The other night working in the Emergency Department I was dog tired as I picked up a chart of a patient to see. After I obtained the pertinent medical information from this patient, I then asked my 94 year old patient, “Where were you during world war 2?” He proceeded to share a little known [...]…
Do you remember the old cartoons that depicted an angel and a devil on each of your shoulders? Well it turns out that we have a Sage and the Saboteur in our brains. The Saboteur is a ‘voice’ or thoughts and feelings that was adaptive in our early development and when we were being chased by [...]…
Overwhelm is a HOT topic. We all feel overwhelmed at some time in our lives. Our To-Do lists are stuffed to the gills, and we walk around in a To-Do list haze so overwhelmed that we are so busy listening to the tape playing in our heads of what we need To-Do instead of capturing [...]…
So often I live my life like the guy in this video. Rushing around to get done all my to do’s while not taking notice of those around me, not connecting, and not taking in all that is available in the moments. This video reminds me to slow down and be mindful of those around [...]…
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity…The moment you decide to be realistic you can pretty much guarantee that is what will happen…”-Will Smith Is anyone else tired of being realistic? A saboteur (or gremlin) is a self limiting voice that whispers into our mind. The saboteur is the voice that “shoulds” on [...]…
One of my friends and partners took apart his Staples “That was Easy” button and rewired it to say a special statement to one of his sons. I LOVE his creativity, but unfortunately it sounded like a lot of work. It made me think of what I would have the button say to me if I [...]…
I had a fascinating conversation with a USC Business School Professor last week. He pointed out that only 37% of employees feel appreciated at their job, and the majority don’t trust their leaders. What would a world look like where employee’s felt truly appreciated? Are these employees being shown appreciation, but it isn’t landing? What [...]…
In today’s excerpt – our memory works in such a way that things that happen to us in one moment influence our behavior after that in ways we don’t realize. It is a process psychologists refer to as priming, and it suggests, for example, that adopting positive language and mannerisms can in fact make us more [...]…