I was squirming in my seat, bored and restless. I’d signed up for a course on Excel despite my better judgment. Why was I restless and resorting to kicking myself? The course was held in a ballroom. There must have been at least 200 people present. There was one … [Read more...] about What an Excel Workshop Painfully Taught Me about Just Do It
Sweaty palms. A million butterflies tossing around in your stomach, threatening to escape out of your mouth. Your tongue feels like it's wearing a sweater made of sandpaper. Your voice is wavery and quavery. And most of all a looming sense of dread, with a … [Read more...] about Unlock Your Voice: Strategies for Powerful Public Speaking
I love to putter. I love when I’m in those syrupy, sweet, moments of flow when clocks don’t exist and time just unravels. It was in one of those moments that I was digging through my bookcase, specifically the shelf that holds my unread books. And there, I found this … [Read more...] about Sweat Your Prayers: Gabrielle Roth’s hidden power of movement
I love it when readers give their suggestions and ask questions. Like when Manuela emailed me asking if I knew of any low-budget, easy onboarding tools. (I cut this sign out of a newspaper ages ago and have always thought it was such an incredible example of welcoming or even in our case, … [Read more...] about How to use virtual escape rooms as an engaging, effective onboarding tool
Imagine a loooooong online document in front of you on your screen. Now imagine that document has some key information that you need to find, but search isn’t quite cutting it. I have your solution In today's fast-paced digital world, efficiency is paramount for staying on top of … [Read more...] about Make Your Learning More Efficient with Google Doc Bookmarks
Most people say they'd like to read more. In one survey more than 8 in 10 people (81%) “felt that they do not read as much as they would like to (source: Forbes). I bet you're one of those people. Yet who has the time? Maybe you’re overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. Or … [Read more...] about How to Read 2.0 – Reading Tips and Tricks I Bet You Didn’t Know Until Now
Snappy, surly comebacks. Aggressive comments. Defensive droning on and on. You’ve heard them all (and, ahem, maybe have dished out a few too) Ever felt like your emotions are calling the shots more than you'd like? Not being emotionally savvy can … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Unlock Your Emotional Intelligence with These Epic EI Fundamentals
I recently took a deep dive into some workshops from a Knowledge Management conference. Having read the above sentence, one of two things is happening for you right now: If you’re number one, yeah! If you're number two, hang in there with me for a sec. Knowledge management … [Read more...] about Navigating the Chaos: Unveiling the Comedy of Knowledge Management Workshops
Problem: I shelved my need for a real-time word cloud maker until ….. Calling on all creative people! (That’d be you.) Ever heard of Wooclap? If not, you're in for a treat! Wooclap is an easy, effective engagement tool for events or presentations (both … [Read more...] about Woohoo for Wooclap, an easy and fun tech tool
Let’s talk marshmallows, shall we? Remember the Marshmallow Experiment? It's a classic psychology test where kids are offered a choice: gobble up one marshmallow now or hold off and score two marshmallows later. The idea is to see if they can resist temptation and wait for the bigger … [Read more...] about The Marshmallow Experiment Revisited: Key Lessons from Kids in Shelters
I have two simple tasks for you. Can you tell what made the difference? I can 99.99% guarantee that it was a lack of critical character skills or things that make us good humans. Take conflict for example. Have you ever paused to think about the cost of conflict in … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Critical character skills (or how to be a good human)
What have you learned lately? Regardless of whether it came through a book, conference, podcast, blog post, or other, what have you learned lately? In most cultures, the epitome of learning is a university with its lectures. This even though lectures don’t lead to a whole lot of … [Read more...] about Three easy steps to getting more out of your learning
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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