Developing the habit of gratitude has become a common buzzword in mainstream media, touted as the key to less stress, better health and more happiness. Considering there are hundreds, if…
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Motivation By Carrot or Stick — or Neither
In my recent teleseminar, Motivation: How To Get It, Stoke It and Keep It Strong, with ace tennis coach Ed Tseng, we discussed the ephemeral nature of motivation. David McClelland,…
How To Handle Getting Kicked In The Head, and Six Other Life Lessons I Learned From Martial Arts
Back in the mid-90s,I had just returned to New York after graduating from business school in France. I was feeling a little ungrounded career-wise – I had an MBA but…
Living Longer, Running Slower
As the last of the baby-boomers approaches the half-century mark, science is picking up speed in its efforts to slow down aging. A recent article in the BBC News highlighted…
Don’t Wait For Your ‘Dream Job’ To Get In Flow
With all the books and magazines urging you to “follow your bliss,” it’s tempting to believe life would be a piece of cake — if only you had your “dream”…
Happiness Is A Balancing Act
When I heard that Michael Jackson had died, my reflex reaction was: “It’s just as well, he wasn’t happy.” I have no way of knowing that, of course (he never…
Improvise Over the Beat of Life
Lately, I’ve been thinking about rhythm. Brimming over with ideas for work projects and collaboration, I tend to get impatient with the relaxed pace of August in New York, when…
Negative Thinking: The Appendix Of Your Mind
At my recent lecture at the Mid-Manhattan Library on developing resilience and recovery muscles, one of the members in the audience noted that she always seemed to gloss over the…
The Myth of Multi-Tasking
There’s a video making the Internet rounds of a public bus ramming into the back of an SUV stopped in rush hour traffic. It’s filmed from the point of view…
Make Resistance Futile: Three Subtle Shifts To Move From Procrastination To Action
It’s that time of year: If procrastination had a season, no doubt it would be the months before income taxes are due. Though some people claim to work better under…