While this would be an excellent candidate for a “Page 2” section – stuff that doesn’t belong on the main page because it’s mostly rambling – it actually does have a solid base. Solid enough to win an Ig-Nobel Prize: Procrastination the productive way. Its author, John Perry calls it “structured procrastination” and the concept […]
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Emotional Leadership
There is much similarity between this talk by Tony Robbins that I took the post title from and my earlier posting on Steve’s 10 Steps. Priya Sher has summed up Robbins’ the main points well, there are three quotes that I’d like to add: If you’re not doing it, then you don’t know […]
~ read more ~Steve’s 10 Steps
This is actually from an in-flight magazine some five or so years ago. I have a hardcopy of the page, but I don’t remember which airline or who “Steve” was by last name. What I recall is that he is a british coach with a no-nonsense approach. The kind of guy who doesn’t tell you […]
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As I promised in an older article, I am currently reading The Science of Trust. Do you know the feeling when you are reading something and realize they are up to something? That is what I started to get around page 20 or so. John Gottmann’s book has one thing that sets it apart from […]
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I’ve been gathering knowledge on empathy for a while now, prompted by the two facts that there is someone with the borderline personality disorder in my life and also because that sharpened my realization to my own empathy, its limits and the areas where I find it lacking. Now an interview with Simon Baron-Cohen prompts […]
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In an interview on his book “Out of Character“, David DeSteno lay out how much more situational and less based on character or “this is how I am” our decisions actually are. A revelation that vibes strongly in me as I’m currently examining a couple of difficult situations I found myself in and wondering if […]
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