
How the Story You're Telling Impacts Your Life
Author Jonathan Gottschall wrote, “Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story’s persuasive effects. But over the last...

How to Cross Life's Impossible Bridges
Imagine this scenario. You’re on a hike through previously untrekked terrain. Somehow you got separated from your friends so you’re a bit...

Can Good Be Better Than Great?
In Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great, he makes a challenging statement: “You have to give up what made you good to become great.” Like...

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...

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...

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...

Why Some Say Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge
We love to play games. It’s natural when we’re children but that impulse dulls as we navigate a traditional school system that emphasizes...

Something Magic Happens When You "Pass It On!"
Who do you want to be when you grow up? It’s an interesting question – fundamentally different from the usual one (what do you want to...

What if Playing a Game Could Change Your Life?
Games . . . they can be engaging, even addicting. What about the game of life? How engaged are you in this most important of all games?...

How Our Brains Create False Facts
Henry Ford famously said, “Whether you think it’s true or not, you’re right.” Our personal mindset determines which filters we use to...