Do we work to be happy, or are we better off at work being happy first. Shawn Anchor explains how some of our beliefs about happiness and work may be backwards. One important point he makes is that we should not delete the statistical outlier when it comes to happiness. When actually, what we really [...]
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Have you ever run the same conversation in your head over and over again? You might find that after looking at it for a while you will notice a certain circular pattern. Of course that’s part of the problem,,,, we don’t look at it. That loop of thinking is taking us in a circle, and [...]
Some say that this personal transformation work is like peeling layers of an onion. That might be because it can cause you to cry a lot. Instead I liken it to cleaning. Big cleaning, like a road or driveway after a flood. (Think of it as a Pathway if you want.) First time through you [...]
Procrastination – How it is driven by Ego and How to Stop. How many times do we say we are going to do something, and then don’t to it? How many times do we say we are going to do something, notice we don’t do it, and still don’t do it? We are procrastinating. Even [...]
Practical Wisdom Talk by Barry Swartz From the TED Talks Archives: We can’t solve our problems by laying down a set of rules and pretending that following them to the letter will produce desired results. There are consequences for having rules, and they are not always good.