Pop quiz time. Is happiness an inherent trait you’re born with or a learned skill? The answer is both. While our genes may provide a baseline for how happy we feel, our overall sense of happiness is not just an innate personality trait. It’s also a skill that can be...
Most of the time we base our opinion of someone on the first few seconds of our first interaction. In other words, introductions are a big deal. We can chalk this up to basic instinctual behavior. Anything unfamiliar naturally puts people on edge. When we first meet...
This coming Wednesday Jay Papasan and Geoff Woods will be continuing our free ONE Thing webinar series with special guest Phil Town, the renowned investor and New York Times bestselling author of Rule #1 and Payback Time. While spending time as a Grand Canyon river...
There are certain myths that have been so ingrained in our culture that we hold them to be true even when science tells us otherwise. Multi-tasking is one of those myths. Gary Keller identified six productivity stealing lies in The ONE Thing. Number two on that list...
As with so many of our behaviors, we find that our brain is a major player in our sense of motivation. In fact, scientists have discovered there are certain portions of the brain - like the striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, for instance – that are directly...
A little while back we wrote a piece about the myth of building a habit in 21 days. We touched on the brain anatomy involved with habit formation and research that showed 21 days isn’t the concrete benchmark for building a habit. In actuality, the average is 66 days,...
Constructive criticism, positive criticism, effective criticism – no matter how gently you word it, people often look at critical feedback as a way of saying “you’re not good enough”. Of course, that’s certainly not the intention, which is why the way you communicate...
Gary Keller couldn’t have been more spot on when he wrote in The ONE Thing that there’s no way to be your best if you don’t take care of your physical health. Many of us have the best intentions to live a healthy lifestyle, but that’s often easier said than done. New...
If the mere thought of standing in the front of a room and talking to a group of people has your heart pounding and palms sweaty, rest assured, you are not alone. Public speaking is the second most common personal fear. According to a Chapman University survey, over a...