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Sign Up Now!The Kouzes-Posner Law #2 of Leadership = DWYSYWD. Also known as “Do what you say you will do.” PERIOD. Do *you* do what you say you will do?
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Mistakes are part of life/performing. It’s what we do when they happen that matters. Remember the 3 P’s: Present + Positive + Process.
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Want Jedi-like concentration powers?! (Me, too.) John Hargrave tells us there are two keys: We need to 1. Reclaim and 2. Retrain our attention.
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Your mind have looping negative thoughts? Here’s how to debug.
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What’s THE best version of your life in 10 years? Pro tip: Spend 5 minutes thinking about that now.
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Ben Franklin was the Original Optimizer. He created a “Moral Perfection Project” hundreds of years before everyone started tracking their fitness on apps. He had 13 virtues. You?
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Pete Carroll and Michael Gervais made mental training as important as the physical training with the Seahawks. One trick? They’d have their players imaging their peak performance. Then think about what gets in the way of that. Then they’d systematically remove those obstacles.
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If we want to leap out of bed, our goals need to have “pull power.” Do yours?
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The Law of Diminishing Intent says that the more time that elapses between your inspiration and action, the less likely it is that you’ll actually do what fired you up. Moral of the story: Take action when inspired. Then keep taking action to sustain it.
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Did you know that consuming news for just 3 minutes early in the day can lead to a lower mood up to 8 hours later? Yep. Here’s how to deal with that.
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Esse Quam Videri. It’s Latin for “To be rather than to seem.” Think: Character–who you are when no one is looking.
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Virtues: Meet your parents!!! Here’s your mom, Humility. And your dad, Courage.
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Covey tells us we often feel “great psychological relief” when we fully commit ourselves to a big quest, goal or legacy. Why? Because we can politely say no to the trivial.