Category: Evolution

Start your day with a grounding and motivating ritual

Being the best version of myself, consistently, day in and day out, is very tough. It is far from something that comes naturally to me, even now after years of personal development. The only means by which I know how

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Identity is the undercover enemy of change

A colleague and I had just finished our coaching work for a client leadership team. We briefly exchanged a few glances of frustration and exhaustion that spoke volumes about our earlier experience. We then just sat on a hotel lobby

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Gratitude is rocket fuel for human potential

My fiftieth year had come and gone, I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden

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Five steps to boost creative problem solving

“Think outside the box.” That advice is about as helpful under pressure as telling a three year old to calm down in the middle of a tantrum. We all want to be creative when we face tricky problems, but how?

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Let’s stop this change process, it’s starting to work

By David Shechtman As absurd as the title of this article may sound, it’s the reality of most change efforts in the corporate world. Nearly every organization wants to change in some way — higher revenue, lower expenses, better marketing, greater efficiencies.

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The Check-In: The easy way to make time for reflection

Reflection is one of the most powerful tools in business (and other aspects of life) but it is hard to make time to do it regularly, especially before something goes awry rather than after. We are all too busy with

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People don’t quit jobs because of money

Before I became an executive coach, I spent 20 years in tech and product recruiting. I consistently tried to dig into why people would leave jobs. Though I have never tracked the data formally, there are two clear experiential winners

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The top ten blockers to courage

Maybe you’re just like me. Maybe you came across Joseph Campbell’s work years ago and were taken by it. Maybe you saw an old grainy video of him speaking at The Esalen Institute or at some resort in Hawaii. Maybe

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The positive way to give feedback and make someone’s day

As an avid Yogini, I go to 2 to 3 classes weekly and enjoy discovering new teachers’ styles and finding ways to push myself.  After practice, students will often approach the instructor to say “That was awesome,” or “You’re an amazing

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Get your focus back by reclaiming your final 5%

It’s a fallacy to believe your success at work can be separated from your success as a human being. Truly successful leaders know this: they focus on being successful on a personal level first – and everything follows from that

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