At the end of each week, I ask myself a series of questions to identify what’s working well (and what isn’t) in my life and work. This helps me to make tiny tweaks for the week ahead that gradually get me on to a better trajectory. The question list I
Yesterday I spoke with Dr. Robert Biswas Diener about his background, development, and philosophy on vocation. Often described as the “Indiana Jones” of positive psychology, Robert has applied his research skills to study and learn from the The Amish community, the Maasai People in Kenya, The Inughuits of Greenland, and
I recently interviewed Marcia Reynolds for our Aligned Creator Summit. In my preparation, I was surprised to learn that Marcia actually spent her 20th birthday in jail. Since, she has gone on to become President of the ICF, the bestselling author of several books including Coach the Person Not the
Professor Peter Hawkins is a leadership consultant, author, and co-developer of systemic coaching, who will also be joining us on next year’s Thought Leaders Camino (see below). Many of the leaders he works with regularly face difficult meetings where the pressure is on and the stakes are high. Often they’ll
When we have competing projects, we assume saying “yes” to one means saying “no” to something else. In other words, we have a limited amount of time and energy, so if you invest in one project, you have less to invest in others. This is known as the law of
For most of my teens, I felt like a prisoner inside my own head. Although I desperately wanted to be confident, I mostly felt shy, awkward, and mildly anxious in social situations. However, things started to shift when I moved to Glasgow for university. Here, nobody knew me and had
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