INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Empathy can be defined as making others feel seen and heard, and having the capacity to understand what others are … [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...]
Issue #5: On Usefulness, Multi-tasking, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • In your quest for happiness at work/in life, try aiming for something else that yields happiness as a side effect, and a deeper … [Read more...]
Issue #2: On Comparisons, Unhelpful Assumptions, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • Research shows an incredible 10% of our thoughts center just on comparisons, most often of ourselves to others. … [Read more...]
How This Entrepreneur Made $1 Million Last Year Just by Talking
Inspiring business and life lessons lie within the story of a most unlikely millionaire.
Scott Stratten has always been an entrepreneur, a word he jokingly tells me is Latin for "terrible employee". After short stints in sales and HR in his early twenties … [Read more...]
Want to Power Up Your Productivity? Neuroscience Says Leverage the ‘Coffee Shop Effect’
Something counterintuitive perks up your productivity at the local coffee shop (and it's not the java).
It's long been suspected that sneaking out of the office (or even home office) for a half day of work at the local coffee shop is great for productivity. The coffee jolt, … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Eliminate Pointless Tasks From Your Daily Work
Try this process for boosting productivity by reorganizing and reinvigorating how you spend your time
It happens to everyone. You suddenly realize you've drifted into spending your time at work on far too much stuff that doesn't matter and far too little that does. You're … [Read more...]