Watch out! 3 ways to control your environment

Pay attention to your surroundings! If you want to change your behavior or influence others in your organization to change the way they work, you’ve got to view the environment as an active player. Our surroundings shape our behavior and our attitudes more than we’re...

3 tips for building new habits

Three years ago this week, I experienced Tiny Habits® for the first time with the psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg. Since then, more than 25,000 individuals around the world have joined me and signed up to participate in this breakthrough method for developing positive...

Books about 2014’s work challenges

Can you trust yourself to try new things without becoming overwhelmed, overburdened and overtired? That sums up my challenges for this year. That also describes the topics of my favorite business books of 2014. This year’s list features a mix of...

Alter your words to jump start your actions

Whenever it feels too hard to do something, ask yourself this question: “How can I redefine my goal to make it easier for me to succeed?” Changing your language can help you jump start your behavior change and make it stick. This realization was one of my...