Meditation - a beginners' guide
“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day — unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” - Zen proverb...
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How can we make better decisions?
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Meditation for decision-makers
“Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”– Ajahn Brahm I would guess that we think...
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EQ - what you need to know
'It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.' - Epictetus In today’s blog, I am going to whizz through the key...
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6 habits of high EQ leaders
"My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which...
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EQ and 8 problem-solving benefits
'There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.' – Eric Jensen Let's slay the elephant in...
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Empathy - a quick read
‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in his skin and walk around in...
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Self-control and marshmallows
“The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu Last week we discussed the importance of emotional self-awareness. The obvious challenge to...
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Self-awareness and classifying emotions
“Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.” – ...
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The problem with suppressing emotions
“When you react, you let others control you. When you respond, you are in control.” - Bohdi Sanders Welcome to blog #56. Today's post is...
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Emotions - what are they?
Welcome to blog #55 where we go deeper into what emotions really are. I believe, emotions are the missing link between intuition, bias...
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Emotional Intelligence - 10 reasons you should care
“There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.” — Eric Jensen Improving my emotional...
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My decision-making framework
“Decision making is the specific executive task.”- Peter Drucker After spending over a year blogging about how people's decisions can be...
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From Decision to action
"Ideas without action are worthless." Harvey Mackay Today's Blog (#52) is about making the transition from decision-making to acting. The...
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How to avoid FOBO
Today's Blog (#51) is how to make a good choice when confronted by lots of appealing and sensible options. We often think about having...
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8 reflections from 50 decision blogs
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Blog 50 - Woohoo! This journey...
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Getting bias out of decisions
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” - Robertson Davies Today's Blog (#49) is about avoiding bias. I believe that...
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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
Today's Blog (#48) is about the misuse of statistics - a subject close to my heart. Misuse happens in getting data, crunching data and...
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Context dear boy!
"Context is everything" - Alvin Gouldner Today's short Blog (#47) is about context and is a part of the information gathering part of...
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Gathering good information
“The only source of knowledge is experience” - Albert Einstein Blog 46 starts on how people can gather good information. Last week we...
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Why I rarely read news
“Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and...
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Which Big Decision?
"Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it."...
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2022 - Key insights
This is my final post of 2022 (#43). Thank you for joining me so far on the journey highlighting decision-making and the brain. 'What...
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What should we cover in 2023?
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln (we know he gets the credit...
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8 brain books for you
′So many books. So little time...' - Frank Zappa Thank you for joining me for blog 41, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This...
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Group dynamics - 4 things you need to know
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" - Harry S. Truman Thank you for joining me for another...
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3 tips for leading group discussions
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled they will say: we did it ourselves" - Lao...
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How do world-beating teams decide?
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever" - Amy Poehler...
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Why we need U-turns
"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" - Paul Samuelson Thank you for joining me for another blog (#37),...
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Beware - groupthink
"Groupthink refers to a deterioration in mental efficiency, reality testing and moral judgments as a result of group pressures." - Irving...
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Make. Meetings. Better.
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that...
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3 pillars of bad incentives
“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” - Charlie Munger Thank you for...
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Broad incentives
'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome' - Charlie Munger Thank you for joining me for blog 33, highlighting...
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Wisdom in crowds
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller Thank you for joining me for blog 32, highlighting...
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10 Weasel words and phrases
Thank you for joining me for blog 31, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of what drives...
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Hormones cheat sheet
"To control your hormones is to control your life" - Barry Sears Thank you for joining me for blog 30 (!), highlighting decision-making...
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12 links between Hormones and Decisions
"A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or...
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Sex and Sleep hormones
"To control your hormones is to control your life" - Barry Sears Thank you for joining me for blog 28 highlighting decision-making and...
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Cortisol - the hormone of alarm
“Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.” –...
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Endorphins - the hormone of relief
“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.” - Bob Dylan Thank you for joining me for blog 26 highlighting decision-making...
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The hormone of respect - Serotonin
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” - Confucius Thank you for joining me for blog 25 highlighting decision-making and the...
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Oxytocin - the hormone of trust
'He who does not trust enough will not be trusted' - Lao Tzu Thank you for joining me for blog 24 highlighting decision-making and the...
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The digital addiction industry
“Facebook is not just injurious to health, it's now a full-on humanitarian crisis.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets...
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Dopamine - why is everyone talking about it?
'When the eyes of a woman that a man finds attractive look directly at him, his brain secretes the pleasure-inducing chemical dopamine -...
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Insights from 20 decision blogs
Thank you for joining me for blog 21 in the series, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of what...
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10 Forecasting tips
“No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all of your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the...
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You've been framed
“It's not what you said, it's how you said it” Thank you for joining me for blog 19 in the series, highlighting decision-making and the...
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Why you need an anchor
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci. Thank you for joining me for blog 18 in the series, highlighting...
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An intro to "Flow"
"The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something...
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Own. Your. Attention.
"My experience is what I give my attention to" (slightly doctored William James quote) Thank you for joining me for blog 16 in the...
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Reclaiming deep work
"Men of genius themselves were great only by bringing all their power to bear on the point on which they had decided to show their full...
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