Have you ever had a friend text you that they were running late and felt a wave of relief wash over you? Or had someone cancel an appointment at the last minute and you thought, “Thank God. Now I have time for (insert task).”? That was you enjoying an unexpected dose of something glorious: slack. But slack doesn’t have to happen by accident. You can build slack into your schedule… Read More »Three Big Benefits of Slack
You probably know the importance of cross-training. In athletics, cross-training means doing a wide variety of physical exercises, including those outside of your typical sports. My three sports are skiing, rock climbing, and hiking. And I could get in shape for those sports by just doing those three activities. But I’ll be better off in a number of ways if I cross-train, so I also do a lot of other… Read More »Cross-Training For Your Brain
You’ve probably heard of the Japanese concept of kaizen. It’s a pretty popular idea these days. Seriously, it’s my nephew’s middle name for Pete’s sake. For those of you who don’t know, kaizen means “continual improvement,”1 but it’s really more than that. Kaizen is a philosophy that says you can make enormous improvements over time by constantly finding very small ways to make things better. Kaizen is a unique way… Read More »Minor Adjustments Add Up
Mindsets are very important. The way you see yourself, the lens through which you approach problems, your habitual ways of thinking – these all play a large role in determining the course of your life. And while there are many different mindsets that we’d all be wise to cultivate, one stands out above the others. Without this mindset, the other helpful mindsets aren’t so helpful and probably wouldn’t be adopted in… Read More »Being Proactive: The Most Important Mindset