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Are you hearing the world, “really?” a lot when you talk to someone? That may be a sign that they aren’t listening and are just being polite. You think they are engaged and hanging on your every word, meanwhile they are silently hoping for an easy out, like an earthquake or a fissure in the… Continue Reading
Ever notice that when you go outside for a couple of minutes and come back in your dog loses its mind as if you just been gone for an eternity? (Carnegie & Cole 39) This is also something little kids do for their parents when they are still to young to argue and be difficult… Continue Reading
One thing we all want to know is whether we have made a difference. Some people attempt to achieve this in negative ways, while most of us go about our lives just hoping that something we’ve done matters. Although I am firmly entrenched in middle-age I have noticed that as I have gotten older my… Continue Reading
Dale Carnegie is one of the uncontested leaders of the human performance movement. Growing up, his name was frequently invoked in my house as my mom once took one of his courses. Years later, I came to discover that many of Carnegie’s principles were regurgitated and rediscovered over and over in the works of many… Continue Reading
As Dr. Phil says, let’s get real (or something like that). If you don’t know by now that your body is connected to your mind, you’re either incapable of reading or you’re incapable of logical thought and common sense. The field of research on the mind-body connection is exhaustive and trying to disprove that there… Continue Reading
I have been teaching goalsetting for nearly 20 years but it always amazes me when I can find even better methods for setting and achieving goals. Surfing legend Laird Hamilton, in his book, Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing, provides some solid advice here. Visualize. This is one part of goalsetting that… Continue Reading
News is breaking today about a nine-year-old boy who slipped through security and made it on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. You will soon hear that the individual slipped through “airport” security but that is not entirely accurate. I am careful to use the word “aviation” security rather than airport security as apparently… Continue Reading
If you did not grow up on the coast, when you think of surfers many of us think of Bode, Patrick Swayze’s character from the movie Point Break. Many people on the coast might think of him too, who knows, but when a friend recommended that I read Laird Hamilton’s book “Force of nature: mind,… Continue Reading
On January 29, 1986 I turned on the TV as the Space Shuttle Challenger climbed gracefully and powerfully into the sky, then watched as it exploded. The public affairs officer narrating the launch said those fateful words heard ’round the world: “Obviously a major malfunction.” In 1977, two Boeing 747’s collided on the runway on… Continue Reading
We live in an interesting world. As a species, we are pre-disposed to follow the person who seems to know what’s going on. It’s probably a survival instinct. We often will see a visionary leader, someone who is inspirational and colorful and full of initiative, courage and new ideas. Then everyone gets on board behind… Continue Reading