May 27, 2013

Three questions to start your day

There are days I wake up confused. Can you relate? Like me, you may have so many things on your plate, you don’t know where to begin. I like to start here, by asking myself these three questions: What’s ...

May 6, 2013

Is your mastery a mystery?

“I don’t know what I’m good at.” I hear that comment a lot. I’ve often even thought it myself. There’s a lot of talk about mastery. It’s one of the three elements of intrinsic motivation that Daniel Pink describes ...

April 19, 2013

Surviving the tsunami of a job loss

You’ve just been hit with a tsunami. At least that how it seems now that you’ve been told that your “services are no longer needed.” Alternating between anger, discouragement, perplexion, and panic you ask: How could this have happened? ...

January 9, 2013

Review: “Willpower” by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney

It’s that time of year when our thoughts naturally turn to resolutions. What new habits should I undertake this year? Exercise more? Eat less? Read more? Complement others more often? You may even have all of these and more ...

September 4, 2012

Two questions to inspire others

We all love to be around inspirational people. They’re so…well…inspiring. When beaten down by the challenges of our day, truly inspirational people pick us up and help us feel good about ourselves. You know when you’ve been with one ...

July 2, 2012

Why I gave journaling another try

Many years ago I observed that some of the people I respected the most made a habit of journaling. Intrigued, I decided to give it a try. So, I bought a nice leather journal and set out to record ...

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