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.
Love is always bestowed as a gift — freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved, we love to love. – Dr. Leo Buscaglia Just a gentle reminder of what we can’t remember enough.
“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein Whatever you focus on, with emotional intensity, comes into being. Let’s dissect that a bit: “Whatever you focus on,” the thoughts and images you repeatedly create in your mind; “with emotional intensity,” whether you feel or generate positive or negative emotions around something,…
If one or two people tell you you’re an ass, you can ignore them. But if three or four people tell you you’re an ass, you might think about putting on a saddle. – Yiddish saying The inverse is true as well. If people keep telling you that you have gifts or talents, you must…
You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. – Jerry West If you only do things you feel like, you won’t make much progress. You’ll be lucky to “tread water.” That might be okay for some people, but is it for you? When you’re committed…
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. – James Allen We are so often kept small by the thing that must remain the same. Or the thing we must control. (Some form of) Fear is what keeps us clinging to this “thing.” We think that if we…
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” – Ludwig Börne Sometimes the most powerful skill is knowing what to take away, what not to do. We tend to focus on what we must do,or add or expand. But what if the best thing we can do is stop doing something, or delete…