Life Hacks

Who Are You and What Do You Want?

Four Dimensional Thinking is a technique to help you figure out who you are and what you want. It's a way to reflect on your life to help you get from where you are to where you want to be. Reflecting can be structured or unstructured thinking. Thinking is just asking and answering questions. If you want better answers, you need to start by asking better questions. Four Dimensional Thinking is a way to start asking better questions about your life. When you know who you are and what you want, you gain confidence and clarity in how you live your life.

The Keys for Skilled Happiness

Happiness is a skill you can develop. Some people are born happy, while others have to work at it. Some have to work harder than others. Rather than work harder, work smarter. Luckily, with all the focus on happiness, we now have a better body of knowledge to draw from. Carlin Flora shares a collection of patterns and practices for skilled happiness from a variety of sources in her article, The Pursuit of Happiness, in Psychology Today.

What is the Role of Luck When It Comes to Success in Work and Life?

“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.“ – Earl Wilson What exactly is the role of luck when it comes to success? It’s a rather wide spectrum. It ranges from a great deal of luck to no luck at all, or, in fact, some very bad luck. What’s important is that your …

How To Influence Without Authority

“If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.” — nnon L. Alder I got some relevant training for today’s world. The training was “Influencing without Authority” and it was based on the …

Why Choose a Growth Mindset?

“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” — Martin H. Fischer Do you have a Growth Mindset or a Fixed Mindset? A Fixed Mindset is where you believe you are either good or you are not. It’s a static view. With a Fixed Mindset, you depend on innate ability, and you don’t …