This week’s external resource isn’t what I set out to find. After checking Wharton’s Knowledge@Wharton, I went to my trusty stand-by: the HBR Blogs.
But even there I didn’t find what I had initially sought: something by Umair Haque or Tony Schwartz.
Instead, I found this great article by Judith Glaser. As soon as she mentioned cortisol and the limbic brain I was hooked.
I hope you find the article useful and interesting.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie Recently I wrote: Talk is cheap, but action is priceless. What we say (/think) matters to what we do, but what do is what really matters. What are you doing, that doesn’t serve you?…
“Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” – Robert Orben [Warning: edginess ahead… ] Implicit in the above is having a plan for the flight of of your time. Otherwise, all you have is the best seat in the house for the level of mediocrity you’ve cultivated thus far.
I was listening to a WNPR (CT Public Radio) radio show (The Colin McEnroe Show) and he was interviewing Byron Katie (of The Work). In their conversation Katie said something to effect of “all suffering comes from thought.” This McEnroe took some issue with. It was, unfortunately, a mis-understanding borne of not defining the term…
This is something I have been thinking about a great deal these days. I am collector of knowledge and wisdom. I have a belief that if I fill my head with great ideas, and think realistically positive thoughts as much as possible, and carefully craft my speech, that my life will improve. And it has….
“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi
It seems as many of us act as if death is the greatest tragedy. It’s a mistaken view. The greatest tragedy is not living while you’re alive. So many of us, myself included at times, “half” live in a state of muted fear. We live in a smaller, chastened way that keeps us from many…