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What Do You Need to Amputate to Get Unstuck?
*Photo by Gautier Salles “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on.” –Eckhart Tolle Aron Lee Ralston was born on October 27, 1975, in Marion, Ohio. He moved to Colorado at the age of 12 where he quickly became obsessed with mountains....
Lessons in Happiness from 75 Years of Harvard Research
“I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they could know it wasn’t the answer to anything.” –Jim Carey In the last 100 years, science has come a very long way in understanding happiness. And you can use this research to enrich your life, avoid...
Using the Science of Decision Fatigue to Improve Your Leadership Decisions
It used to be that my wife would save her most complex and difficult questions for me until after 8pm when our kids are in bed and we finally have 2 minutes to talk. As an example, last week she asked me, “Honey, which type of cereal do you want next week when I get...
Vacations are not enough, daily and weekly recovery is essential
“A field that has rested produces a bountiful crop.” –Ovid I've shared a lot of research about how vacations are essential to keep you functioning optimally at work and home. But even when busy leaders take enough vacation, they often cram way too many working hours...
The Trial is My Teacher
“Accept whatever comes to you, woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?” –Marcus Aurelius Theodore Roosevelt was born with crippling asthma. As a child, even the slightest exertion would leave him bedridden for weeks. Then one...
Could Taking More Vacation Days Help You Get a Raise?
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it…including you.” –Anne Lamott According to Greg Mckeown, bestselling author and winner of the Young Global Leader Award 2012, many driven leaders fall into a predictable pattern of workplace success: Work hard Get...
Are You Immune To Changing?
Today’s Big Idea: We all have a kind of emotional immune system that may be hidden from our awareness and preventing us from making changes we want to make in our lives. Today we will explore Harvard research that illuminates this habit we all have. In their book...
