Despite all the talk and best efforts, work-life balance remains elusive for many professionals. The generic advice about how to structure our time fails to account for each individual’s income requirements, career goals and personal values. When you fall short of “having it all” — the successful career, the storybook family life, the active gym … Read more
Do you feel like bad habits and negative thought patterns are holding you back at work? The good news is that you can eliminate them by activating your brain’s delete button. Using neuroplasticity, you can rewire your brain by changing your behavior, thinking and emotions. This means that no one is doomed to be a control … Read more
As we admired the north flank of the main chapel at Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai Thailand, we came upon a most unexpected surprise on a cardboard sign reading “monk chat” hung from a cloistered area to our right. Our group of five sat in front of a 24-year-old monk from Mumbai who—as I’ve … Read more
You rush from meeting to meeting, eat lunch at your desk, and need a texting helmet as you bolt down the sidewalk. I must admit I have had a losing confrontation with a parking meter once before—not as bad as a friend who lost a tooth to a light post. This type of behavior is … Read more
As kids in Hawaii, we encountered new adventures every weekend—new underwater caves, trails, and cliffs from which to dive. Every new challenge inspired excitement and uncertainty—much like the rewarding steps we take in our lives and professions. Cliffs were an especially prickly animal, for example. We would first swim the pool below for jutting rocks, … Read more
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius Take a moment to close your eyes and think about your greatest professional aspiration and what you need to do to reach it. How do you feel? When I do this activity with clients, nine times out of ten, I get answers … Read more
The Three Gs to Which All Leaders Should Aspire I hear the foremost occupants of the c-suite open the kimono to their thoughts for hours every day—enough to cherry-pick the most essential qualities that mark the true greats in leadership. When moving climbers of supreme potential into the upper echelon of achievement, I mix a … Read more
We undulated the never-ending steep path while clumsily hurdling felled trees many feet in diameter and used limbs lain from bank to bank to cross rivers like a tightrope. Someone did occasionally end up in the drink. The four of us snaked the mountains of Doi Inthanon National Park under the canvas canopy of a pickup truck’s … Read more
What would your life be like without fear? Would you have a better career and more money? More fun through great life leaps and bold successes in your conquest of the opposite sex? More and better relationships because you left behind the fear of being hurt? We hear individuals’ barriers to their dreams every day, and fear is always at their … Read more
I love jumping into cold water. Well, wait. Let me back up. I love jumping into cold water with other people around. Why? Because after 30 seconds of acclimation, I get to chuckle as my friends negotiate the inner fortitude to get themselves to do the very thing they just watched me do. It’s a … Read more