active listening

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Active Listening: Listening to Understand

Most of what we call listening is really “waiting to speak.” Here is how people “hear” us: You say something, sounds are

beware inertia spending

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Beware Inertia Spending

Inertia spending is when you incur some expense or repeat some process or event simply because that is the way it has

there's gotta be a little rain sometime

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There’s Gotta Be a Little Rain Sometime

Life is difficult is the first sentence of “The Road Less Traveled,” by Scott Peck; 1936–2005. In the first section of “The

living with power of self knowledge

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Living with the Power of Self Knowledge: Humans are not rational decision making machines, duh!

One of the worst “gifts” of traditional economics to our culture was the idea the rational man—a cool, calm, calculating machine whose

incessant maintenance of highest standards

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The Incessant Maintenance of the Highest Standards, Relentless Insistence on Effort and Attention to Details”

On May 4th, 2013, the Chicago Bulls won Game 7 over the Brooklyn Nets in the 1st round of the NBA playoffs.

Brain

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“Attention Warps Semantic Representation Across The Human Brain”

A recent article with this jaw-breaking title was published on line in the Journal of Nature Neuroscience. Based on MRI studies done

take control of self image

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Take Control of Your Self Image

This is from Zig Ziglar; 1926–2012, a master teacher in the art of self motivation. Few could say it better, none with

acknowledge power of thoughts

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Acknowledge The Power of Your Thoughts: Where your mind goes, your actions follow

There is a saying: “No individual raindrop takes responsibility but still the flood happens.” Similarly, the daily cascade of your idle thoughts

oscillating narrative

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The Resilient Power of Creating an Oscillating Narrative with an Upward Trend

We all have a “life story” we tell ourselves, a way we interpret the world around us. It is part self-concept, part

deep learning

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Deep Learning

A major challenge in life is to do as well as we know. To know and not do is to not know.

happiness advantage

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The Happiness Advantage

What if EVERYTHING you thought you knew about how to be happy was flat out wrong? We tend to assume that our

mindfulness

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness is being fully present in the present moment in a peaceful manner. “Mindfulness is also clearing the mind, stilling the mind,