How to be compassionate: ditch resolutions for habits

How to be compassionate: ditch resolutions for habits

Have you seen this goskills.com headline? “138 New Year’s Resolutions for 2019” Those six words and numbers triggered sharp pains simultaneously in my brain and stomach immediately after reading them. Before crawling into a fetal position, I got my bearings and...
How to be intentional and trigger good behavior

How to be intentional and trigger good behavior

Who needs another morning chore, especially when you’re already feeling rushed getting out the door and to the office?   But if you’re a parent with a child who’s hooked on Elf on the Shelf, you’re expected to find a new perch for the Elf each morning. That way, the...

Avoid making these 3 mistakes

Whether you’re trying to identify good New Year’s Resolutions or wanting to building habits, please avoid making these three common mistakes. Taking on the “should do’s” not the “want-to-do’s.” Attempting to climb Mt. Everest before you’ve considered going to the top...

3 good behavior lessons from Gustav

Back in 2012, when I first started studying behavior design in earnest and including it in my consulting and coaching practice, I didn’t realize the influence canines have contributed to the field. The first sign was the pre-reading for the behavior design boot camp,...

“Plastics.” Brain benefits, present to future

Who knew how astute, powerful and prophetic the classic film line “Plastics” would become. In the 1967 film, The Graduate, a family friend says he has just one word for the recent college graduate Ben: “Plastics.” When Ben, played by Dustin Hoffman, asks “Exactly how...