Take control of your life
(This post is part of a “fulfillment” series about finding fulfillment in life and work that will be going on all week. See the introduction to the series here). Let’s face it, not everybody can have their dream job right? Not everybody can wake up in the morning and be genuinely excited for work. Not [...]
It amazes me how many people I talk to, even those well into advanced, seemingly rewarding careers, are actually not happy. Just within the past 4 weeks I’ve had a number of my closest friends communicate this to me, these are people who are years into outstanding careers, who have advanced degrees, people who I [...]
Creativity is an attribute that plays a substantial role in our ability to differentiate ourselves. In whatever you do, there’s a need to be creative. While certainly some people are more creative than others, there are a number of practical things we can do to increase our capacity to be creative. { I’ve temporarily removed [...]
Background I’m a member of several psychology, neurology, and cognitive/behavioral groups on LinkedIn, where I’m able to participate in lots of great discussions. Today, I came across a study being conducted by Deryck Thake, a student researcher from the University of Leicester School of Psychology. Deryck is studying the nature of shame and self-forgiveness, and [...]
First, you’ll find the video version, and beneath that, the text version, if you so prefer. It’s a bit more refined. Give it a moment for Youtube to process. It’ll also get sharper after processing. The Havilland Comet. It was the worlds first commercial jet airliner in production, and first flew back in 1949. It [...]
No I don’t mean litterally. Let me clarify, I literally DID shave my own head bald (just watch the video), but I don’t mean that you should shave your own head, unless of course you really want to. But metaphorically speaking, if there’s something you’ve been wanting to do, but have been held back for [...]
I’m a big fan of O.C. Tanner’s philosophy around what they call the “Carrot Culture” (see here), the idea that you can help people realize their greatest potential through recognition and appreciation. On their website (here) is a quick video introduction which is worth watching. But here is the text: Each of us is born [...]
There are vast amounts of things we consume on a daily basis. Your emails, your texts, your phone calls, TV time, the blogs you follow, the news you watch, every post on every RSS feed you’ve subscribed to, all of the friend requests, or the connection requests, or the posts on your wall, or the [...]
On August 5th, 1620, the Pilgrims set out for America on two ships, the Speedwell and the Mayflower. You’ve likely never heard of the Speedwell, and for good reason. She never made it. Once the 60 ton ship got out into open water, she started taking on water. Discouraged, both ships returned to dartmouth to [...]
The dashboard on my Yukon Denali XL (XL stands for extra long – to fit my 6 kids) has been displaying the message “Service Ride Control”. It’s been that way for 6 months now. Yes, I’m a bit embarrassed about how slow I’ve been to service my ride control, whatever that means. I finally took [...]
Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman from the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania recently released a research article titled “Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents”. The article (here) found that “self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ”. Highly self-disciplined adolescents outperformed their more impulsive peers on every academic-performance [...]
I’m a huge fan of bnet.com. They have some marvelous content, and I read nearly every new post of theirs. They’ve got a new post called “It’s a job interview, not a beauty pageant“, where they have some good advice on interviewing for a job. I recommend reading the full article, as well as the [...]
Not too long ago my family was gathering around the kitchen table as we got ready for dinner. I can’t remember now what exactly I had done, but I remember doing something stupid. This is not an altogether unusual experience in my home. Jokingly I exclaimed “Ah man, I’m so stupid”. Thinking this was more [...]
The other day I had the opportunity to speak at my church’s stake conference (a large regional meeting of latter-day saints), and have since been frequently asked about the material I covered. There are two resources I wanted to make available, the first is the downloadable pamphlet I spoke about called “Tips for Strengthening our [...]
Engagement. It’s a measure of how emotional you are about something, how much you care, how involved you are, and how active you are in its pursuit. Being engaged is crucial to being productive. An employee who is engaged will work far harder, and accomplish far more than one who is disengaged. Unfortunately, engagement at [...]
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