Day Ninety-Eight of 365 – What to do When Your Brain is Full
Hey! Did you know that your brain gets full from time-to-time? Sure it does! With all the information overload that takes place, it’s a wonder your brain has any space for new information at all! It fills up! Well more precisely, it FEELS full! You Believe that you have not one more neuron or synapse […]
Day Ninety-Six of 365 – The Meaning of SOS In Today’s World!
Traditional meanings of letter grouping, SOS range from “Save our Ship” to “Save our Souls.” The imlications are clear regardless of the meaning you choose to associate with this letter grouping. I am taking part in a Learning and the Brain Conference today. During one of the sessions dealing with Resiliency, the presenter added another […]
Day Ninety-Six of 365 – The Best Advice
When visiting with students or clients in private practice, I often ask, “What is the single best piece of advice you’ve received?” I’m fascinated by the responses and quite frequently add some of those responses to my growing list of “Best Advice.” Advice generally comes from individuals – family, friends, colleagues, mentors, counselors, etc. It […]
Day Ninety-One of 365 – Questions Worth Asking
Questions are some of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal. Well phrased, well positioned questions open doors, reveal hidden truths, invite collaboration, sharpen our focus and create contexts for clear communication. Approximately twenty years ago, a friend of mine told me, “Mark, statements merely tell but questions sell.” What an insightful statement! […]
Day Eighty-Six of 365 – What To Do About the “IT” Factor!
IT! You know what I mean, right? No, no, no . . . Not THAT IT (Information Technology)! And for those of you who have a warped sense of humor, I’m not referring to the “Cousin” kind either! The “IT” to which I refer is the one with which you find yourself dealing today! The […]
Day Eighty-Five of 365 – “Just Ten Seconds More!”
Just Ten Seconds More! Life is so very busy! We often find ourselves with more “to do” at the end of our time! Recent research indicates that our belief that we can “multitask” is actually erroneous. It seems that the brain can really only focus on one thing at a time. That does not mean […]
Day Eighty-Three of 365 – Darkness Begets Light
How often are we shocked and appalled by the insensitive, uncaring or cruel behavior of others? How often do we pass judgment on the actions of others without taking time to examine and study what might be behind those actions? How often do we attempt to drive out the darkness found in another using only […]
Day Eighty-Two of 365 – From Awful to Action in Four Simple Steps
Do you know folks who tend to overreact to seemingly minor or innocuous events? They seem to go from zero to 100 in a matter of seconds when “100” is the worst case scenario – a catastrophe. Another word for this reaction is “awfulizing.” The Psychology Dictionary says that awafulizing “refers to an irrational and […]
Day Eighty-One of 365 – “Go On! I Dare You! Take A Stand!”
This particular snippet has its genesis in a couple of separate yet parallel pieces I’ve published in another place in the past. After reviewing these two thoughts, I felt compelled to combine them into one complete article. On this Eighty-First day of my 365 day writing challenge, I find myself drawn once again, to clarifying […]
Day Eighty of 365 – When Winning Is Losing
We live in a culture that worships winning and winners. We believe that winning and winners drive everything of importance in our world. This obsession with winning and winners colors and clouds everything we do. It drives our systems – educational, religious, political, corporate, social. We write articles about winners. We make movies about winners. […]