Change Your Mind, Change Your Life!
Change Your Mind, Change Your Life!
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In the previous episodes I talked about #gratitude and #Thanksgiving as the gateway to peace. I looked at the fascinating science behind gratitude as well as what the Bible has to say on the subject. …
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For several years, many of my Facebook friends have participated in the activity of making a daily post to identify their thankfulness for something or someone. That’s fantastic! A number of years ago, I started …
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In the previous episode, season 1, episode 39, I did my best to give you a brief (and, hopefully, fascinating) look at 30 years of psychological research on the subject of gratitude, a virtue which …
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I know this probably sounds like a bunch of marketing, clickbait hype, but it isn’t at all. After 30 years of research and countless numbers of peer-reviewed studies, psychologists are finally agreeing with writers throughout …
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Are you a “one-dimensional leader”? More importantly, how would you know if you were (or weren’t)? This is the fourth and final installment in a series of episodes talking specifically about leadership. In this episode, …
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Beginning in the 80s, Dr. J. Robert Clinton and his students began a massive study of leaders: historic, biblical, and contemporary. At the time of the original publication of Clinton’s book, The Making of a …
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I’m in the middle of a series of episodes talking about leadership. My goal is to offer you some ways of thinking about the subject that both encourage and challenge you with a unique (or, …
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For this and the next few episodes of Better Mind, Better Life, I want to tackle the subject of leadership, and, HOPEFULLY, offer you some ways of thinking about the subject that both encourage and …
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Life can often feel very much like a maze. It feels like each day is filled with difficult choices—left or right—in which the consequences of those choices seem complex beyond comprehension. Will this help or …
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If I had to pick one thing that I knew for SURE you and I both had in common—along with every other person we know—I’d probably say this: We’re all losers. I don’t mean that …
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If you want to do things like improve your performance, learn faster, be happier, be more creative, and be five times more productive (on average!), then maybe you should give some thought to the conditions …
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What does it take to “make it,” to be successful? Honestly, there are probably tens of thousands of unique definitions from countless numbers of books and lectures throughout history. The trick is knowing WHERE to …
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I saw a post on Instagram recently titled “60-minute self-care” that had 5 simple ways that you and I can take care of ourselves in just an hour a day. It was a good post. …
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Recently, New York Times Bestselling Author and Leadership Expert, Michael Hyatt, made the following comment on his LinkedIn profile. He said: “Speaking out takes courage. You will never grow into the leader you were meant …
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Everyone feels angry from time to time: it’s a natural emotion and it’s always situational. But, just because anger is natural doesn’t make it healthy or helpful. Some plants, although 100% natural, are deadly poisonous. …
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I recently heard a “success coach” say we have no self-control, our willpower sucks, and thinking we have discipline is delusional. He even said willpower is a “terrorist” that must be fought against. He suggested …
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Ever heard of the “hot-cold empathy gap”? It’s a concept in psychology that was first identified by renowned Carnegie Mellon psychologist, George Lowenstein. It describes our tendency to subconsciously reference our current feelings and attitudes …
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Every year, me and my sons watch the 1996 movie Independence Day starring Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. It’s a fun tradition that we just never get tired of. But there is one scene in …
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Google the word “anxiety” and you’ll probably get—like I did—302 MILLION results. That’s a lot of talk about anxiety. You may even see that anxiety is “very common, with more than 3 million US cases …
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In 2008, Dr. David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute developed a “brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others.” The model is based on neuroscience research that implies there are five very specific areas of …