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What Fires Together Wires Together
What Fires Together Wires Together
‘What Fires Together Wires Together’ is from Hebb’s Rule, a neuropsychological theory explaining the increase in synaptic efficacy arising from one cell’s repeated and persistent…
December 5, 2024
The Secret Superpower of Success
Learn this and you will go far, no matter what your field or chosen endeavor. Ignore it and you will never reach your fullest potential.…
December 3, 2024
I Woke Up in America
When I get that polite “How are you?” greeting, I frequently reply “I woke up in America and that is a great start to any…
November 28, 2024
The Shortest Distance isn’t Always a Straight Line
Sometimes going directly for what you want isn’t the best strategy. We seek ‘Perfect Outcomes’ when perhaps we should really be focused on ‘Perfect Actions’.…
November 26, 2024
Are You Ready for Luck?
The unsuccessful sometimes attribute the success of others to good luck. Balderdash! Luck, good and bad, comes to all. As the good book says: ‘Rain…
November 21, 2024
The Bad Apple Effect
I’m going to combine several of my favorite sayings: 1) ‘You tend to become the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most…
November 19, 2024
What Do You See?
There is the story of two folks looking out a window; one sees a muddy field, another sees the sun breaking through the clouds. Perception…
November 14, 2024
Speaking Gently: Three Gates Plus a 4th
The great Sufi poet, Rumi, believed that before we speak, our words should pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it…
November 12, 2024
Are You Watering Weeds?
We ‘water weeds’ when we waste our time/energy. Weeds come in many forms: Saying yes to the unimportant, to others’ priorities that aren’t ours. Every…
November 7, 2024
Not my Monkeys, not my Circus
Folks, in life you must pick your battles; allocate your time and energy in ways that are most effective and efficient. We are given but…
November 5, 2024
A Lie That Helped Me
How can a lie be helpful? Well, try this one on for size: ‘Personality’ is an illusion we invent. As I say/read the above, most…
October 31, 2024