Why do people think that if they just sit and wait things will come to them?  Life is once.  That’s it.  I said it.  It may sound harsh, but that’s the bottom line.  Speaking …

A Powerful Way to Connect with Others
The practice of lovingkindness meditation brings to life our inborn capacity for connecting to ourselves and others. The lovingkindness we cultivate breaks through the habit of indifference or judgment …

Ways to Use ‘Exceptions’
There is always an exception or situation that does not accommodate certain behaviors.  And when these situations arise, what do we do?  We (hopefully) respect what is appropriate for the situation behavior-wise …

Discovering Creativity as it Happens
Brainstorming is a popular tool which helps us to generate creative solutions to a problem.
Please keep in mind, many times it is how we look at a “problem” or how …

Procrastination Explained as a Math Equation
University of Calgary professor Piers Steel said the act of dillydallying can be boiled down to three human traits: the person’s confidence, values and impulsiveness (how susceptible he or …

What drives you?
Really, what is it?  Meaningful work, money, praise, people, relationships?
Real motivation is honest motivation.  Honest motivation is the right motivation.  We have to be really honest with ourselves to be really motivated.  Am …

Accountability replaces the need for trust (and oddly increases trust); and it offers a decent halfway measure in the direction of sharing control.
A draft manual for health departments on emergency communication displayed a section on …

Why do we dream?  People have always been fascinated by their ‘secret’ night-time journeys. Over the years there have been many theories as to why we dream and the function dreams serve.
Countless ‘encyclopedias’ of dream …

In all the years that I have been a trainer, one of the biggest things that stands out to me the most when teaching or coaching a student, is how easy and natural it seems …

Are you in the smoking cult? Here’s how to quit
by Mark Tyrrell
So July 1st 2007 will see smoking banned in all public places in the United Kingdom. No doubt some smokers will see …