How to be planful to improve your success with goals

How to be planful to improve your success with goals

Want to improve your chances of successfully reaching a goal you set? Start by being more mindful about planning. That can help you overcome your natural inertia as well as other barriers you may face. It’s also important to ask yourself “how” you’re going...
5 ways a happiness researcher influenced my life

5 ways a happiness researcher influenced my life

The New York Times headline Happiness Won’t Save You grabbed my attention as soon as I spotted it on my phone late last month. Before I even read the subtitle “Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away,” I...
How to overcome being blinded by the obvious

How to overcome being blinded by the obvious

Even when you think you’re being alert, you can become blinded to the obvious. That’s what happened to me. I had inadvertently compartmentalized two aspects of my professional life. As a result, I didn’t see the bridge between them until a couple of...
How to be a better leader by replacing these 3 behaviors

How to be a better leader by replacing these 3 behaviors

“Unprecedented times offer unprecedented opportunities for those willing to take unprecedented courage.” That message was my key takeaway from the recently concluded 2020 virtual NeuroLeadership Summit. Granted, we’re also living in an era of paradoxes. Change fatigue...