We can spend a lot of time, energy, and emotion trying to look good to others. “What will people think?” “What if I fail?” “How will I be judged?” becomes the endless loop we hear in our minds. This line of thinking keeps us incredibly busy but doesn’t make for a very happy existence. When …
Comfort zones as defined by the esteemed Wikipedia are: “a behavioral state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk….A comfort zone is a type of mental conditioning that causes a person to create and …
Many of us forget that we have a choice in how we view the world. Imagine how different our experience would be if we believed the world was full of interesting people and lots of opportunity instead of filled with people who are out for themselves. It would feel much different wouldn’t it? Knee-jerk negativism …
As we give thanks this week with our family and friends it provides a chance for us to appreciate how many good things corporations provide. Working at a corporation gives you with the opportunity to:• meet our basic needs—and ultimately the freedom to explore our own interests as our income increases;• make new friends and …
As we navigate through the changes that are occurring in the workplace I think it’s important to consider your options with an eye toward lifetime employability, not lifetime employment. “Where the jobs are” has become a critical focus for many and the news media regularly reports on the sectors that have created jobs, usually in …
Given how the American Dream has been reinterpreted over the past few decades, I sure hope so. As we prepare to honor those who have died in service to our country, I’ve been reflecting on the ideals they defended–life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness chief among them. There seems to be little disagreement, even …
The New York Times recently reported that Somerville Massachusetts added the question “How happy do you feel right now?” to their census in an effort to become the first city in the US to systematically track people’s happiness. Whether measuring happiness is the “right” parameter on which to judge is anyone’s guess—it certainly opens one …
No, I’m not talking about love among the cubicles—it’s the idea that has so many people all tangled up and unable to get out of their own way. “Finding Your Passion.” That concept alone is the biggest impediment to actually figuring out what you love to do. Just look on Amazon. You’ll find almost 200 …
Lately our focus has been on identifying the lessons children need to learn in order to ultimately create a workplace where people and businesses thrive. So often by just looking around the office you can see behaviors so ingrained you just know that they were learned as kids. That’s why we’re designing our School Program …
One of the basics of business is that what we measure determines where we focus our attention. Last year, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for countries to adopt new ways of measuring well-being because he considered gross domestic product (GDP) to be obsolete, he initiated an interesting discussion. The idea of revisiting GDP (the …
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