When you look up "thinking" in the dictionary, you get definitions like: "Opinion.  Judgment.  The action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc." Thinking involves lots of areas of our brain.  Our prefrontal cortex is Read More >>

I had the privilege of working with my niece in a workshop a few weeks back.  We were asked to give a 3-minute presentation on a topic from our books (Raise Your BAR and Raise Your BAR #4Students).  Baillie and I chose one of our favorite questions, Read More >>

Do you want to stop the worry and anxiety in your life?  It's easy.  Just practice making decisions.  Yes, that's right.  Just make a decision. Most people who suffer from anxiety or worry a lot have a little bit of a problem making decisions.  Read More >>

Last week I talked about how easy it was to erode your confidence in two easy steps. Now for the real bit for people who aren't into sarcasm. Discounting is a huge problem for people who lack confidence.  As a reminder, discounting is when Read More >>

There's a simple way to erode your confidence and it's a great way to ensure you never get a promotion as well. Here is your lesson in Eroding Confidence 101. First you must master the art of discounting.  You must be very good at deflecting Read More >>

The other day my friend reminded me of the urgent need for NLP skills for doctors.  She was having surgery and her anesthesiologist told her that the medication that he was giving her to put her under was the "same stuff Michael Jackson liked."  With Read More >>

Living in Southeast Asia, there are a lot of business people who travel the region regularly.  When you ask them where they live, the answer is often 12A.  The problem is that consistent changes in environment often cause the routines we normally run Read More >>

There is a trend in the self-improvement industry about Mindfulness.  It's the idea that we need to focus on the "now" rather than having our heads in the future or worse, the past. I love being the outsider in my field, so I don't agree with the Read More >>

I watched an episode of American Idol the other night.  My husband and I record the show during the week and watch it on weekends so I was unaware of the tussle between contestant Quentin and Harry Connick Jr. until days after it had Read More >>

I know a lot of corporate trainers and coaches that use the Strengths Finder Model to guide their clients to success.  The idea is if you work on your strengths and use them every day then you will be a better leader.  I say, "RUBBISH". Here are Read More >>

I was walking up the hill behind my apartment complex to start my run.    And as I was walking up the hill,  I came across a man walking towards me.  It wasn't necessarily unusual for me to see someone on this road.  It's frequented by runners, Read More >>

It is the end of the 1st quarter of 2015.  How are you doing on your goals? For the people that took my Raise Your BAR Strategic Planning Workshop at the beginning of the year, I've been sending out reminders to them to make sure they check in Read More >>

I've worked with some marketing and sales experts as an entrepreneur and all of them just love niche marketing.  It is that idea that you have a client base or product line that is an inch wide and a mile deep.  The smaller your niche (to some Read More >>

I learned a valuable lesson from Darren Hardy,  in his book, The Compound Effect.  Darren is a firm believer of eliminating all needless drama in life.  And the first on his list of things to go is news.  You know, the news programs that come on at Read More >>

I have a lot of beliefs other people find weird.  One of these is my belief that if my knee hurts, then I need to exercise it.  Most people believe that if something hurts you stop exercising.  I'm a rebel.  I just can't think like that. A few Read More >>

Yesterday was my husband's birthday (and I promise, this is the last birthday post).  So this entry is about gratitude. People have been doing gratitude challenges of Facebook for some time now.  A friend would challenge another friend to post 5 Read More >>

It is birthday month in my family.  Today is my father's birthday (affectionately called Father-Person) so my post today is dedicated to him.  My father taught me the value of challenging yourself.  This is a lesson I learned the hard way.  Whether Read More >>

Today is my Mother's birthday and I'm dedicating this post to her.  She is the most amazing woman that I know.  She's been "retired" for quite awhile now and she moved to Texas to be near my sister and the grandchildren many years ago.  In Texas, my Read More >>

Here is an interesting article on the growing labour shortage issues in Singapore.  From a productivity perspective, it shows that the labour controls put in place are doing more to hurt productivity than to help it.  I believe the idea was that if Read More >>

There are a lot of corporate development programs focused on cultural diversity or cultural inclusion.  For me, I tilt my head to the side and say, "Really?"  Is it really the culture that needs to be included or celebrated for its diversity or is it Read More >>