Leadership in Action – Our Blink Response Makes for Bad Leadership
The immediate assumptions we wrap around ideas and information is our blink response. (Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book, Bl...Read More »
Author: The Pacific Institute
Changing Perspective
Today, imagine yourself as a business, one that manufactures several lines of product. Imagine that this organization is...Read More »
Activity and Accomplishment
If you are busier than you would like to be, but also less productive, then read on. As the world tentatively opens back...Read More »
A Perspective on Ego
Most people don’t want to think of themselves as having a “big ego,” because the picture that draws is of someone ...Read More »
Communicating Expectations
What do you expect from your kids? How do you communicate your expectations to them? Today, let’s talk about what’s ...Read More »
Passing Along Knowledge and Wisdom
What is a mentor? What is it that mentors do? Can having a mentor help you succeed? Today we’re going to be answering ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 3 Styles of Decision Making
There are two fatal flaws in coaching others into better performance:
• Overuse of Command (micro-managing)
• Over...Read More »
To Be Fully Human
The ability to reason and understand is important to our well-being. But so is our ability to feel emotions. Let’s loo...Read More »
Taking On the Difficult
When you have a complex problem to solve, how do you go about solving it? Here is some information that might help you.
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Resetting the Picture
Did you know that, in at least one way, you are at your creative best when your system is out of order?
When we talk...Read More »
A Matter of Self-Esteem
How do you respond to personal affronts or insults? If you have high self-esteem, they probably don’t bother you much....Read More »
Fear is a Choice
If you had a choice between love and fear, which would you choose? If you think the answer is obvious, then you might ju...Read More »
The Betterment of Our Humanity
Do you have a vision – a picture in your mind of how things can be? If you do, how clear is it? How big is it? How muc...Read More »
Bias and Comfort Zones
Whether it is the intentional racist comments from a celebrity, applying a nasty epithet to a sitting politician, or the...Read More »
Expiration Date – None
As parents, grandparents, teachers and such, we want to teach our children to believe in their own ability to “cause, ...Read More »
Engaging in the Future You
As individuals, human beings are constantly changing, even though it may not seem like it in the short term.
In what ...Read More »
To Be Authentic
What does it mean to be authentic in today’s world? It doesn’t mean just being different or standing out from the cr...Read More »
Taking Command of You
What happens when you feel an emotion but refuse to admit it? Perhaps, more than you think.
From the time we were ch...Read More »
No One Best Way
When you are learning something new, what helps you learn more easily and what interferes with the process? Today, let...Read More »
When No One is Looking
How would you describe your own character? What do we mean when we use that particular word? If someone was described to...Read More »
From Under the Shadows
How creative are you? If your answer is, “Not very,” don’t be so sure. Let’s knock the mystique out of creativit...Read More »
Leading On Purpose
Many companies are waiting for the “new normal” to emerge so they can make choices on how they fit in the new econom...Read More »
More Than Just the Numbers
How much do you think the average businessperson needs to know about psychology? The answer might surprise you.
Some ...Read More »
Forgive and Forget?
Many people throughout the ages have spoken of the virtues of forgiveness. Today, let’s look at this most personal, ye...Read More »
Being Carefully Taught
The best teachers learn from their students. The wisest parents teach and learn from their kids. Wisdom comes from knowi...Read More »
Attention and Recognition
When your children want attention, what do they do? Throw a tantrum? Misbehave? Act inappropriately? Perhaps you can sho...Read More »