I don’t listen to podcasts as often as I plan to. My count of unheard episodes is too large to put a real dent into. As opposed to reading or other activities, I find with podcasts that I need to devote that time singularly to listening - I’m not a person who can listen while …
Exhilaration
I subscribe to a number of email lists & podcasts that focus on growth & change. One that I really enjoy is the Reboot.io podcast, from a company that embraces, encourages and helps to foster change & healthy behaviours to support that change in companies. The most recent email I received from them has the …
Stress as the Threshold to Creativity
Stress is a necessary part of life and something that has helped us to survive & thrive over our evolution. As I’ve written about before, the challenge with stress in modern times is that our conditioned & learned responses to stress often don’t match the perceived threat that we’re experiencing. And we often resort to …
Don’t Trust Your First Draft
In my previous article, I mentioned that I was re-reading Brené Brown’s book, "Dare to Lead". I do highly recommend this book if you haven’t already read it. In that article, I referenced the term she used for how we sometimes prepare for our interactions with others - by putting on armour. In her book, …