What chess teaches us about relationships
If you're smart and you want to be smarter, this podcast is fabulous. Shane Parrish's Knowledge Project hits the spot every time. This one, where he…
From Career Coaches, Unfiltered Feedback
Benefits, traps and questions to ask coaches for executives and mid-level managers.
They're not idiots, they're just not you
I'm a fan of using type tools to give teams insight into what often seem like startling facts to them: that behaviours and preferences are kind of predictable…
Dealing with anxiety and overwhelm
This song reduces anxiety significantly. I'm listening to the music now, I hate it, but maybe i shouldn't be typing while i listen.. This article on how music…
Improv: Noisy Group Mindfulness
I love to improvise. I really do believe it keeps my brain young, it asks me to pay attention in ways that nothing else does. I use it with clients to warm them…
Emotions: Get finer grained for health and well being!
People who can construct finely-grained emotional experiences go to the doctor less frequently, use medication less frequently, and spend fewer days hospitalized…
Why you should take notes by hand
Old-fashioned note taking makes information easier to retrieve in your head. Pencil and paper notes are a better synthesised set of ideas than typed notes. Here's…
Accepting compliments
I've been delivering a one day Leadership Essentials program for the human enterprise for about a year now. One of the features of the program is pointing out…
Procrastination Is Literally Killing You
If you tend to put it off, consider your health. "chronic procrastinators avoid taking care of themselves as much as they should—from going to the doctor to exercising…
A feedback option that works
You want to get feedback so you can improve. But it's hard to take sometimes. Here's a useful nugget from Seth Godin. He suggests that when we receive negative…