Today’s Big Idea—Research identifies six stages of change people pass through when trying to change their behavior. Leaders need to understand these stages in order to make...
Embrace Experimentation and Fail Forward
by Parker Houston | Sep 21, 2023 | How People Change
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.” -Thomas Watson, CEO IBM Today’s BIG IDEA:...
Become a Dream Igniter
by Parker Houston | Oct 6, 2022 | How People Change
As a leader, you need to understand how people change for 2 primary reasons: First—You must continue to grow yourself in order to lead. If others outpace you in growth, you...
Master Your Inner Saboteurs
by Parker Houston | Sep 22, 2022 | How People Change, The Science of Mindset
In working with my own coach, today’s topic has helped me personally more than almost any other mechanism—exposing the inner saboteur. Furthermore, the people I have coached...
Are You Immune To Changing?
by Parker Houston | Mar 31, 2022 | How People Change
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....
Stop Giving Advice and Pushing Your Agenda, Do This Instead (Motivational Interviewing)
by Parker Houston | Mar 24, 2022 | How People Change
Today’s Big Idea: Advice rarely works. In leadership, you need communication strategies that increase your odds that people will listen to what you have to say. This post...
Get Off Autopilot!
by Parker Houston | Feb 24, 2022 | How People Change
.Today’s Big Idea—As a leader, it is essential to understand how to change your own habits, and how to help foster change in others. Science clearly reveals that some ways...
Relationships Shape Your Life
by Parker Houston | Feb 3, 2022 | How People Change
Every so often, you hear a quote that changes your whole life perspective. This one did that for me a couple years ago: Today’s Big Idea: “You are the average of the top 5...
We Are What We Repeatedly Do
by Parker Houston | Jan 27, 2022 | How People Change
Today’s Big Idea—To a great extent, your life is the sum total of your habits. 99% of the time, people don’t change overnight. Change is almost always cumulative, it occurs...
Never Despise Small Beginnings
by Parker Houston | Oct 28, 2021 | How People Change
Today’s Big Idea: “An overnight success is 15 years in the making.” –Dave Ramsey Above is a picture of the common water hyacinth—pontederia crassipes—a plant that is native...
Develop a Written Vision For Your Life
by Parker Houston | Dec 17, 2020 | How People Change, The Science of Mindset
Where there is no vision, the people perish. –Proverbs 29:18 I am updating this article on the Life Plan as the final post in the Mindset series. This post will include a...
Don’t Use Willpower to Make Changes in Your Life, Do This Instead
by Parker Houston | Oct 15, 2020 | How People Change, The Science of Mindset
*This post contains elements of prior posts, but has been updated for the mindset series. Many people try to use sheer willpower to change their mindset, but this strategy...
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