Confronting Negative Feelings
In a study done at Rutgers University, with 10-week-old infants and their mothers, results indicated several things. Fir...Read More »
The Winner’s Circle
Laughter is the Best Medicine
According to writer, raconteur, and poker of fun at the sometimes nuttiness of the human condition, Mark Twain wrote, ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Is There Something Worse than Being Fired?
What is worse than being fired? Being ignored. As a leader, ignoring one or more team members is a form of punishment, a...Read More »
Unlocking the Mind
A growth mindset is a big deal these days, and it’s something The Pacific Institute has been teaching people how to at...Read More »
The Growth in Taking a Risk
How much should parents do to keep their children safe, and how much protection is too much? This is an age-old question...Read More »
The Illusion of Fear
“I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life, I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for...Read More »
One Tale to Tell
Not all of us are going to be published authors, despite how easy it is to self-publish these days. However, it has been...Read More »
Moving the Needle
Homelessness, gun violence, spousal and child abuse – have we really become numb to these situations? It can happen, w...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Creating Simple Innovation
Too often, when we ask our teams to be innovative, they think “the next iPhone” on the horizon. We put innovation to...Read More »
Avoiding the ‘Normal Trap’
Feeling let down after reaching a long sought-after goal is totally normal. It’s a part of the brain’s energy and cr...Read More »
Relying on Luck
Why is it that some people are successful at almost everything they do, while others seem to continually fail? Is it luc...Read More »
Shades of Grey
In the color palette, perhaps the starkest difference is between the color black and the color white. We apply this diff...Read More »
Happiness is a Choice We Make
Besides personal growth and the realization of more of our potential, the philosophy of personal accountability has anot...Read More »
Inventing Your Future
In the philosophy of personal accountability, you have probably realized that it’s pretty much up to you to create a l...Read More »
Leadership in Action – What Is Your Team’s PTG?
We have all heard about PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – and the impact this has on individuals for months, o...Read More »
The First Relationship
A short while back, we mused around the idea that some might see selfishness in the pursuit of personal growth. In order...Read More »
Moving On Out
It’s been a year since the world began the lockdown, trying to control a viral pandemic we scarcely understood 12 mont...Read More »
Doing Unto Others
Human beings are social beings – study after study has proven this. We feel the most lasting satisfaction and meaning ...Read More »
Natural Talent
When it comes to the topic of talent, it is easy for us to look at a famous musician, artist or dancer and say, “Wow, ...Read More »
Enhancing the Quality of Life
What is the relationship between the thoughts you think, the feelings you experience, and the overall health and well-be...Read More »
Leadership In Action – Are You the Most Stressful Part of your Team’s Day?
In an HBR[1] article, it was reported that 75% of Americans say their “boss is the most stressful part of their work...Read More »
Denying Denial
We all flirt with denial from time to time. When those we love are diagnosed with a terminal illness, a lot of the time ...Read More »
A Touch of Guilt
A wise and funny woman once said, “Show me a person without guilt, and I’ll show you a person without a mother!” N...Read More »
Flipping the Picture on Stubborn
Some people find themselves in a kind of trouble because of a personality characteristic known as stubbornness. You have...Read More »
Fuzzy Communications
One of the most important advances in human history was the development of language. Rudimentary at first, language allo...Read More »
The Aggression in the Passive
The term passive-aggressive came into being during World War II, when an Army psychiatrist used it to describe soldiers ...Read More »