You Act Your Way Into New Thinking, You Don’t Think Your Way Into It

Richard Pascale says in Surfing the Edge of Chaos, “Adults are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.”  We want to think we’re smart. That we’re logical and rational and calculating. But that’s never it. It’s ever the … Continue reading You Act Your Way Into New Thinking, You Don’t Think Your Way Into It

Habits: Our Little Big Choices

Every. Step. You. Take. Is. On. A. Path. So. Maybe. Make. Sure. It’s. Going. In. A. Direction. You. Like. (Baby). (Steps). (There). (Killer). Small choices become actions. Actions become habits. And habits become the way we live. Habits are our little big choices, so we want to set them intentionally and accordingly. Check out this … Continue reading Habits: Our Little Big Choices

Podcast Of The Week: The Neurobiology Of Certainty

Robert Burton’s interview on the You Are Not So Smart podcast is a mind-expanding look into how our brains physically and emotionally experience certainty. This matters not just for our minute-to-minute decision-making, but in understanding how and why people do business with us (and how to get better at it too). Burton’s work was already … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: The Neurobiology Of Certainty

When You Can’t Stop Stupid…

Here’s a painful feeling you might be familiar with: something is going wrong, you think, “I can fix this,” and you proceed to double, triple, quintuple, and ultimately go all-in on despite its borderline hopelessness. Been there? Turns out there’s a name for it (because of course there is). They’re called, “escalation of commitment errors.” … Continue reading When You Can’t Stop Stupid…

The Two Types Of Leverage Every Professional Needs To Understand

There are two types of leverage every professional needs to understand if they want to work smarter and not harder: operational leverage and organizational leverage. Let’s take a quick look at leverage itself and then each type. When we think of leverage we want to think of a lever we might use to move something … Continue reading The Two Types Of Leverage Every Professional Needs To Understand

Podcast Of The Week: Adam Grant Versus Malcolm Gladwell

Man, I love a good argument. Who else starts an interview with Malcolm Gladwell by accusing him of flip-flopping on his logic from book to book? Adam Grant does. And how does Gladwell’s counter, that “Consistency is surely the lamest of all human virtues” not make you smile? This podcast is a trip. We get … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Adam Grant Versus Malcolm Gladwell

So What?

Ethan Cross has some advice for people who worry over distracting self-talk: instead of always asking “What if,” start saying, “So what?” Analysis paralysis, aimless daydreaming, catatonic catastrophizing, these are all “what if” loops. They get lost in the future and stuck in the past. If we want to move decisively into the present, where … Continue reading So What?