4 days agoResilience for 32% of American Adults Struggling with Basic Decisions Like What To WearTable of Contents World Gone Mad? How This Affects Us Resilience in Troubled Times World Gone Mad? Resilience? Easier said than done? Just when we began to think we were going to finally come out of the darkness of the pandemic into some sun — then came the War on Ukraine. Meanwhile, 32%…5 min read
May 29 New Offerings to Optimize Work and Life…In Trying TimesNew Offerings Humans make decisions all day long. Some big. Some small. Some more life shaping than others. Some more or less hard. And then there are all the many myths and misunderstandings about decision making, rendering decision making that much harder, and riskier too. But even a great decision is not…4 min read
Apr 25Neophilia: What 1 Thing Can You Do Today to Up Yours?Table of Contents What is Neophilia? About Dopamine Hacking Your Chemistry Wake-Up Call What is Neophilia? Neophilia is “A fondness for, or obsession with, novelty and change…” But wait. Health and wellness gurus are always telling us how important it is to create routines, so that whatever it is becomes enough of a…Happiness4 min read
Apr 18Great News: 2–3 Cups of Coffee/Day for Maximum Heart Benefit. For You?Table of Contents Benefits of Coffee But What Kind of Coffee? And When to Drink It? Alternatives Benefits of Coffee Great news! Coffee is good for us again. It was, then it wasn’t, then it was, then it wasn’t, and now it is again. Hooray for me! …Coffee Culture3 min read
Apr 11Constructive Feedback: Study Found 97.4% Refuse to Give It.Table of Contents What is Constructive Feedback? Why We Should Give It How We Can Try What is Constructive Feedback? Positive Feedback. Negative Feedback. Destructive Feedback. Constructive Feedback. Criticism. All of these forms of feedback appeared in a single article entitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Constructive Feedback [2022].” We all know that critical, destructive feedback doesn’t tend…Leadership Development4 min read
Apr 4Personal Development: Why U.S. spends $10.4 Billion Per Year?Table of Contents What is Personal Development? What Good. What’s Not. What Started Personal Development? How Best to Cope? What is Personal Development? Call it Personal Development or Self Improvement. Either way, global business is booming, at $38.8 Billion in 2019 and estimated to reach $56.66 billion by 2027. One 2020 study reported a…Personal Development4 min read
Mar 21Study Finds 4–6 Hours Sleep Per Night Works for “Elite Sleepers”News on Sleep — That’s a new one. Elite Sleepers. And, who knew? I thought we were all supposed to sleep 8 hours per night. Mine has been averaging more like 7 and, even though I could find 7–9 hours on the internet, I always felt a little funny about doing 7 not 8…3 min read
Mar 14Americans Focus 3 Minutes per Task, Check Phone 2000 per DayTable of Contents Focus of a Fish Focus Fitness Focus and Release Focus of a Fish Lately we’ve been hearing that we have lost the ability to focus — that we have the attention spans of fish, only worse. Goldfish average 9 seconds before they lose concentration. We average 8 seconds before we lose…Focus4 min read
Mar 7Toxic Positivity Seen by 67.8% of Participants in One WeekTable of Contents Here’s What Happened What is Toxic Positivity? Benefits of Positivity Benefits of Negativity Regulating Emotion Here’s What Happened Just this week, someone said twice in one exchange, “Enjoy the beautiful day.” Not a one-off; more a pattern of communication for this awkwardly upbeat individual. Toxic Positivity? Considering I had just…5 min read
Feb 285-Steps To In-Control for When Things Are Not!Heartbroken. That’s how I feel about the Ukrainian crisis. Heartbroken, in awe of the Ukrainians and, when someone here in the U.S. told me he already had his survival kit assembled, I also felt a bit scared. This brings me to something called Locus of Control — for how to…4 min read
