Expand Your Capacity for Wisdom
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau In Thrive, Arianna Huffington writes that wisdom is a deeper awareness and connectivity that “frees us from the narrow reality we feel trapped in.” In one of Psychology Today’s most popular blog posts, Adam Grant, author of Give and Take: A Revolutionary...
ReadBe The Anthropologist of Your Life: Finding Your Passion
A few months ago, Virgin founder Richard Branson wrote in Entrepreneur about finding your Passion Project. For him, the answer was simple: First, make a list of what you love. Then, make a list of what you hate. Last, see what pops out from those lists, and if nothing does, think about what on those lists...
ReadKnowing Your Pitfalls (More Tips From Sally Hogshead)
According to bestselling author and branding expert Sally Hogshead, knowing your pitfalls is freeing. Once you know where you fall short, then it ceases to be a surprise. Rather, it’s a relief because you’ve freed up that mental space to focus on where you can really contribute. Today I published Part 2 of my Lead...
ReadWhat is the Best Way that I Can Add Value? Tips from Sally Hogshead
I interviewed Sally Hogshead, branding expert, best-selling author of FASCINATE: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, and natural Asset-Based Thinker to find out. Sally leads by focusing on her assets—she believes the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself. In fact, she created the Fascination Advantage Assessment, to help others in discovering...
ReadWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong? Pre-Mortems as a Strategic AND Motivational Leadership Tool
On a recent Freakonomics Radio podcast, the authors of that best-selling book—Stephen J. Dubner and Steve Levitt—decided to focus on a key Asset-Based Thinking principle: Failure is Your Friend. Of course, I was intrigued! The topic stems from the authors’ new book, Think Like A Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain,...
ReadPrime Yourself to Lead Positive with the Best Neural Cocktail
One of the key principles of Lead Positive is an asset-based focus on yourself: What do you bring to the party? What is uniquely true about you in terms of your skill sets and the competencies you’ve developed over time? I call that your signature presence. Leaders in particular need to develop strategies for recognizing...
ReadLeaders Soar with Lead Positive: Register for a leadership workshop today!
I am so excited to tell you about the new workshops that we have developed at The Cramer Institute based on the terrific response I have received about my latest book, Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leader See, Say, and Do. In fact, the response has been so great, we just added new dates for...
ReadPurpose Is Your Gift (More Tips From Kevin Cashman)
How can you quiet the voice of self-doubt in your head? According to thought leader and bestselling author Kevin Cashman, the first step is learning to see the big picture of who you are and asking, “What do I really have? What don’t I have?” Today I published Part 2 of my Lead Positive Profile with Kevin...
ReadGrowing the Whole Leader (Tips from Kevin Cashman)
What is the personal growth necessary for effective leadership? I interviewed Kevin Cashman, pioneer of the “grow the whole person to grow the whole leader” approach to integrated leadership development, to find out. Today I published Part 1 of my Lead Positive Profile with Kevin on my Psychology Today blog. Kevin is the best-selling author...
ReadWhat is your Moon Shot?
I heard a journalist once refer to the new Google business to tackle health issues and rid the world of cancer as, “Google’s new moon shot.” I thought, Wow what a great phrase. Embedded in the psyche of the world, not just in America’s, is the moment that a human being landed on the moon....
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