The Experience of Anxiety An experience I had caused me to ask the question what are some techniques for dealing with anxiety? Several years ago, for some reason, I developed this weird sensation in my legs. I called it the “Jimmy Legs” because I think I heard that in a movie or something. Anyway, this feeling […]
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3 Powerful Leadership Lessons From General Semantics And Media Ecology
Media Ecology, General Semantics and Leadership What do general semantics and media ecology have to do with leadership? That’s a good question. Media ecology is the study of media as environments. One way to explain it comes out of Marshall McLuhan’s famous aphorism “the medium is the message.” His statement means that the content of […]
How to Strengthen Your Courage in the Face of Fear
How do you strengthen your courage in the face of fear? In 2009, Typhoon Ketsana (known as Tropical Storm Ondoy) ravaged the Philippines bringing the heaviest rains the islands had seen in over 40 years. The resulting floods killed more than 140 people, but in the midst of the darkness of horrific tragedy, a ray […]
The Power of Choice: Freedom Over Circumstances
Freedom Over Circumstances How important is the power of choice? In 1942, the director of the Neurological Department of the Rothschild Hospital in Vienna and his wife were forced by the Nazis to abort their child. Soon afterward, the couple was arrested along with the husband’s parents and were deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, north […]
Why a Personal Development Plan Will Make You a Better Person
The Power of a Personal Development Plan [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin[/perfectpullquote] We cannot underestimate the power of a personal development plan. Consider this story. He was born into a family of seventeen children, the son of a poor candle and soap maker […]
How To Remain Human in a World of Machines
Losing Our Humanity In the movie Transcendence, Johnny Depp plays one of the foremost scientists in the area of artificial intelligence working toward the Singularity, or what he calls transcendence?—?the point in time when machines develop a true super intelligence. The plot centers around the debate over artificial intelligence and what happens when a machine learns to “think” […]
How to Know When to Say What to Whom!
Information dump How do you know when to say what to whom? Though this may sound like the title of a Dr. Seuss book, it reflects a common communication problem that a lot of people struggle with. Let me tell you a story. In college, a buddy of mine really liked a girl that we […]
The Absolutely Awesome Topic of Conversation You Need to Know!
The Best Topic of Conversation What if there was one topic of conversation that would make you more interesting, more likable, and more charismatic? What if there was one topic of conversation that if you used it, everyone would enjoy talking with you and would walk away from your chat thinking you were simply the […]
What Do You Do When You Don’t Feel Great
When You Don’t Feel Great What do you do when you don’t feel great? What do you do when things in life don’t seem to be going your way? If we’re honest, we all have times when we get down and we don’t see things from an optimistic perspective. Feelings of depression are more common than […]
Developing Your Creativity in 8 Practical Ways
The Human Element In order to understand the secret to developing your creativity, let’s look at a movie. In the movie I, Robot, Will Smith plays a detective investigating a murder where the prime suspect is a robot. The plot conflict arises over whether a robot could do something outside of its programming – could […]
How To Say What You Really Think
How to say what you really think Have you ever wanted to say what you really think to someone but were afraid they would get mad at your or reject you? If so, you are like most people who have difficulty being assertive or saying what you really think to others. Now saying what you […]
How Positive Thinking Makes You Happier
Positive Thinking When considering the overall wellness of our lives, one of the things that I believe can really make a positive difference is a consideration of how positive thinking makes you happier. One of the biggest factors that helps us to have a happier and more fulfilled life is our thought processes which are particularly developed by […]