Our good friend Simon T. Bailey chats with Anne about her book 52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work. #BaileyDaily #BookoftheWeek You can learn more about Simon over at his web site. HOW RESILIENT ARE YOU? We live in a world where we are bombarded with information, saturated with stimulation, and overloaded with deadlines, tasks,…
The Science of Smiling I love laughing. I love laughing so hard that I have to catch my breath, or so hard I snort and make myself laugh even harder. Laughing is healthy, it relieves stress, and it’s good for your soul and your brain. Science has shown that the mere act of smiling can…
5 Ways to Spark Joy with Resilience Tomorrow marks the first official day of spring. Marie Kondo has become known as the “Guru of Tidying Up.” Her KonMari method of decluttering has launched what NPR called “an organizational renaissance” as well as a New York Times bestselling book and Netflix series. But her mission to…
Over 85% of our personal and financial success stems not from our technical skills, but from our ability to have positive interpersonal relationships. Whether it’s with a colleague, customer, spouse, boss, friend, or family member, chances are, you’ve had a misunderstanding with someone at one point or another. I generally find that the root cause of most communication, relationship and team problems share a couple of common denominators…differing perspectives and miscommunication.
Most people get stuck because they can’t figure out how they’re going to accomplish their goals. Thankfully, you don’t have to know how. That’s not the way your brain works. If you have a clear picture of your goal and visualize it, your brain will work backward to find ways to make it happen. To create this clear picture, we have to reframe the idea of “new year, new you” away from the expectation of an instant, massive lifestyle change to a daily commitment to training our brains to make decisions based on our true beliefs and values – our core.