What to do when your ‘best’ is hijacked by your emotions
Watching Marin Cilic succumb to emotional upset in the 2017 Wimbledon Final was excruciating. Few people want to see an athlete embarrassed on a world stage. But it gives a…
Would you like a slice of joy with that?
I’m familiar with gratitude diaries, giving thanks for my blessings and many other versions of this concept …and … Chade-Meng Tan has just put the icing on the cake, so to speak, in his new book Joy on Demand.
As he describes it: in every day there are tiny moments of joy. Here are just a few of mine: a pinky-orange sunrise, the feel of the sun on my back, the aroma of coffee, the feel of a warm hand in mine, the satisfaction of helping someone, the way my body moves to a well-loved tune, an internet story about people doing good in the world, the athleticism of Roger Federer, (more…)
The value of the little actions
What we call our nature, our personality, is a whole series of habits of thinking and feeling. For example habits of initiating, reacting or responding to others. For many of…
There will be a thousand years of peace and prosperity
Thanks to Anne Wilson Schaef for her call to all of us, especially women, to participate more in creating a society that we want to live in.
We are all made of carbon – let’s do this together
Fabulous phrase from Paul Hawken - "carbon is the element that holds hands and collaborates". Listen to Hawken as he launches the new playbook, Drawdown. Drawdown shows us, in a…
Reading for more than Pleasure
As part of my intention to become a 'maker' more than a 'consumer' of information and stories, I appreciate James Clear's advice today on How to Read Better. The article…
Doing something new – make it simpler to start
It's February already. Time for a quick review: How are you doing with your New Year's intentions? My intention is to become more of a 'maker' than a consumer of…
Helpful, healthy language
A good reminder from James Clear on a simple shift in language that can help with healthy eating and with moving our 'locus of control' from external to more internal. …
New writer’s anthology
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Will you stay or will you leave?
Fascinating article from researcher Irit Alony, of Wollongong University, published in the Conversation today. She and her colleagues applied the successful divorce-prediction criteria of John Gottman, from the University of…
Why you can’t worry your way to success: What to do instead
I love Sonya Lyubomirsky and Chris Tkach's article on Dysphoric Rumination. It explains perfectly, in academic speak, why you can't worry your way to success and what to do instead. …