I went to a book store in a local mall the other day. As I was passing a small chocolate shop, a huge sign in front – “Store Closing – Sale 50-70% off”- caught my eye. Inside the shop, there was a commotion of people that you’d expect to see on a Valentine’s Day. It [...]
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David Weinberger wrote, “Business is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation – literally.” Conversations are as natural to us as air or water. We engage in them every day without giving it much thought. But when the air becomes polluted or the water is scarce, we, all of a sudden, recognize [...]
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“Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.” ~ Harriet Goldhor Lerner Important relationships, service, and influence all start with a human connection. John Ryan, president of the Center for Creative Leadership, talks [...]
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It’s been four years since I received Vogue in the mail. The birth of my daughter, several moves and other priorities took time away from this element of self-indulgence. Nevertheless, I still remember how flipping through those glossy pages made me feel. Like Carrie Bradshaw proclaimed in “Sex and the City,” spending a leisurely morning [...]
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I am a dog owner, and it is not a stretch for me to accept that my dog has feelings (that’s him in the picture). He seems so happy to see me when I come home, his tail tracing a big smile in the air. He is playful after a good walk. And he tosses [...]
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During our recent meeting of “The Mind and the Brain” book club, we had a stimulating discussion of Cordelia Fine’s book “A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives.” One of the many intriguing take-aways from this book is that our subconcsious brain is sensitive to various triggers in our environment. These [...]
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“When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” ~ Buckminster Fuller Last week, I attended the Opening Night of Ice Theatre of New York’s 2010 Home [...]
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If your typical day feels like a rush of harried interactions and distractions, you are not alone. The prevalence of virtual communication makes it easy to leave a conversation mid-sentence as soon as our attention is highjacked by another urgent message. Although we consider it poor etiquette to engage in multitasking while talking to someone [...]
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If you ever doubt your ability to change, or feel stuck in your old ways, or wonder if it’s too late, what I am about to share with you may surprise or amaze you. That was my reaction. The current science of the brain changed what I learned about the brain in the mid-1990s when [...]
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By nature, we don’t like change. Our brains are wired to do lots of things on autopilot to conserve energy and resources. This autopilot mechanism allows us to function in the world without being overwhelmed with the multitude of decisions we would have to make otherwise. The downside is that the same mechanism interferes with [...]
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With exclusive interviews from
Dr. Farhad Saba,
Dr. Rosemary Lehman,
Dr. Donna Gibbs,
Dr.Germain-Rutherford,
Anastasia Pryanikova, M.A., J.D.,
and James Breeze.
