Every Day, Please
Meditate, pray, read. Go for a walk, have a cup of tea, do yoga, get a hug. Give a hug, watch your child sleeping, stretch, …
Scarcity, Problems, Projects, and Possibilities
From an extremely early age, we were taught to think that scarcity is a fundamental condition of life. And in order to survive, thrive, and …
What Do They Mean, “Now”?
The sages tell us to be present, live in the now. They all swear by it. They say it’s where we are most powerful. And …
Inbox Blocks
They grab our attention and then they just hang around. Not important enough to do anything with right now and possibly important enough that we’d …
Success Starts Where?
If success is the goal, where do you start? It turns out that there are just four places to start. Whether for yourself or your …
Affirm This
We do affirmations wrong. First, many of us react negatively to them. They sound so new-age-self-helpy that we avoid considering them. Second, affirmations can backfire. …
Tell a Story
We like to think we are logical, thoughtful, and reasonable. And we may be. We are, though, mostly emotional. We are heavily influenced by how …
Tips for Raising Your Buzz
Q: “How do you raise your buzz?” A: We raise our buzz in any way that makes us feel good, really good. We need not …
It’s not (really) personal
As complexity in our work goes up, the effectiveness of our groups goes down. With greater complexity, we lose our ability to intuitively see, understand, …
Why Your Tasks Management is Like Downton Abbey
It’s helpful to think of our need for an effectiveness system as the same need that executives, lords, and ladies (think of the popular costume …