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The body holds much of the information we need to function at our best, but too often we ignore its messages and plow ahead with what our minds tell us. Perhaps because we’re not taught from early on to pay attention to internal messages as well as external demands, we frequently ignore our...
With the Enron and other scandal opening our eyes to corruption at the corporate level, the importance of ethics and integrity in business is at the forefront of America’s awareness. We hear the words “ethics” and “integrity” a lot, but what, exactly, do they mean?
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Finding Balance
These days, the ultimate question may not be “What is the meaning of life?”, but simply, “Where do I find the time to achieve balance?”
Between our work and personal lives (family, friends, exercise, sports, hobbies, community commitments), most of us have...
Are your decisions based on urgent demands for your immediate attention?
Do you find that your intuition is speaking but you’re not listening?
Would you like to take action based on your mind, body, heart, and intuition?
Let’s looks at these five assumptions.
Assumption #1
Awareness...
Trust: Becoming a Trusted Leader
“We can build our leadership upon fear, obligation, or trust. However, only a foundation of trust results in the collaboration and goodwill necessary to achieve our peak performance.”
These words, from organizational design expert Roger Allen, could...
According to a 2014 article in Time magazine, mindfulness meditation is becoming popular among people who would not normally consider meditation. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, defines mindfulness as “moment-to-moment, non-judgmental...
Exercise
Gabriel Randa was Mr. Target Heart Rate. Every day after work, he dutifully trucked to his health club to climb the stair exercise machine, jog on the treadmill and pedal up “huge inclines” on the stationary bike.
Trouble was, he was hugely bored and began to dread the gym.
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With organizations, leaders and individuals so fervently focused on the bottom line, it’s easy to ignore “softer” goals, such as listening well. All that touchy-feeling stuff is a waste of my time, you might say or think.
On the contrary! A focus on listening can lead...
