You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, Here is Part Two of the three-part series on the unusual combination of emotions many of us experience as the holidays approach. I hope you enjoy it – and the holidays.Wishing you a better understanding of the constellation of emotions that swirls within you, […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, I developed the three-part series below based on my firsthand witnessing of the toll the upcoming holidays is surprisingly taking on a lot of people. I wanted to better understand why. I hope this series helps you also better understand how you are […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Four of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. Karla and I agreed that I would propose within six months and we would have our wedding within a year of that date. All of this happened […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Three of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. A year and a half after Karla left me that third time, I returned to Mexico and deliberately did not see her until two days before my […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, I don’t know too many people these days who are content with the direction the world is heading in. We need change and we need it soon. It’s easy to feel frustrated, even powerless, about what is happening. These […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Greece, Hello there! I’m here at a conference with about 200 leadership researchers, the food is wonderful and the backdrop to the conference breathtaking.While at the conference, which focused on AI and leadership, I reflected a lot on the words of Einstein. “We cannot […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here My father once attended a Harvard alumni reunion in which he listened to a speech by a former Harvard president. “I’ve spoken with many alumni here and many of us are divorced or just alone and miserable,” one alumnus shared with the president during the […]
Read More At a recent two-day conference I taught to over fifty leaders in Amsterdam, we began by participants reading the Ground Rules. They expressed surprise at the fourth and most controversial rule of our collective engagement: Your phone, laptop, tablet or other digital device must be switched off during the sessions. A phone ringing during a [...]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here The greatest lesson I learned at a conference I facilitated for over fifty nonprofit leaders in Amsterdam earlier this month dates back to a troubled American teenager named Mark. Don’t Give Up on Me At sixteen years old, Mark had been expelled from a public […]
Read More You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Ever since Sarah Wright and I started researching loneliness together about ten years ago, I have asked participants at my leadership conferences “Who here feels lonely sometimes?” at the beginning of a session I teach on how to create a culture of belongingness in organizations. […]
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