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Yearly Archives: 2013
My Stroke of Insight – A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey – Jill Bolte Taylor
Book – My Stroke of Insight – A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey Author – Jill Bolte Taylor PhD Publisher – Hodder and Stoughton, London Rating – 5 At the age of 37, Jill Bolte Taylor experienced a massive stroke when…
Posted in Book reviews
Planning Your Best Year Ever with IMPACT!
Moving into a new year, it is vital to commit your thinking to paper and write out your goals for the year. Committing goals to paper is a powerful exercise which uses first, out conscious mind to determine what we…
Posted in On Success
Seven Life Lessons of Chaos – John Briggs and David Peat
Book Seven Life Lessons of ChaosAuthor John Briggs and F. David Peat Publisher Harper Collins, 1999 Rating 5-star If you have ever felt that life was out of control and headed towards chaos, science has an important message: Life…
Posted in Book reviews
Mindfulness
Conscious leadership development is based in neurobiology, quantum physics and transformational education. The premise is that when the mind changes our brain changes too. What flows through our mind sculpts our brain, so when we learn to use our mind…
Posted in On Balance
Appreciation
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread – Mother Theresa In previous issues we have discussed the importance of gratitude and its impact on happiness and wellbeing. Gratitude tends to be an internal,…
Posted in On Balance
Speed Thinking
Book Speed ThinkingAuthor Ken HudsonPublisher Allen & Unwin, 2010 Rating 5-star Our brains can often decide well in seconds or minutes, depending on the time frame we set as appropriate for the goal we want to…
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Creating Safe Spaces for Courageous Conversations
A conversation is a dialogue not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: Due to scarcity, two intelligence talkers seldom meet. Truman Capote Susan Scott, in her book Fierce Conversations, says that all relationships are based…
Posted in On Leadership
Adaptive Leadership
Book Adaptive LeadershipAuthor Heifetz, Grashow and Linsky Publisher Harvard Business Review, 2009 Rating 5-Star You don’t need more willpower. You need to unlock your unconscious barriers that hold you back from making the changes you need. Leadership…
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There is “I” in Intuition!
The only real valuable thing is intuition – Einstein Have you ever had a gut feeling that you found later to be true? Have you ever been in a situation where you trusted your inner voice made a decision against…
Posted in On Running Your Brain