Marisa Franco in her new book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends sheds light on how important friends are for our well-being and gives advice on how to cultivate more, deeper friendships. Our friends are important to our happiness and well-being, she argues, and… Read More »How To Make Lasting Friendships
This is a good time to ask, yet again: How can we find ways of balancing the needs of people at work, the needs of those at home, and our own needs for both connection and alone time? From balance to integration Work-life conflict arises… Read More »Better Work-Life Integration:
Procrastination is unfortunately something that most of us are familiar with. We’ve either experienced it firsthand or observed it in others: our students, children, employees, spouses, and more. It’s something they and we almost always want to stop. We would rather feel energized and productive… Read More »How To Stop Procrastinating:
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life The 10 Rules of Ikigai Morita Therapy: Flow: Inspired by Michiko Kumano
Create Your Own Future Dealing with Disappointments: Research shows that successful people respond to disappointment differently from unsuccessful people. Dr. Zaleznik concluded that the way you deal with disappointment is a good predictor of how you will achieve success in life. Look Into the Future:… Read More »Create Your Own Future & Live A Great Life:
Can we teach ourselves to change perspective on problems? The answer is YES! By changing perspective. I started with Meditation and Research (Philosophy, Psychology and Biology). I then realized that a lot of my thoughts were conditioned by the culture I was living in, by… Read More »Changing Perspectives On Problems:
Our focus here is on a model of development stages or steps, defined by David Rooke and Bill Torbet in their popular 2005 article which was updated in 2020, “Seven Transformations of Leadership.” Each step both transcends and includes the prior steps: one typically goes through the… Read More »The Seven Transformations of Leadership:
We live in an era of constant disruptions: From the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to soaring energy costs and stagflation. Do you have trouble coping when life is full of unknowns or when things don’t turn out as you expected?According to Elain Fox in her book Switch Craft:… Read More »The Hidden Power Of Mental Agility:
To change your life, change what you think about The three main reasons why good thinking habits are important and essential are It’s actually very simple: Many people think merely about survival. Average people think about maintaining what they have. Successful people focus on progress.… Read More »Think Of Changing:
Small moments of listening, sharing, and being present can make us feel more connected at work. There’s been a cost to COVID-related social distancing and the rise of remote work: a loss of social connection with our colleagues and coworkers. Recent research from Microsoft found that our professional… Read More »How To Improve Your Relationships With Coworkers:
