Want to project some good positive enlivening energy into your interactions? Say, “I am amazing!!! And, so are you!!!” in your head when you start interacting with someone. Meeting someone new: “Hi I’m Jonathan.” Shake hands. Then in your head, “Oh by the way, I am amazing and so are you.” Someone you already […]
Excuse Me, Did You Know There Is A Shark In Your Swimming Pool?
Perspective ~ Really, It Can Be Changed
I was with a group of people on Sunday who had attended an all-day training the day before. Everyone shared their big take-away. Every single big aha involved a change in perspective, a different way of looking at something, someone, or themselves. So often we think that our perspective (the one we stumbled […]
The Familiar Zone
The Familiar Zone People often talk about needing to get out of their comfort zone. I think “familiar zone” is a much better term because a lot of the status quo that we embrace really isn’t all that comfortable. It isn’t comfortable to stress about money. It is not comfortable to feel like you aren’t […]
How To Make It Easy To Get Into Action
Badge of Honor?
How To Do A Better Job
How to do a better job Do any of the following sound like strategies you would employ if you wanted to do a better job and improve performance, productivity, and efficiency? Decrease creativity Lower resiliency Decrease confidence Decrease optimism Decrease the speed at which you process information Decrease the amount of information you can process […]
Words of Mass Destruction
Words of Mass Destruction There are a handful of words that we use on a regular basis that are very destructive. What if we never use these words again? Should ~ This word immediately takes us out of the present and of dealing with what actually is. It has us argue with reality and we […]