1 hour ago3 Tips for “Overthinking” and Associated Brain Toxicity Degrading PerformanceTable of Contents Adverse Impact of Overthinking Cultural Preference for Thinking 3 Tips for Toxic Overthinking Adverse Impact of Overthinking Too many people practically brag, “Oh, I just overthink everything,” with little to no idea how toxic and degrading overthinking can be to themselves and others. A new study found: …when intense cognitive work…Wellness3 min read
Aug 81 Simple Trick to Power Up Stress for Better Performance, Better LifeTable of Contents How Stressed Are We? So Wait, What is It? How to Lessen Stress How To Power Up Stress How Stressed Are We? A 2022 APA poll found that almost 90% of American adults feel “like there has been a constant stream of crises without a break over…Crisis5 min read
Aug 1Study of 8,000+ Participants Advice of Experts OverestimatedTable of Contents “Do the Best Performers Really Give the Best Advice?” Beware Advice Givers The Power of Self-Advice “Do the Best Performers Really Give the Best Advice?” And the answer from this new study was basically, ‘No, they do not’. Top performers gave more advice, but not better advice…Advice And Opinion3 min read
Jul 25One Good Thing About Covid: The Art of Apology When You’ve Done Nothing WrongTable of Contents The Art of Apology When You — Think — You’ve Done Nothing Wrong, I Should Say. Has Apology Run Amok? I’m Sorry or I Care? The Art of Apology When You — Think — You’ve Done Nothing Wrong, I Should Say. Just this week, someone (we’ll call him Dave) asked if we could discuss his apology to a family he believes he infected…Apology4 min read
Jul 172 Great Stress Remedies About FoodThe Stress Situation Sounds simple. Eat well. Sleep well. Most of us know this. Many don’t do this — and then complain about being stressed. Not everyone is complaining about stress. CNN’s Harry Enten reported on 7/16/22 that, although 77% of respondents think the country is going in the wrong direction, 73% said…Stress Management4 min read
Jul 10Immersive Virtual Reality: 1 Way to Get Benefits of Exercise Without Leaving the CouchTable of Contents Who is This Immersive Virtual Reality For? Adaptive Capacity Model Now More Than Ever… Who is This Immersive Virtual Reality For? No, it is not to help the lazy get the gain without the pain. What is exciting here is the potential for Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) to help heart and neurological patients, or…Leadership Development3 min read
Jun 25The Other: 2 Ways to Deal with Humans Being Rotten to The OtherNot everyone is as rotten as everyone else to the ‘Other’ (people they view as outside of their group). But science says some measure of it is baked into our DNA and that hurting the ‘other’ might actually feel good. According to the researchers out of Virginia Commonwealth University, hurting…4 min read
Jun 20First Impressions Take 7 Seconds. Hard to Reverse. Why You Care. Tips To Try.All it takes is 7 seconds for you to be cooked — into someone else’s first impression of you — and some studies suggest it’s really only a tenth of one second. First impressions are quick and hard to change. Studies show that, as time went on, snap judgments about…5 min read
Jun 6Benefits of Fear: Do 1 Scary Thing Every Day for Mental Health and GrowthFear is universal, meaning that we all have it, even if some of what scares us might not scare someone else. Common human fears include: open spaces, closed spaces, heights, flying, insects, snakes, storms, needles, dogs — and, yes, fear of other people (“the most common type”). Last week we…5 min read
May 30Your Promise is Your ProblemTo our Active Military and Veterans: Thank you for your service and bless your hearts for protecting us all. And no, I do not mean that your potential is your problem. …6 min read
