INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) We often intend to recharge over the holidays but end up more exhausted afterwards (for a variety of reasons). Try this … [Read more...]
Issue #65: On the 4 Lenses of Resilience, How Resentment Limits Your Success, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) One of my swim lanes of expertise is how to flourish (versus flounder) in the face of change. I recently came across an … [Read more...]
Issue #59: On Restoring Your Happiness, Taking Pride in Your Work, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Music gave me a sign this past weekend. I was at the BottleRock music festival in Napa Valley, and was struck by the number of … [Read more...]
Issue #51: On the Key to Forming Habits, the Self-Improvement Trap, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Research shows that people often fail to establish habits because they’re unwilling to exert self-control in the short-term to … [Read more...]
Issue #48: On Using Occam’s Razor to Solve Problems, 4 Words to Live By, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Studies have confirmed that simplifying things in life makes human beings happier. And yet most of us have what behavioral … [Read more...]
Issue #46: On the Biggest Happiness Drain, Developing Better Judgment, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Research from the London Business School points to the most fundamental things you forget when it comes to developing … [Read more...]
Issue #38: On the Truth About Vulnerability, Owning Your Career and Happiness, and More.
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) I discovered something I have in common with Harvard's Amy Edmondson – a belief in the truth about vulnerability. We … [Read more...]
Issue #33: On the Happiness Equation, Using Your Superpower, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Everyone, including you, has a superpower, a super strength you can apply with fervor, like a superhero, to do good in the … [Read more...]
How to Find Your Purpose and Put it on Paper
The pursuit is worth it
First, a definition. Purpose is your Profound Why – Why are you working so hard? For what higher-order reason? It can’t be just to sell more widgets than you did last year – your … [Read more...]
Be Inspired By Steve Jobs’s Last Words And Live An Awesome Life.
The icon inspired right up to his last breath with words that inspire you to make more of each of yours.
A few years back, a meme was circulating about Steve Jobs supposed deathbed speech on the evils of pursuing a life of wealth. Except, it wasn't true (I … [Read more...]
