As we get older, we tend to be more focused on protecting what we have, as opposed to seeking what we want.
Click here for an interesting article from positive psychology researcher and thought leader Heidi Grant Halvorson.
Have you noticed this in your life?
If so, are you playing smaller than you might?
Are you avoiding reasonable risks?
I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. – Jonas Salk We are made to love, to create, to work and toil and then recover, recharge and appreciate and begin again. The only way we get to begin again is to finish what we start. So, work hard, finish,…
I read and listen to a lot of self/personal development stuff. But all that reading and listening doesn’t amount to a hill-of-beans (speaking of which, has anyone ever seen an actual “hill-of-beans” and is one all that desirable?) without application. Information without application is interesting and sometimes entertaining, but it’s never transformative – it doesn’t change anyone…
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. – Anaïs Nin We each create our own Reality, with our thoughts. Thoughts are basis and stuff of our entire experience. Thoughts beget emotions. Thoughts beget beliefs. With thought we create our rules and standards. Thought is how we parse, understand, make…
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible. For the fainthearted, it is unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is ideal. – Victor Hugo Language is the basis and currency of our thoughts and mental life. What we name things, and continue to call them, are what they become and remain….
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…
Learning is not improving. Learning is critical and vital for achievement and success, but by itself it’s not enough Improving is taking what we’ve learned and putting into action. Improving is applying what we’ve learned to make things better – to make our lives better and the lives of those around us, and with any luck,…