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…
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…)
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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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…
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. …