The Thinking Model

The Thinking Model

Some time ago, I shared this letter with you and, with your permission, I’d like to talk to you about it again. As I asked you then, I’m going to ask you to do something. Just take a few moments and relax and sit back as you read the letter below.   To my family...
The Hippocampus at Work in Our Brains

The Hippocampus at Work in Our Brains

Have you ever wondered why when you met someone for the first time you were either drawn to them because you liked them right from the start or you were turned off because you felt an instant dislike? Why we think and react the way we do to such situations and people...
Steps to Personal Growth

Steps to Personal Growth

I want to give you a tool about how to do a self-assessment and to make steps to personal growth, to be able to take a look at any area in your life where you might be able to say if you could just change that one thing, it would impact your life.   We need...
Self-Identity T-Charts

Self-Identity T-Charts

Let’s take a few moments and think about whether we have anything in our self-identity we might want to change and if we have anything in our thought processes that we might want to change. Let’s talk about how we examine ourselves to do that.   One of the...
Self-Handicapping Statements

Self-Handicapping Statements

Let’s talk about something called self-handicapping statements. Let me ask a question: Is it possible that we make statements that might handicap us before we even try something?   You might be asking what a self-handicapping statement is. It is a public declaration...