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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster a growth mindset.…

October 8, 2024

Hara Hachi Bun Me (腹八分目)

Hara Hachi Bun Me is a Japanese phrase meaning ‘Belly 80 % full’ and refers to the Confucian concept of not eating to satiation, of stopping…

October 3, 2024

Wabi-sabi

Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy that finds contentment and peace of mind by embracing the inevitability of imperfection and impermanence. It is an aesthetic principle that…

October 1, 2024

Be Bigger than the Moment

To be bigger than the moment is to rise to the occasion, especially in emotionally charged moments that can potentially sway us off true north.…

September 26, 2024

Reach for the Broom

Are you willing to step up when the need arises? When the call comes, do you step forward? Raise your hand and say, ‘I will’?…

September 24, 2024

Have You Checked Your Alignment Lately?

Just like the tires of your car, your desires, actions, and beliefs need to be in alignment; anything else and you are working against yourself,…

September 19, 2024

8 Truths to put you in the Top Tier of the Mentally Strong

The past is a place of reference, not residence. Focus forward, make plans, set goals, excelsior! Stress is not an event but a learned reaction…

September 17, 2024

Assume a virtue, if you have it not

The quote is from Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 and I share it not to ask you to fake a virtue but rather to…

September 12, 2024

What Are Your Self-Stories?

The world is complex, and we all seek to make sense of the events and experiences of our lives and we do so by weaving…

September 10, 2024

The Thought Pattern That Saves Relationships… and the One that Virtually Dooms Them

It’s very simple really, a blinding flash of the obvious but just like fish discovering water last: what is constantly right in front of us…

September 5, 2024

The Fountain of Youth: Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity

My philosophy in life is to exercise ‘Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity’. I love taking every opportunity to ask ever deeper questions about everything that impacts my mission. I’m not content…

September 3, 2024

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