Mindfulness
April 3, 2012
What do these words have in common? "Savor," "relish," " "luxuriate," "stroll," "muse," "dawdle," "mosey," "meander," and "linger?"We rarely use them, because we rarely do them. We don't have time. We've got so much to do, so many balls to juggle, so many miles to go before we sleep.
Awareness, Triggers, Values
March 21, 2012
Recently, I came across this startling statistic. Each day, we make an average of 217 food-related decisions. Is it any surprise we so often make poor choices about what we eat?
Mental Needs
March 14, 2012
Why is it that between 25 and 50 percent of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work?It's not just the number of hours we're working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time.
Rituals
March 6, 2012
Why is it that three prominent books published just during the past several months focused on the subject of willpower?The first answer is that neuroscience has finally begun to open a window into the complex way our brains respond to temptation and what it takes to successfully exercise choice.
Leadership
February 21, 2012
"My manager expects me to be at my desk from 9 to 5," a highly successful salesperson lamented during a break at a session I was delivering at a progressive company in Silicon Valley. "I love my job," she went on, "but I have an hour and fifteen minute commute each way, and it's just wearing me down.""Could you do your work from home?" I asked."Absolutely," she told me.How crazy is that? Her boss shouldn't just be allowing her to work from home, he ought to be encouraging it.
