What is your capital? Principles for investing more than your money
The value of capital People who are financially wealthy make their money differently than everyone else. The top 1% of wealthy individuals earn over half… Read more
Three lessons from Gandhi’s experiments in truth
Is life a series of successes and failures, or an experiment? I invite you to reflect on your life over the past five years. Consider… Read more
Want to boost your self-esteem? Find a mentor and be a mentor
How we see ourselves is important. People who have higher self-esteem tend to be happier, and people with lower self-esteem tend to be more depressed. And… Read more
Three lessons from a couch to 5K
I have always perceived a divide between those who exercise and those who do not, which I have observed with my feet solidly placed in… Read more
Our happiness model explained, courtesy of Mikhail Csikszentmihaly
After decades of research, we know what makes us happy. Research has found a few basic life hacks that have proven to improve the quality… Read more
Controlling our happiness (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Flow)
Why are we not ecstatically happy? At the very least we should be supremely content. Our species has had thousands of years to sort ourselves… Read more
Did you inherit your career? Gottfredson’s theory of circumscription and compromise
I grew up in a family business. From age six to fourteen, my weekends were spent at first sweeping floors and then assisting in… Read more
The disruptive impact of the technology industry on careers: Framing the opportunity
Technological disruption is said to change ‘everything’. The speed of this disruption is increasing, resulting in what a Harvard Business Review article recently referred to… Read more
Fierce conversations principle 5: Trust your instincts (and be the CEO of you)
‘Don’t just trust your instincts. Obey them’, Susan Scott states in principle five of her Fierce Conversations book. The premise behind the fifth principle is… Read more
Scott’s Fierce Conversations Principle 1: Interrogate reality to measure integrity – when everything smells like roses
We have a running joke in my house related to certain bodily odours. The conversation goes: “Ugh, what’s that smell?” followed by a standard response… Read more
Planning your New Year and passion for work: Goleman’s model for emotional intelligence and lessons from John Lauer
December holidays once again present the opportunity to pause, evaluate our previous calendar year, and decide on the type of world we choose to create… Read more
Referring to people as resources: Three reasons why we do it and what to do about it
I recently came across this critique aimed at those who use the word “resource” to refer to people. The post inferred that those who use such… Read more
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Lisa New
Aa-hah!! That is what I have been needing…
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