...Leaders are experiencing extreme demands for compassion at a time when there’s no room for compromising on outcomes. As a result, many leaders have fallen into the trap of thinking in terms of a binary choice between compassion or performance...
...As you’ve no doubt found from your own experience, the “We can have it all” mindset fails frequently as we repeatedly come up short trying to be the best at everything...
...Unreasonable expectations are the ultimate joy killer...
...What I learned from Michael Easter’s excellent book is how our bodies are programmed to be pushed. We were made to struggle, to be uncomfortable, to do hard things beyond our perceived capabilities. When we do, our potential expands. The boundaries we thought existed before stretch out like an expanding empire...
...The happiest, healthiest, most productive people aren’t those from a particular Tendency, but rather they’re the people who have figured out how to harness the strengths of their Tendency, counteract the weaknesses, and build the lives that work for them...
...How big a swing do we need to make it feel like it matters?...
...Combine a concentrated brine soaking with a vinegar powder finish, and you’ve got quite the pickled french fry...
...I look at the concept of willpower as mental energy. Whenever you want to do something, you need to dedicate energy to that. Whether you can follow through on your intention or not depends on willpower...
...Successful goal attainment and behavior change are possible, but leaning exclusively on willpower and determination isn’t likely to get the job done...
...The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows...
...Your Gmail can be used over and over again, with no one the wiser...
...the risk we should most fear is not the risk we easily imagine. It is the risk that we don’t...
...But then, often, a human being shows up with something that ‘everyone’ says isn’t going to work, and the game is reset...
...Whether it's a protein, grain, Buddha, or veggie bowl, you'll need these tips to make a great one...
...What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society?...
...If everyone has the same number of hours in the day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? We’ve heard all the platitudes about everyone having the same 24 hours and time being a finite resource...
...This may seem like an obvious rubric for making a where-to-live decision, but in practice, people very often make their moving choices based on things that seem salient in their minds, but will, in fact, have a minimal impact on their overall satisfaction..
...Here are five stories from five different people that reveal the mindsets of the most successful among us...
...The simple questions in business are binary. Their answer is either yes or no. The trap is believing that all answers are binary. The answer to any question is actually a series of moves deployed in the proper sequence...
...After a swim, everything is better...
