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Why Is It So Hard to Live up to Our Values?
I’ve known communication experts with dysfunctional relationships, professional speakers who decline events because they are horrified to go on stage, and time management gurus who are late to meetings. I’ve met renowned thought-leaders who fabricate some of their work to get published, and personal change advisors who are terrified of change. Why is it so ...
Growth After Crisis Is Possible
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning. —Viktor Frankl Most people say they don’t like adversity. If you ask, many of us would say that this Covid19 situation, right now, sucks. And the last thing we want to hear is, “You’ll grow from this.” Please. Don’t start ...
Gratitude Is Not About the Past. It Guides Our Future.
We think gratitude is about the past. It’s not. Gratitude feels like an emotion in which we reflect on a past event, or previous moment, or sometimes a specific person, and what they did for us or how they made us feel. We think about that past place and time and person and feel a ...
Every Big Thing You Have Ever Done Required This
Hello and welcome back to our newsletter! Last week I was musing about ultrarunning Japanese monks. How they can possibly fathom their own astonishing goals? Not to oversimplify it, but basically they don’t. They just take it one step at a time. This week I’m thinking about how our attention is fracturing. Our eroding focus ...
ELearning Trends to Keep Your Eye on in 2025
The workplace is evolving faster than ever, and employee training needs to keep pace. eLearning has proven to be a powerful tool for delivering quick, focused learning that fits seamlessly into busy workdays. But what’s next? As we move into 2025, fresh innovations and tailored approaches are set to make eLearning smarter, more engaging, and ...
Drop the Brag List. What Will You Accomplish Tomorrow?
Achievement pressure starts young. By the time they hit high school, many kids today are overloaded with AP classes, injured or in physical therapy with non-stop athletic activities, and all the while pressured to pad out their community service resume so they can look better on college applications. The pressure is relentless. Episodes of depression ...
