The Psychology of Fun,Play and Full Engagement
James Mapes
Masters in Our Midst
Alan Cohen
Shoot For the Moon
Barry Eisen
Being Courageous
Sandra Ford Walston
The Psychology of Fun,Play and Full Engagement
James Mapes
Masters in Our Midst
Alan Cohen
Shoot For the Moon
Barry Eisen
Being Courageous
Sandra Ford Walston
Here we go into a new year! Have you been feeling re-energized and determined to improve your well-being or career? I hope so! But I am really wondering if you are still staying as focused and committed to your resolutions as you were over the past couple of weeks? Or, are the demands of our fast-paced society starting to take over and pushing your resolutions aside? Now is the time to throw caution! It has been proven year after year, that by the end of January, many people tend to sabotage their success and fall back into old habits.
One of the most important strategies you can use to protect yourself from negativity is to consider where the input is coming from and how to quite literally, stand guard at the door of your mind.
I've had decades to ponder this idea of success and what it really means, and I have arrived at the following conclusion...
Recent global events show us that our World is finely balanced and the leadership in the West has a somewhat different set of values to the leadership in the East. These values aren't necessarily shared by the respective peoples because the strong options available really only sing from the same hymn sheet. So we have a situation where somebody's ideal is imposed on a whole country's population and where a collective of the same ideal is trying to gain in power by defeating all opposing ideals.
At a Vistage International, All City meeting in Orange County, David Marquet, retired fast attack submarine captain and recent author of the acclaimed leadership book, “Turn The Ship Around,” asked a very powerful and provocative question – “If you are telling people that you are going to have an empowerment program, what are you telling them about their condition up until now?”
In the world of business, much has been written about corporate cultures and the impact they can have (positive or negative) on a company’s success. I have been blessed to have been part of the management of companies where the leadership was trained to “catch an employee” doing something right (rather than wrong), and then reinforcing such behavior with praise and positive reinforcement.
One-third of all Americans are dissatisfied with the future facing themselves and their families, according to a recent Gallup survey. And even among those who are satisfied, their optimism about the future is the lowest it’s been in 40 years.