25 06, 2019

Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #4-Threat vs. Challenge

By | June 25th, 2019|Categories: Crisis to Opportunity (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

In Episode #4 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Threat vs. Challenge, I explore how the way you perceive the crisis, as either a threat or a challenge, determines how you think, feel, and respond to it. If you react to a crisis as a threat, you trigger your primitive survival instinct which leads you [...]

8 07, 2014

The Best Way to Motivate People is…

By | July 8th, 2014|Categories: Psychology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A fascinating article describes research that is both counterintuitive and has potentially important implications for the worlds of business, sports, education, and beyond. The basic finding, not surprising, is that internal motivation (drive from your values, meaning, passions) produces the best outcomes. What is surprising was the finding that when internal motivation was combined with [...]

25 11, 2013

How Do You Make a Major Life Decision?

By | November 25th, 2013|Categories: Personal Growth|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

I recently had dinner with a former client whom I had worked with about 15 years ago. Cassie (not her real name) was in her teens then and she is now a grown woman with a great career and about to be married. She asked for my guidance to help her make a major career [...]