Fresh Start
At the new year, we might take advantage of a new beginning. We pledge, promise, and resolve. Then we hope, pray, and worry that we …
Mindset
An open, calm, confident mindset. Plugged in, mostly. Opting for feel good, then act instead of get into action to shut down bad feelings.
Attention For Results
Contrary to common wisdom, the results we get come from how we focus our attention and not our actions. Our actions simply flow from our …
Emergent
Leaders (with or without title) face this conundrum every day: how to get the right stuff done. Controlling or trying to making things happen are …
Parallel Worlds
What if there were parallel worlds? Science and science-fiction writers have explored the possibility. Occupying the same space as our own world, a parallel world …
Willingness
How do the leaders we admire do what they do? What trait best predicts success? People have tried for ages to figure this out. Best …
Fundamentally Fine
Yesterday’s post about what to do when new habits won’t stick included this postscript: “The good news is that no belief about you, me, or …
What To Do When New Habits Won’t Stick
Try as we might, sometimes new habits just won’t stick. When we struggle to adopt a new habit–eating well, not procrastinating, or reacting better around …
Mind the Gap
Stress is the gap between what is and what we think it should be. Creation is the gap between what is and what we want. …
Turn to Focus
The suggestion is, “Feel good. Then act.” And that knot in your gut, that tension between your shoulders or up your neck, that jittery, bothersome, …
Success Trap
Often, our greatest impediment to success is our past success. We make the mistake of attributing our prior success to some of our most treasured …