Reading Time: < 1 minuteYour life is filled with complex and ambiguous problems that can quickly change with your current circumstances. Emotions play a big role in how successfully you navigate these unique situations. Emotions help you make decisions, prepare for...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat is your 4 minute mile? For decades medical professionals thought it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes. Doctors and athletes alike agreed the human body was not physically capable. They all believed...
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing thorough is not always the way to go. The ability to identify and summarize the most essential points is much better. Most people do not know how to effectively summarize information into relevant and digestible chunks. In my doctoral...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe other day at work, I had a horrible day. Maybe the worst I have ever had. Definitely the worst in a couple of years. As I sat on my back porch later that evening, reflecting on the day and what to do next, it dawned on me that my entire...
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou won’t reach excellence on accident. Are there times you have been doing something at work or school only to realize when you are done, you don’t have a good idea what you just completed? Are there times you arrive at your...
Reading Time: 8 minutesMy Notes from The Knowledge Project #61 – When Good Intentions Go Bad with Jonathan Haidt: July 2, 2019 Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of...
Reading Time: 2 minutesProblem solving is a valuable success skill employers and colleges repeatedly list as one of the top characteristics they are seeking in qualified candidates. Average parents look to schools to develop strong problem solving skills. Some simply...
Reading Time: 3 minutesParenting has a whole lot in common with coaching. If these strategies work with world class athletes, surely they are good enough to use with our own children. Sarah Green Carmichael mined the archives of Harvard Business Review interviews with...
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying, so get in motion and grow.” ―Lou Holtz Growing involved constantly learning and making improvements. In our jobs, hobbies, and all the other areas of our life we want to get better at, we...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their...
