slworking2 via Compfight The way we typically talk and think about employee engagement may be all wrong. We tend to classify workers into categories: they are either engaged or not engaged. For example, an oft-cited Gallup poll identifies 7 out of 10 workers as being either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” meaning they are “emotionally […]
“I don’t do fitness my friend. That’s not what I do. I talk about movement. Fitness is a small, small, small world, within the universe of movement. I view it as a limited world. A world with many problems. A polluted world. Gymnastics and yoga and boxing and mind-body methods and other martial arts […]
proisraeli via Compfight Human beings are strivers. This has been a common theme of different theories of psychology over the years: we thrive on accomplishment. You could argue that this human need for mastery goes all the way back to the first amoeba struggling to crawl its way out of the primordial slime. We have […]
Gerry Balding via Compfight You may have heard of humorous stories of baby ducklings who follow around humans because they are genetically programmed to “imprint” on the first creature they see (presumably their mother, but not always–see cute duckling imprinting video here.) Because of this interesting phenomena, the name “duckling effect” is sometimes used to […]
Strategies that don’t work: 1. Diet – Diets in and of themselves rarely work and cannot be sustained indefinitely. The longer someone is on a diet, the harder it gets. Dieters tend to stretch their willpower too far and eventually end up caving in to temptation usually ending up right back where they started. […]
Several years ago, as the spa director at the La Costa Resort & Spa, I managed one of the largest and most complex operations I’ve ever worked in. The spa was massive, over 40,000 square feet, with an additional 8,000 square foot athletic club and the adjacent Chopra Center offering healing ayurvedic retreats. I had […]
peasap via Compfight One of the worst parts of being a parent is delivering bitter medicine to a child. When one of my sons had an eye infection for example, I had to administer eye drops a couple of times a day. This can be very traumatic for a small child (so much so, that […]
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.” ― Bruce Lee What […]
Britt-Marie Sohlström via Compfight Willpower is a limited resource. When you expend it, by exerting your self-control, you are left weaker. Eventually it replenishes itself, with rest, time for recovery, and nourishment (glucose.) Everyone has a fixed quantity of willpower that they can invest in regulating themselves to work towards the goals that are most […]
Victor1558 via Compfight I started my career in the hotel industry as a college job when I was a psychology student at the University of California at Santa Barbara, CA. I realized fairly early on in my studies, that while I was fascinated by psychology, I didn’t really want to pursue a career in it. […]
