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Doug-Fraley.com My Career Crossroads book, online course, and coaching programs help frustrated people create the life, work, and self they deserve.

More broadly, I coach, write and facilitate learning on topics of personal growth and self-inquiry.

The distribution and quality of silence carries as much value as the content of sound.Pay attention to silences and empt...
17/06/2026

The distribution and quality of silence carries as much value as the content of sound.

Pay attention to silences and empty spaces between happenings. They reveal the essential mood and give value to what transpires.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

That stubborn, indefinable sense of fear and lack - the one we try to alleviate with cars, food, s*x, gadgets, kudos and...
16/06/2026

That stubborn, indefinable sense of fear and lack - the one we try to alleviate with cars, food, s*x, gadgets, kudos and defensive postures - is none other than the mistaken sense that we move independent of (and isolated from) the rest of nature's dynamic.

Imagined separation creates tension. Tension dissipates energy. The wise have vitality because they understand their place in nature’s flow.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Busy-ness isn't good business.Tao does nothing, yet everything gets done. If you find yourself busy, make time to return...
15/06/2026

Busy-ness isn't good business.

Tao does nothing, yet everything gets done. If you find yourself busy, make time to return to quiet reflection.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

This is not an instruction to flow vs swim. It's an invitation to Realize that all we do is float, even when it feels li...
14/06/2026

This is not an instruction to flow vs swim. It's an invitation to Realize that all we do is float, even when it feels like we're swimming (or sinking).

The movements of water show the importance of timing. Flow, for pushing creates resistance.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Behold the other; behold yourself. Grant me the gift of seeing myself as others see me.All behaviors contain their oppos...
13/06/2026

Behold the other; behold yourself. Grant me the gift of seeing myself as others see me.

All behaviors contain their opposites. Learn to see things from all angles.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Every process has its own timing. Pay attention, and you can time light action to great effect.Gentle, early leadership ...
12/06/2026

Every process has its own timing. Pay attention, and you can time light action to great effect.

Gentle, early leadership interventions work best. Recognise critical moments. As the process matures, interrupt as little as possible.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Cycling through argument and justification crowds out attunement to what is happening right now.Unwise leaders are blind...
11/06/2026

Cycling through argument and justification crowds out attunement to what is happening right now.

Unwise leaders are blinded by the desire to be right. Pay attention to what is happening rather than fuss over abstract rules.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Illusory fortresses afford no protection.The truest safety comes when I surrender defense of my self image. All I need c...
10/06/2026

Illusory fortresses afford no protection.

The truest safety comes when I surrender defense of my self image. All I need comes when I surrender all I think I own. Yin paradoxes.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

We all make decisions and live with them. Those decisions are part of the same flow as all else. The decision engine (pe...
09/06/2026

We all make decisions and live with them. Those decisions are part of the same flow as all else. The decision engine (person) is not outside the flow but plays a special part within it.

Tao is how things happen, but you still must decide what to do. Knowing that your action flows from Tao is freedom. Acting is responsibility.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

Prioritize, but stay open. Chasing some things, we miss others and are blind to how they all hang together.Don’t strive ...
08/06/2026

Prioritize, but stay open. Chasing some things, we miss others and are blind to how they all hang together.

Don’t strive for perfection, riches, security or admiration. Die to these to see your unity with everything, governed by Tao.

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters of only a couple pages each. I draw from John Heider's translation / interpretation: The Tao of Leadership to give bite-sized leadership tips.
Get all 81 Tao Bites in my free Bite-Sized Tao Te Ching eBook (pdf). Link in comments.



https://innerfrontierway.substack.com/p/tao

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