Benjamin Zander, co-author of The Art of Possibility, spoke on September 26, 2012 in San Francisco to help launch the new magazine, The Intelligent Optimist (formerly titled The Ode). The current issue includes an interview with him.
Zander suggests that optimism is about possibility. It’s like a circle with arrows that point out vs. pessimism…
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William James wrote that “the will to believe is the most important ingredient in creating belief in change.”
In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg proposes that one of the most important methods for creating that belief is habits. Quoting James, Duhigg explains that habits are what allow us to “do a thing with difficulty the first…
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Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit, provides an excellent model for how we develop habits without even realizing it and how we can consciously create new ones. He explains the three components of a habit – a cue, a routine, and a reward. The routine is the habit and that where you focus when you…
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Do you enjoy the experience of completing important tasks and projects?
Would you like to experience this feeling more frequently?
Learn how completion chemistry can help you be more successful personally and professionally.
Joing the next FREE call in the Making Time for Success series on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 4-5 p.m. (Pacific). Go to …
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Ponder the article by Tim Kreider in the New York Times on July 1, 2012 - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1_20120701
Ed Hallowell explores this same topic in his book Crazy Busy.
Are you chooisng to be busy? What would you do if you didn’t feel addicted to urgency?
Take time this summer to explore…
Jonah Lehrer is the author of Imagine which is now #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Here is the link to an interview with Jonah Lehrer that was done by Daniel Pink, author of Drive, on April 6, 2012. I heard Lehrer at the OHSU Brain Awareness Series on April 10. This interview discusses…
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