As our focus now shifts into the new year, consider this an opportune time– with our calendar and earth cycles beginning anew– to take a mindful pause and recalibrate. What intention are you taking into the New Year? What limitations are you ready to let go of? What internal or external changes are begging to be made? Although it seems elementary, if you’re wanting change…are you actually up for changing?
Category Archives: Insight
50,000 Thoughts A Day
It is said that the average college-educated person thinks an average of 50,000 thoughts a day. How many of these thoughts do you think you are aware of? How many do you think you repeat? How many of your thoughts change your current disposition or future beliefs? These questions and more had me once again think about the radical importance of consciously creating our thoughts, or what I call “purposeful thinking.”
Cultivate More Company Success
“No matter how healthy individual employees are when they start out, if they work in a dysfunctional system, they’ll burn out.” How you improve your company’s results by addressing company culture and morale, for increased satisfaction, fulfillment and effectiveness across the board.
Hip Hop and Social Activism Event
So 
grateful to have presented an incredible evening of programming at The Battery in SF, featuring Khafre Jay and Marlon Richardson, AKA UnLearn The World. They represented Hip Hop For Change, an organization that uses Hip Hop culture to educate and advocate for social justice in the Bay Area, bridging social gaps, and helping kids find a stronger sense of identity through their culture.
Managers: How do you get more of what you want?
“Warriors who communicate well with each other, are the most likely to survive and emerge victorious.” This finding was one of the key discoveries in the Social Resilience Module implemented by the US Army, and is a secret weapon for team success.
Entrepreneurs and Goals: How do you make it happen?
Whether you want to become more effective in executing your business plans or finding increased fulfillment in your work life, I’ve found that a personalized program where goals and objective are assessed and then put into action, is the necessary first step. Working with entrepreneurs and …
With What Are You Building Your Future?
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.” Buddha’s quote is ageless, and one of the main tenets of transformative work. There is so much in these few words: freedom, choice, empowerment, responsibility, inspiration, change, and wisdom.
Are Some People Just Born More Happy?
Have you ever wondered if people were just born happy or if it’s an acquired trait—and if it were, is it too late to learn their secrets?
Positive Psychology is based on the idea that 40% of your happiness comes from Intentional Activity: that is, your actions, thoughts, beliefs and attitudes—all of which are malleable—and, in your control. I believe people think certain thoughts many times over, they subsequently have a feeling associated with the thought, and it then turns into a belief they think to be the true. In not much time, these “truths” set up the way we think of others, our world, and ourselves.
What’s Your Story?
Starting in the early 1960’s, research began to show that most people are not very realistic or accurate in what they think. In other words, what we think is true is highly debatable. We are master storytellers. We tell stories about ourselves, others and the world, and most importantly—think they are all factual and true. I’ve spoken with many clients about what I’ve found to be the principle process of how we naturally create a story or belief:
Nearsighted, farsighted, or present-sighted?
You may have heard the sage advice, “if you don’t change the present, you past predicts your future.” Simply the contemplation of this can radically change your disposition, if not your focus-point (at minimum) for the moment. The foundation of this advice lies in understanding your place of power, which is—and only can be—in the present moment. Now is the only time you have a choice in what to do, think, and believe.