Work

Why challenges are necessary to achieve flow.

Mar 11, 2018 | Life

Flow occurs when we feel adequately challenged by our work, activities and relationships. Challenge makes everything more interesting and rewarding because it requires our attention to be focused and engaged in the moment. Our actions and awareness then merge into a...

Five things you can do to manage your mental wellbeing on the job.

Feb 28, 2018 | Mental Health, Work

Every day practices to manage your mental wellbeing. Professionals involved in workplace wellness gathered at Collective Health for a meeting yesterday. Workplace wellness is about keeping employees healthy and engaged so that they can do their best work. Two new...

Four tips to intrinsically motivate yourself to workout

Feb 14, 2018 | Goals, Workouts

Learn how to use the principles of intrinsic motivation to achieve more. I read the book Drive by Daniel Pink recently. The book is about motivation – what motivates us and how to direct our own lives to learn, create new things and do better for ourselves and...

Automation is changing the way people work and get rewarded

Feb 12, 2018 | Work

Learn what you should be doing now as automation changes the way people work and get rewarded. According to a recent Bain & Company report 40 million jobs [25-30% of US jobs] will be automated within the next decade. White color jobs are not immune from...

Use the three Ds to make good decisions.

Feb 5, 2018 | Work

The three Ds will help you be more successful at work. The three Ds are Discussion, Debate and Decision from the process of “Get Stuff Done” described in Radical Candor. I happen to be reading the book when a stakeholder disagreement on one of my projects surfaced. I...

Three ways to increase your level of buoyancy and success.

Jan 28, 2018 | Life, Mental Health

Developing a buoyant disposition will make you more successful. The concept of buoyancy resonated with me while reading the book called To Sell is Human. Whether you realize it or not, everyone is in sales. Everyday you are selling our ideas, skills and/or solutions...