3 Secrets to Surfacing Great Ideas
To thrive or not to thrive? That’s how we began our book, Thriving in Business and Life. Over the last year, while we have adapted the manuscript into our full immersion online learning game for leaders, this question has gained significance. Thriving is a choice. Especially in challenging circumstances, choosing to thrive rather than just to survive initiates and/or strengthens a habit that makes all the difference in what happens next. Here’s an example. You’re facilitating
Why Your First Impulse Can Lead You Astray
One of the best known and most quoted lines of American poetry is from Robert Frost: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” These words are typically used to encourage living large, getting out of our comfort zones by challenging convenience and going for adventure, even when (or especially when) it doesn’t seem entirely rational. Many of us can reflect back on a time when we changed directions, based on
Are You Sure That What You're Experiencing is Real?
That familiar phrase, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” is being seriously questioned. The latest in brain science confirms that “brain blindness,” a condition we write about in our book Thriving in Business and Life and explore in our upcoming on-line learning game, is real. If we don’t believe something exists, we’re statistically less likely to be able to see it. Where this really hurts is in our relationships, both personal and professional. Over time we develop attitudes
