The illusion of control is, perhaps, the leading stressor for most human beings. Yes, there are legitimate worries–money, relationship troubles, sickness, war–but often the heavier burden is our mistaken notion that we are somehow responsible for everything that happens to us. The countless things we fret over are mostly outContinue Reading
I spent part of my holiday break reading Oliver Burkeman’s Meditations for Mortals. Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, has a preoccupation with the finite nature of our existence. His books contend with the universal limitation that governs human lives, the one thing we can’t control: our mortality. It occurredContinue Reading
One of my most important values is simplicity. The urge to simplify probably comes from my early work in manufacturing and consulting, where our goal was to eliminate nonvalue-added activities in order to promote employee satisfaction and profitability. By eliminating unnecessary activities, we found more time to reflect, strategize, andContinue Reading
A frequent complaint of leaders I coach is that they don’t have enough time in their day. The healthy habits they’ve read about in books, been prescribed by doctors, and perhaps intermittently practiced–things like reading, journaling, walking, going to the gym, or meditating–just don’t fit into their busy schedules. I’mContinue Reading