All posts tagged "attitude"
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If It Kills Me
Are you as in control as you think you are? Sarah Nanclares encourages us to take a step...
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How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed
You’re not at your best when you’re stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release...
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What Maturity Really Means
“Any experience carried out deeply to its ultimate leads you beyond yourself into a larger relation to the...
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Start-up Success
Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about...
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The Science of Kindness
Seeing someone perform an act of kindness can warm your heart. That feeling has a name — it’s...
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The Future of Lying
At TED – Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true...
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Loving Leadership
Love is not a word commonly connected with leadership. It’s not a term used to describe any job...
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The Power of Believing that you can improve
The power of believing that you can improve, Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we...
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Overcoming Bias
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in...
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Give it up for happiness
Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak; sometimes it simply means you are strong enough and smart enough...
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Deatheningly Silent
As grief emerges from within and how I learned to be present to it’s unfolding. In February 2014...
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Grief at Christmas
We already know that Christmas can suck like a Dyson if you don’t have the family portrait peddled...
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Why some find it hard to exercise
Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows...
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Entrepreneurial Grit
Certain words invoke powerful images in the mind—and “grit” is one of those words. When we associate grit...
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Animal Madness
Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs...
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Acclaim, Aim and Task of Trust
Trust is on the decline, and we need to rebuild it. That’s a commonly heard suggestion for making...
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Scientific Leap of Faith
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research...
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Why We Coach
Here is an excerpt from my book, The Seeker’s Guide, about the first time I met Dr. Maya...
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Teddy’s Bear
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear — and prompted a plush...
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The Power of Persistence
The sting of rejection is bitter, but it’s a necessary step to triumph. Even the best have been...
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A Modellers Perspective
One vital aspect of modelling rarely made explicit is the perspective adopted by the modeller when modelling an...
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21 Day No Complaint!
“This $@#&ing Mac will be the death of me. Intuitive, my ass.” It just slipped out, and I...
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Does Money Make You Mean?
It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist...
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Successfully Calm
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance....
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Best Foot Forward
Rachael Oakes-Ash uncovers the secrets of overcoming the fear of public speaking and presenting. The sweat is dripping...
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Contagious Disease of Violence
Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to...
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The 8 Must Nots
It’s for your own good. Cut these things out of your day and you’ll see gains in productivity–not...
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Mindful Compassion
As we practice mindfulness or present moment awareness, we can expect to experience certain difficulties. For example, with...
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Perceptual Positions
Multiple Perspectives: “Take a deep breath, step back, take 10″ – these commands invite us to disengage from...
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Strong Willed Child
Have a strong-willed child? You’re lucky! Strong willed children can be a challenge to parent when they’re young,...
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The Sibling Bond
At TEDxAsheville, Jeffrey Kluger explores the profound life-long bond between brothers and sisters, and the influence of birth...
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Managing Email Overload
Most people struggle with e-mail, but if you change your mindset about it, it can become a benefit...
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A Call to Men
At TEDxSiliconValley – Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful...
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Compassion and the True Meaning of Empathy
>At TEDxSiliconValley – Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice...
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Trust, Morality – and Oxytocin
At TEDxSiliconValley – What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin...
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Trust and Testosterone
The glue that binds a human society together is trust. But people who trust others too much are...
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NLP-Based Coaching: An Overview
“Coaching is a twenty-first century methodology for empowering people through profound questions so they can take charge of...
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20 Questions for Planning New Year’s Goals
There’s been a growing trend of disdain towards New Year’s resolutions. I can understand why, to some degree,...
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Karmic Relationship or Sacred Partnership?
Humanity is at the dawn of the new Horizon! Collectively, we have entered into a new relationship with...
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The 4 Ways Sound Affects Us
Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways....
