Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment. To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your […]
Instruction is useless unless the pupil understands the need for instruction and is genuinely willing to learn. The youth must seek the teacher. See this as an opportunity to expand your vision and your experience. Open your mind and put aside preconceptions and prejudices. Remember – your goal is to […]
You have two wolves inside you all the time. One wolf is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, false-pride, superiority, ego, fear, and insecurity. The other wolf is peace, love, humility, empathy, truth,and compassion. The wolf that wins (or that is dominant0 is the one that you feed. While in the […]
To understand someone, one must forget their own experiences, beliefs, attitudes, emotions, knowledge and visual perspective. Knowing another’s mind requires asking and listening. The gains from getting perspective directly instead of interpreting someone’s perspective can be big. Getting someone’s perspective you not only need to listen, you need to verify […]
Harvard Business Review (Locke) Although intuition can sometimes backfire, in many cases it is a perfectly fine shortcut. It takes a surprising amount of domain-specific expertise to develop accurate intuitive judgments —approximately 10 years, according to research. And during those 10 years, repetition and feedback are essential. Eventually this repetition […]
Creativity is looked upon as a skill, or a discipline. David Usher said…. “We need to be able to visualize our creative thinking as one thing and the discipline we work in as another. We tend to marry ourselves to our chosen discipline. Once you speak the language of […]
Lao Tzu believed that a constant awareness of the patterns in nature will bring us insights into the parallel patterns in human behavior. Much of our energy is wasted in propping up our beliefs, defending them, and convincing others to believe in them so that they may become “permanent.” Once […]
Lindon Leader – I strive for two things in design: simplicity and clarity. Great design is born of those two things. Understatement is much more effective, much more elegant. We tend to perceive ambiguous, uncertain, incomplete and complete things in their simplest and most complete form. Empathizing is the initial […]
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by living with the results of other people’s thinking. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. […]
“The genesis of the great man depends on a long series of complex influences, before he can remake his society. His society must make him”. (Spencer) Rather than focus on the solitary hero snatching inspiration from the unconscious, this concept emphasizes the long, meandering course of innovation. Instead of heroic […]
A Perfume Whisperer 