The Habit Loop
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. —Chinese Proverb There is new research on the habit loop, which finds that when a habit emerges,... Read More
The ANTI New Years Resolution
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. —Albert Einstein Most New Years resolutions fail... Read More
No Crying on the Yacht
“No crying on the yacht” is what I overhead a mother tell her teenage daughter shopping in a clothing store. While a hilarious and abrupt... Read More
Deploying Strenghts
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious — Albert Einstein Our health care system is strongly oriented to “fixing” what is broken... Read More
Consult your Teenage Self
Consult Your Teenage Self to Find Your Power The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. —Carl Jung Having power is... Read More
Divide and Conquer: 2,504 Diet Books
Divide and Conquer. A military metaphor: in order to rule [the self] don’t allow alliances of your enemies [unfulfilled or unspecified needs]. Truth isn’t always... Read More
Independence Day, Everyday
Set up a life that does not need escaping from —Seth Godin Earlier this month we celebrated Independence Day, the idea of liberty and what it... Read More
Escape the Willpower Trap
There is a dramatic difference between knowing and doing. We all have places that we may be stuck. There may be something in our lives... Read More
Energy Goes Where the Energy Flows
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. —Aristotle Since at least Aristotle’s time (384 BC), we humans... Read More
Drop the Boiling Pot
There is an old story about campers who set a pot of water on their campfire and went into the forest to collect more wood. ... Read More