Why Thinking Less Makes You Smarter
‘Modern Western culture has so neglected the intelligent unconscious—the undermind, I shall sometimes call it—that we no longer know that we have it, do not remember what it is for, and so cann...
presence and the art of living and dying: doug & walker silsbee
On July 30th 2018 a teacher, mentor, master of his craft and dare I say, friend, left this life. Doug Silsbee was all this and way more. I was invited to interview Doug and his wife Walker in April...
creating a success map
Isn’t success something we all strive for or at least wish for? Ever vying to be top dog or at very least the best we can be. Shooting for goals and doing our absolute darndest to get there. As w...
why meaning matters
I was at a friends party last night. Lots of fascinating new people to meet. And amongst all the chit chat when that inevitable ice breaker of ‘So what do you do?’ arrived and I (hand-on-heart ...
the extraordinary power of belief
In the fall of 1981 a young Harvard researcher conducted a radical experiment, one which has since become something a landmark in the domain of the extraordinary and transformative power of mind ov...
the expert’s secret motivation hack
Here psychologist (and Al gore’s former speechwriter) Dan Pink lays down a simple yet highly effective couple of questions that provoke both a sense of deep connection to our own core values, as we...
motivation 101: the rules of engagement
If there’s a question that just seems to come up time and again for me as a coach it’s one related to the often confusing and vexed domain of what truly gets us up and at ‘em and makes change...
transforming self-limiting belief
Cosied up here on a fancy European intercity train whizzing me through the frosty East European countryside to the next leg of my Xmas vacation, I’ve had a little time to reflect on one of the mo...
is mindfulness always helpful?
Considering the humungous volume of glowing data landing on our doorsteps daily touting the seemingly limitless benefits of mindfulness, plus the fact that I am myself a mindfulness teacher, you ma...
the true predictor of success?
According to current research one of the top predictors of success is a simple yet often overlooked quality somewhat prosaically called grit. Here Angela Lee Duckworth of the University of Pennsylv...