Do you have someone at work who consistently triggers you? Takes credit for your work? Wastes time with trivial issues? Acts like a know-it-all? Constantly criticizes? Each of us has a lens through which we see the world, but we have the power to view the world through other lenses. There are three worth trying on when you find yourself defaulting to negative emotions.READ»
Great employers must shift the focus from trying to get more out of people, to investing more in them by addressing their four core needs--physical, emotional, mental and spiritual--so they're freed, fueled and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every day. Here's a 12-step plan to getting it done. READ»
What toll does it take, over time, if you get too little sleep; skip breakfast or settle for something unhealthy; struggle with a relentlessly challenging commute; attend meeting after meeting with no breaks in between...READ»
The greater the performance demand, the greater the need for intermittent renewal. It's just common sense. If you're spending down more energy than usual, you need to refuel yourself more than usual. READ»
A senior executive at a Fortune 50 company recently invited my company in to help his team better manage the overwhelming demand he believed was taking a toll on their productivity and their satisfaction.READ»
I was sitting last week with my older daughter Kate in a restaurant in Ashland, Oregon, as she described the extraordinary experience she's had as the assistant director of The Pirates of Penzance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival during the past three months.READ»
Think for a moment of the last time you felt triggered -- pushed into negative emotions by someone or something. Here, for example, are several of my triggers: feeling taken advantage of, not getting a response to an email I've sent to someone, and not being acknowledged for good work I've done. READ»
Most everyone I meet feels pulled in more directions than ever, expected to work longer hours, and asked to get more done. But in these same audiences, there are also a handful of people who are getting things done, and somehow still managing to have a life. READ»
Remember the last time you pushed the "send" button for an email and then instantly regretted it? Or snapped at someone in a moment of frustration?READ»
A few weeks ago, I found myself in a conflict with someone in my work life. I felt he had clearly violated an agreement we'd made. My first reaction was righteous indignation. It was a familiar feeling. READ»
Which would you rather have: air traffic controllers who are permitted to take naps during their late night shifts, or air traffic controllers who stay awake but operate in a constant state of fatigue?READ»
For most of my life, I was someone who saw the cup as half empty. In my mind, pessimism was simply realism. I took this to be my temperament -- an unchangeable personality trait. READ»
Throughout our lives, we've taken our capacity -- the fuel in our tanks -- for granted. It's no big deal to spend down our resources, or the planet's, so long as we're assuming there will always be more available. READ»
We've truly entered a world of nonstop input and output. So what exactly would it take to seize back control of our lives? We need a series of deliberate practices to counter the powerful forces so accelerating our lives. READ»
As we seek to work, just a keystroke or two away we also have access to Google and YouTube, books and blogs, TV shows and movies, music and video games, email and texting, newspapers and magazines, and countless web sites and apps.READ»
If we feel an obligation to save a child when the cost to ourselves is minimal inconvenience, we ought to feel the same obligation to save a child who is dying ten miles, a thousand miles, or 5000 miles from our home.READ»
Twenty five years ago, the New York Times Magazine ran an extraordinary article titled "How Do Tobacco Executives Live With Themselves?" by Roger Rosenblatt. At the end, he quoted an executive named Victor Crawford who worked for five ...READ»
Are you working longer hours, attending more meetings, taking shorter vacations, answering more emails and eating lunch at your desk, if you eat lunch at all?READ»
