and self-actuate.
#ThinkToThink
™ again.
It’s a cog’s life.😉
Is your workplace
#PrinceHarryIsRight
. Today I told an audience how reading
#Spare
became an unexpected journey of my relating to
#PrinceHarry
on surprisingly personal levels. My childhood fascination with
#MarkTwain
's The Prince and the Pauper set the stage for my empathy.
#PrinceHarry
’s
#Spare
— and his additional memoirs over the years ahead — will surely transform the monarchy. Not unlike
#PrincessDiana
, his voice resonates with cross-generational and international value. Royalty needs to be more comprehensible. It’s not.
Check out the brilliant
#HighperformancePodcast
Insightful episodes featuring intimate access to high performing individuals.
@mrjakehumphrey
and
@liquidthinker
dig into what decisions have brought me to the career I have today!
🙌
Listen and watch:
"Wisdom. Courage. Patience." This is the three-word inscription on
@EnclaveAcademy
's Seal. Wise minds were at
#PrinceHarry
's courageous side as
#Spare
was approved for publishing by a top-quality publisher. Have patience. This book is changing
#UK
history.
Expressions of respect or antipathy for
#Spare
reflect types of
#emotions
this volume lays bare. Especially when flowing from those who’ve not yet purchased, read, or listened to
#PrinceHarry
’s meted truths, views about this valuable
#book
scratch the surface of its significance.
#PrinceHenry
humbly highlights in
#Spare
“failure of thinking” at points in a challenging life. Almost every self-aware adult revisits memories of failing to Think Things Through Thoroughly—the
#TX4
™ step in
@EnclaveAcademy
’s Thinking Multiplied Model™ for
#Metacognition
(TXX).
@No_NameBanBan
Anna, thank you for your spot-on suggestion.
@EnclaveAcademy
’s curious minds are guided to first read the book—listening to their own inner voices narrate—then revisit recollections with
#PrinceHarry
’s voice.
#Spare
and its sequels are likely to be declared game-changing memoirs.
@perry_ron
Greyhound bus fumes from the 1960s. 🚍😉 That was a commonly discussed quirky smell people seemed to savor — or at least did not mind. Quite odd.
Excerpt: “…fighting the vile forces that he feels contributed to his mother’s death and imperiled his newfound love, he might bring a greater sense of decency in Britain, and maybe even curtail the power of the worst practices in media. Good luck to him.”
@goldie_333
Jen, agree. Colleagues and I will assess the book for use with
@EnclaveAcademy
’s “psychology for leaders” coursework. Next week, I’m going to mention it as a recommended optional personal reading—for its captivating storytelling to illustrate PTSD. So far, no one I know read it.
Fellow Boomers and I learned, through
#Scot
-hewn philosophy of
@Forbes
, ropes, knots, and ties of business — long before
#startups
were nick-named as such. “Opening a business” wasn’t a “lean” thing with which to dabble toe-in. It was the all-in real thing.
@SamHeughan
is all in.
Congratulations to esteemed thinking partners at
@HFHarvard
for today’s brilliant 1st Annual
#Entrepreneurship
and Flourishing Workshop.
Resounding applause from all open minds and hearts assembled to focus on the
#wellbeing
of
#entrepreneurs
and other humans they influence. A+!
As
#entrepreneurs
sprint alongside
#CloudMining
risks and rewards — metaphorically represented by the land-based and accessible contents of the
#Cloud
— we need to REST our
#minds
,
#bodies
, and souls by soaring BEYOND the clouds. For perspective, we peer from “Above the clouds.”
@Outlander_STARZ
gives our minds and hearts then-and-now perspective for the “US Quarter Millennial.” In 2026, the USA will celebrate the 250th year since 52 brave entrepreneurs crafted the business plan for history’s most successful startup.
#Scots
drafted its Mission Statement.
Entrepreneurial ventures come in all shapes and sizes.
@EnclaveAcademy
characterizes EVERY new film as a “cinematic
#startup
.” All Broadway plays are “marquee startups.” Etc.
#EntrepreneurialThinking
allows minds to reclassify the psychological underpinnings of new initiatives.
@rachaeljoyandel
In a cattle-car elevator ride, I asked 3 of my friendly hi-rise neighbors if they read
#PrinceHarry
’s book. With surprise excitement, all three said they were buying copies this week, having heard how “great” it is. I did NOT reveal I bought a spare for
#Spare
…just in case. 😉