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The Timer: A Simple Tool for Complex Challenges
What’s your go-to tool or strategy? You know that thing you rely on to help you when you’re in a tough spot or when you’re frazzled. Do you have a strategy you can quickly whip out when your plan has gone awry or perhaps when you’re simply trying to salvage something...
How to Avoid Post-Vacation Back-to-Work Resistance
Post-holiday January can be energizing, filled with a new sense of possibility. But commonly the early weeks of January can be filled with confusion as you reconnect with your usual routine and the professional demands that likely diminish a bit in late December....
Please! Choose the Path of Least Resistance
Do you ever experience a subtle rage building in you when someone offers highly recommended best practices that are proven effective and ideal for your particular challenge? If so, do you smile politely and imply you’ll give it a try? Or do you roll your eyes, ignore...
Expert v. Novice
Remember when your workplace last updated some software system (email, payroll, client management, internal communication, etc.) or worst yet, switch to a new one? Likely you discovered a new and confusing interface. If you’ve ever switched from a PC to a Mac (or vice...
Are you All In? Lady Gaga Diving Deep with “Shallow”
Do you still allow yourself that joy first experienced as a young teen—falling in love with a song and listening to it non-stop? I hope so! When that love strikes me these days, I purchase it from iTunes and begin my continuous play. My latest passion, Shallow from A...
Commit: Then Watch Distractions Emerge!
W hat happens when you sit down to write, design, draw, construct (fill free to insert any creative work), or strategically think on a challenging problem? I invite you to answer the question and consider the power of distractions in your life. Any of this sound...
Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life!
Example Scenario You’re sitting in a dark room alone and begin thinking about who’s creating the noise you hear nearby? A colleague, your supervisor, or partner unexpectedly schedules an “I need to talk to you soon” meeting? What are you thinking and feeling in those...
Limits to Productivity
If you’re like me, you have a long list of projects, commitment, activities, appointments, and potential opportunities. Equally probable you have a long list (at least an imagined one) of books to read, movies to watch, trips to take, restaurants to visit, events to...
Brain’s Two Systems: FAST & SLOW
Brain function offers insight into how we think, feel and behave. Want a new skill, habit, or knowledge? Find out the brain’s role in making all that happen.