The path to new knowledge and changed behavior often is fraught with false steps and the experience of taking “two steps forward, one step back”. In fact, it is quite rare for new learning to take hold immediately, given the comfort we attach to the way we do things today. In our Fit Leader’s Program… Continue Reading Getting to Unconscious Competence
What if, everyday, you woke up at a different age, on a different day of your life, never knowing where or when you’re going to be after you fall asleep? This weekend, I had the pleasure of screening a number of films at the Phoenix Film Festival. One of my favorites was “Shuffle”, a tale… Continue Reading A Life Out of Order
Every day, I receive many requests to forward on emails of various types. While not accustomed to doing so on a regular basis, I thought you would benefit from this particular “forward” I received from a friend of mine just the other day. I hope you enjoy it! Why do we have a variety of… Continue Reading How Much Vitamin F Are You Getting?
According to legend, it took Thomas Edison 1,000 tries to invent the light bulb. In other words, he failed a whopping 999 times before he reached success. (Not surprising, considering that he was working on his invention in the dark!) Soon after Edison revealed his earth-shattering invention, a French reporter asked, “Mr. Edison, how did… Continue Reading Learning From Failure
As leaders, we often struggle to retain our best people. Naturally, many of us turn to money to convince valuable employees to stay with our organizations. We think that as long as we pay our people well, they will be immune to the head hunter calling and enticing them to consider other opportunities. However, fit… Continue Reading The New Science of Motivation
Our attention is a fragile resource. When we spread it too thinly, we can easily be distracted by myriad other stimuli. Not surprisingly, the result of working on too many things at once is that most of them suffer in some way. Most of us rely on directed attention when focusing on our work, or… Continue Reading The Fragility of Attention