The year 2033. About ten years from now, not far off. What does the world look like to you? What tools are we using in a decade to communicate? How will we travel? Are we moving forward or regressing backwards? If we’re solid on the idea that we create the …
Imposter Who?
Who owns your mind: you or someone who says you’re supposed to be living with a psychic cloud of low professional self-esteem, uncertainty and egg shell walking because you’re in a new industry? The idea of a “syndrome” is different from feeling unsure in a specific situation. When we lack …
3 Ways to Strengthen Empathy
KISS-ing (Keeping It Simple Stupid) with this one, as each subject can be written about to much greater depth. Empathy will become more popular, more sensationalized in the coming months as an antidote for the increasing narcissism awareness. Books like The Narcissism Epidemic and documentaries like The Social Dilemma are …
15 Points to Create a DIY Learning Environment
For the industrious mind, any environment can transform into a learning space. That mind will just find a way to create one. We can observe examples of this throughout the economic-social strata, where children who were less fortunate resource-wise discovered ways to learn, found libraries, books, observed the public behavior, …
Maximize Sleep for Healing & Learning
Sleep goes beyond basic rest to healing and learning enhancement. With a proper amount and quality, the brain undergoes detoxification, releasing chemicals that purify the body and simultaneously helps process learning throughout the nervous system. All of those electrical signals stimulated from learning concepts or working in some physical activity …
“Free” Education Resources for Pandemic Downtime
Don’t be fooled by the title; nothing in the world is truly free. Energetically, there’s always an exchange. In the case of these resources, the trade will be your attention, focus, your intelligence and commitment to utilize what’s provided. The current pandemic is slowing the economy down and keeping people …
Scenario-Based Learning
To know a definition, how a thing works in a static state is one knowledge: “Self-care is XYZ.” Applied to a real-world situation is another: “If self-care is necessary for my health, then when faced with something that challenges me to ignore it, I do XYZ to maintain it.” People …
Proof of Mastered Experience
An experience is an interface between our outer (external peering, ex-peer-ience) and inner perception. While we can take a passive approach to experiencing, letting life happen as some say, aspirants work to co-create with experiences, seeing them as opportunities to develop. We’ve mastered experiences when we’re no longer at the …
Take A Walk for Creative Thinking
“I’m gonna take a walk.” This is a common statement guys on TV say when they want to clear their minds after an argument, often with the lady of the house. He goes to “burn off steam.” But walking doesn’t have to be treated only as a therapeutic release. A …
Avoid the Speed Reading Epidemic
Within the self-development space there’s a cohort focusing on how to speed read. That is, how to read faster to acquire more information. While it sounds like a super power, at the root it really is just another symptom of the quick-fix epidemic we have in the U.S. The thinking …
How to Apply Wakandan Philosophy to Amplify Self-Education
The Black Panther movie needs no building up from this blog. I watched it twice and (don’t worry; no spoilers in this piece) enjoyed its story, nuances and found the work to be a valuable addition to the Panther’s universe, broadly introduced in the Avengers movie. If you haven’t watched …
Tip for Building Spontaneous Creativity
Spontaneous creativity is evidence of our ability to tap into inner knowing and resourcefulness. Listen below for a way to develop this power.
One Tip to Avoid This Consciousness Trap
In a conversation with a bus driver I know, she asked about my current creative projects. I mentioned the work with mindfulness and coaching and she described how she’s personally working on herself in this area with help from a friend. Revealed a turquoise pendant and stated she’s listening to …
How to Answer This Very Important Interview Question
If you’re not prepared, interview questions may feel like a grueling interrogation. While in the “hot seat,” you might be sweating, feeling gaseous and forgetting what you’ve practiced the night before. Interviewing is an in-depth experience that can be covered over several posts, which we’ll do over time. The important …
2 Tips to Avoid Digital Self-Sabotage
So you’ve clicked the “Submit” button on the online application. Or you sent the resume to someone specific by E-mail. Or you’ve just handed off your business card to a potential employer in an unexpected social event. This is an opportunity to congratulate yourself for taking that step, grasping the …
How to Skill Build with a Company in 90 Days
On an interview it’s been my observation that questions of professional skill development rarely surface, unless asked by the candidate. In all the interviews I’ve personally been on, only about 2 employers asked me directly about how I’d like to grow with the organization. Every other time I was the …