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Table of ContentsBig Decisions on SteroidsWhat used to be just for mid-lifers is now available to everyone—the chronic, if not crippling, weight of decisions about which way to turn in our lives. The great pause of the pandemic gave us all the time and space to do this.People began to

Too Much InformationAttention is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves and each other. But, of course, we cannot pay attention to ourselves and everyone else in the world all at the same time.In fact, science says that, since our “information speed limit” is 120 bits of

Table of ContentsWhat is Impostor Syndrome?Impostor Syndrome is the idea that you got where you are by luck and it is only a matter of time before everyone finds out that you’re a fraud. Oversimplified for sure, but I do notice something like this a lot in my work.Even though

Table of ContentsWhy So Many Startups?Startups? Well, a lot of people are leaving their jobs: 4.3 million in August, 3% of the workforce. “The Great Resignation.” There is much debate on why people don’t want the jobs they used to have, but here’s what I am seeing.Think of it this

Table of ContentsDepression as an Adaptive StrategyDepression is an adaptive life strategy that looks and feels like anything but adaptive. So, here’s how that works.According to psychiatrists Stevens and Price, whether we have lost an attachment and may feel alone and unloveable, or have lost standing somehow and feel like

Table of ContentsDepression as an Adaptive StrategyDepression is an adaptive life strategy that looks and feels like anything but adaptive. So, here’s how that works.According to psychiatrists Stevens and Price, whether we have lost an attachment and may feel alone and unloveable, or have lost standing somehow and feel like

Table of ContentsAttractiveness Attracts SuccessYou knew that. We all did. We knew that, or at least are not surprised to hear that:Studies show that you’re more likely to get hired if you look well-groomed, that good-looking people make about 12% more money than less appealing folks, and that attractive real-estate brokers bring in

Table of ContentsHuman Intelligence Every once in a while, I read something that knocks my socks off. This time it was Annie Murphy Paul’s piece on Intelligence in the New York Times, “How to Think Outside Your Brain.”If I understood correctly, the rough idea is that the human brain has

  That doesn’t happen to us. Or does it? How many times a year, or a week even, do we feel like we are getting hit by something, at work or at home, that’s knocking us more than 5 inches off our mark. Here in the US, we struggle on so many fronts—justice, education, election, immigration, infrastructure, prison, jobs, housing, climate—and there is no telling when we will get hit, as individuals or as a nation, ...

The International Leadership Industry spends about $50 billion/year teaching people authenticity. What does that even mean?What is Authenticity?Here is partial definition from Merriam Webster:    2: not false or imitation : REAL, ACTUAL an authentic cockney accent    3: true to one’s own personality, spirit, or character is sincere and authentic with no pretensionBeing ...