“Got a Meeting? Take a Walk” According to author and business innovator Nilofer Merchant the average person sits 9.3 hours a day, and she says all this sitting is killing us. She calls sitting “the smoking of our generation.” In this short video Nilofer suggests a simple idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a “walking meeting” – the fresh air will help fresh ideas flow. This short talk really resonated with me – I
People do their most creative work when they are motivated by the work itself.
Need to get focused? Try turning off your computer and doing some good old fashioned hand-writing. fastcompany: “We learn more and retain more. Creative pathways are opened up as we engage more of our senses. Forming letters by strokes, as opposed to selecting each by keys, opens regions of the brain involving thinking, language, and memory that are not opened through typing. Writing, real writing, makes you smarter.” [Image: Flickr user Lali Masriera]
Carpe Failure! “Success may be the kindest teacher, but failure is a very efficient one.” This quote has always stuck with me. How many times have you succeeded at something and then when asked how you did it, you struggled to explain the reasons for your success because, frankly, you weren’t exactly sure. On the other hand, if you were asked to reflect upon a failure and the mistakes you made that contributed to that failure you could probably go on in great detail. We all cringe at the idea
News Flash: It’s NOT About Balance. So much is made of striking a balance in our lives, whether it’s eating a balanced diet, striving for spiritual balance, or the constant struggle for work/life balance. And yet despite our every effort, are our lives ever really balanced? And is that the end game? The older I get the more I question this need to be “balanced”. Maybe it’s just a rationalization but I can’t help but feel that instead of worrying about balance in our lives we’d be better off focusing