by TAadministrator | Jun 4, 2018 | Habits, Stress
Kaizen, traditionally a Japanese business term, is an approach that focuses on small incremental changes to improve efficiency. This is a great way to think about habit changes. What is one small change you can make this week to shift a habit? Adding a new habit? Do...
by TAadministrator | Jun 3, 2018 | Habits
When things fall apart, it’s really easy to just feel like crap. To blame. To give up. To turn to numbing activities. But, there is another approach: to celebrate the breaks. In Japan, there is a practice, called Kintsugi, where pottery is glued back together again...
by TAadministrator | Jun 1, 2018 | Habits
You feel most powerful when… … you are acting from a place of self-motivation and self-drive, you feel capable and competent in your work and you are connected to others, to the goal, and to the social frame within which you are acting. So says the...
by TAadministrator | May 30, 2018 | Habits
Angela Duckworth in her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, states that passion and perseverance, i.e. our excitement about something and our commitment to pursuing it, are the fundamentals for grittiness. She makes a cogent case for the power of grit in...
by TAadministrator | May 29, 2018 | Brain, Habits
Maslow’s theory is a developmental model of needs and its original form consists of a pyramid with five layers: Physiological, Safety, Love/Belonging, Esteem, and Self-actualization (to Self-Transcendence), from bottom to top. This theory has been argued about and...
by TAadministrator | May 27, 2018 | Brain, Habits
Are you doing it for others? This is a notion inherent to certain faiths or practices. When you take refuge as a Buddhist, you commit to saying the Bodhisattva vow, which basically states that you wish to continue being reborn until everyone is enlightened....
