Life’s challenges will come. After you have been dealt a few blows, you will go one of two ways. You will either orient towards safety, security, and survival or you will orient towards adventure, growth and purpose.
Reinhard Korb
What is the biggest leadership challenge today?
Consciousness evolution Being clear on your intentions are absolutely critical if you want to progress in life. Intentions provide a gravitational pull towards our desired outcomes. They provide the energy currency that keeps us focused and moving forward when times are challenging. Your higher intentions also…
Many of my clients have been experiencing the same problem. They feel out of control. They mention environmental limitations like the economy, market conditions, staff turnover, global directives, structural changes, client disappointments, and the list goes on…
The reality is that these external factors and events have implications and can severely affect us and limit…
Abraham Maslow helped us understand that we are motivated by our needs. He also pointed out that in order to actualize our potential, we need to satisfy our lower needs, and then move on our higher needs. You won’t develop if you remain focused on satisfying your hedonistic, material, selfish, instinctive, animal, and survival needs.…
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs 18:21
Your brain is programmed through language; it encodes thoughts and feelings through words, to create an abstract internal representation of everything that is “out there” in the world. This representation makes up your internal mapping.…
From the Gospel of Thomas:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.
If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth will destroy you.”
With the above passage, and the rest of this article, I want to highlight the importance of being who you…
How do you handle failure and setback?
Exactly a year ago I published a book. Among other things, this book is a guide on how to effectively deal with adversity and setback. A core message is that challenges, setbacks, and stressors can be viewed as mountains you need to climb and overcome. And in how…
The world is experiencing a meaning crisis. Therefore more people are looking to find meaning from their work. We are witnessing a shift from a means-based economy to a meaning-based economy. If you can help fulfill this need, you will help your company become a better place to work and tap the enormous business potential…
It’s a new year and most of us have new energy and new enthusiasm to take on new challenges. Millions of people are making New Year’s resolutions, but the odds are stacked against us. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology does not paint a pretty picture. Only 46% of those who made…
What is Eudaimonia and why should it matter to you? In today’s political, social and economic climate, (shall I say the change in climate) it’s worth investigating and understanding everything you can do to take better care or yourself. I have had a fascination with meaning and purpose for most of my life. I…
Empirical research suggests that having meaning in life protects us against inflammation, disease, and a pre-mature death. This research has demonstrated that if you are happy but have no sense of meaning, you will have similar gene expression patterns as someone who is chronically ill. So, pursuing happiness instead of meaning is a shortcut to…
This post begins with a tale… Once upon a time there was a man traveling on a long journey in a foreign land. As he was walking, he saw a very long, very high wall. As he approached it he saw a builder and asked him what he was doing. The builder replied and said…