Wisdom Trove (2012 - )

Introduction

• This is an enormous project I have been working on since 2012. It is a quotations site that is due to launch in 2020.  The site, a work in progress, can be seen here:  www.wisdomtrove.com

Purpose

• Wisdom Trove lovingly curates quotes about life to distill profound truths and practical wisdom on the art of living.
• Inspiring readers to live more fully with greater outer effectiveness and inner tranquility.
• Distilling big ideas (essence)
• Deep spiritual truths introduced to a general audience.
• Inspires appreciation and celebration for life.
• Raising consciousness
• Makes the internet a better place.

Vision

• Wisdom Trove aspires to be the most meaningful quotations and wisdom site on the Internet by curating quotes on the art of living into a deeply insightful and integrated whole that is worth much more than the sum of its parts.
• A timeless reference work and a work of art
• Owns the quote and wisdom category. The Wikipedia of Wisdom.
• My own bible for living. Delighting myself first.
• Tao Te Ching for the modern age
• Abundance to pay others to contribute
• A life of Wisdom Trove, cafe collaborations, retreats and workshops, and travel and nature
• A timeless reference work immortalised in digital records
• Inspired by Presence and balance (time away).
• A unique and trusted voice.
• A revolutionary new way (system) for exploring, distilling and sharing wisdom.
• Collaboration with a dedicated team of conscious, expert curators.

Guiding principles

• Profound truth, practical wisdom for living, insight, revelation
• Exploring big ideas
• Distilled essence, substance
• Curiosity, openness, exploration, discovery
• Integrated, whole, inter-related, context
• Big picture and detail, zoom in and out
• Excellence, attention to detail, quality, consistency
• Mastery, work of art, genius
• Uplifting, consciousness raising
• Curatorship not aggregation, selective, quality not quantity
• Collaboration, sharing
• Best practice, guidelines
• Living, breathing, updated, growing, deepening
• Streamlined, user friendly, hand made and automated
• Timeless, timely, fresh, cutting edge
• Celebration and promotion of authors
• Wisdom of the head and heart
• Visual and verbal wisdom

Timing

• June 2012 - current

Summary