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- Raising The Bar In 2010: Your Five-Point Checklist - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Renita KalhornSure, the beginning of a new year provides fresh inspiration and impetus for your goals. The question is, how do you sustain your motivation and stay on the continuous improvement track when daily life and familiar temptations rear their head (did you really think chocolate or "Lost" reruns were ...
Views: 830 - 5 Ways To Flex Your Gratitude Muscle - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Renita KalhornHere in the US, as we celebrate the holiday season, there’s been a lot of thanks and appreciation in the air. But going beyond the seasonal tradition, developing the habit of gratitude has become a common buzzword in mainstream media, touted as the key to less stress, better health and ...
Views: 1295(2 votes) - Negative Thinking: The Appendix Of Your Mind - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Renita KalhornAt my recent lecture at the Mid-Manhattan Library on developing resilience and recovery muscles, one of the members in the audience noted that she always seemed to gloss over the positive things that happened in her life and home in on the negative. Others nodded their heads in vigorous ...
Views: 1317(2 votes) - The Myth of Multi-Tasking - by Submitted on May 30, 2009 from Renita KalhornThere's a video making the Internet rounds of a public bus ramming into the back of an SUV stopped in rush hour traffic. It's filmed from the point of view of the bus driver - well, if the driver had been watching the road instead of texting on his phone, as revealed by the surveillance camera ...
Views: 918 - Have a Happy New Year - It's All Up to You - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2009 from Renita KalhornRecently, browsing at Barnes and Noble bookstore, I noticed a number of books about happiness on display. Apparently, hearing "have a happy new year" hundreds of times in the first few weeks of January is not sufficient to bring it about.As I see it, there are two fundamental truths to ...
Views: 661 - The Perils Of Being Right - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2008 from Renita KalhornWatching the US presidential debates last week, I marveled at the intense conviction of the candidates -- each shaking his head in utter disbelief at the other’s wrong-headedness – in trying to prove that his world view, his opinions were “right,” and the other’s “wrong.” Of course, that is the ...
Views: 749 - Improvise Over the Beat of Life - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2008 from Renita KalhornLately, I’ve been thinking about rhythm. Brimming over with ideas for work projects and collaboration, I tend to get impatient with the relaxed pace of August in New York, when everyone’s on vacation and business slows down. At the same time, I’ve been learning about jazz ...
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