I Need a Hand…and Your Eyes
A professor friend used to explain the idea of chi to his Oriental philosophy students in this way: There is the path and there is the ditch.If you’re not on…
The Anonymous Expert
In Mark Twain’s short story, Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven, once Captain Eli Stormfield makes it past the pearly gates and gets his bearings, he begins to learn about the other inhabitants of heaven.
Play it Again, Sam
We improve our future performance by assessing a past performance. This includes identifying areas for improvement and creating an action plan for carrying out those improvements. If we implement our…
A New Year and a New Beginning
We tend to look to the new year as a clean slate and a chance for a new beginning. Except that as anyone who has made New Year’s resolutions knows,…
Self-Growth Tip: Open Yourself to Meeting New People
When we meet another, we are presented with a choice of whether or not to risk ourselves. To take the time and risk of opening ourselves to another means being willing to lose a measure of control over our interaction and the direction it takes. To take this risk is to embrace living a richer life than we could possibly script ourselves.
Self-Growth Tip: Owning Decisions
Darling, you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I'll be here 'till the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
(The Clash)
Self-Growth Tip: Going from Reacting to Responding
When we experience unexpected change, whether in our personal or professional lives, we tend to either resist or react...