As I was eating breakfast this morning, I watched my son, Jake, drag the kitchen chair across our wooden floor from our dining table to the counter. “Stop dragging the chair Jake!!” He's been doing this on a regular basis for over a year and [...]
(click on book cover for more details) Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want Published: January 2015 ISBN-10: 30774356X EP Rating: 5 out of 5 (must read) EP Main Takeaway: We are strangers to ourselves. [...]
With schools closed in my area because of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I suddenly find ourselves becoming ad-hoc teachers to our kids. Despite training and coaching others for a living and rarely losing my patience, I found it interesting that I quickly lose [...]
Recently, I’ve been on a steady diet of books, podcasts, and documentaries related to happiness. This topic piqued my interest ever since I read about the field of positive psychology in Flourish by Martin Seligman (Check out this article based on his ideas). Here’s what [...]
Trust is the backbone of our society. We trust streetlights and drivers when we cross the street. We trust banks and other financial institutions when we give them our money. We trust doctors when we take the medicine they prescribe for us. Trust is also [...]
As I'm reading about the famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden in Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court, I stumbled across the inspiring poem below that I plan to share with my two kids before their first competitive game. [...]
(click on book cover for more details) Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values Published: October 2013 ISBN-10: 1622032020 EP Rating: 5 out of 5 (must read) EP Main Takeaway: The larger purpose of business or any competitve [...]
(click on book cover for more details) Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell Published: April 2019 ISBN-10: 0062839268 EP Rating: 4 out of 5 (worth picking up) EP Main Takeaway: "Your title makes you [...]
... know that you may actually benefit more than the person you are forgiving by doing so Whether it's intentional or not, other people will do things that hurt us. This might be a work colleague who steals credit for our work or a personal [...]
When I reflect on the best relationships in my life, both personally and professionally, the common denominator is always trust. Trust makes life easier because it allows you to focus on building and growing as opposed to worrying and guarding. When there is low trust, [...]
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