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Welcome to the Explore page on Sources of Insight!

Here you will find articles with a focus on mind, body, emotions, career, financial, relationships, and fun. Under each topic, a sampling of top articles are listed with a link to the archives for more on that particular topic.

Articles

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Popular Posts

  • 7 Principles for Happiness (The Way of Happiness)
  • 25 Inspirational Movies
  • 101 of the Greatest Insights and Actions for Work and Life
  • The Exponential Results Formula
  • You 2.0

Topics

  • 10 Big Ideas
  • Body
  • Career
  • Effectiveness
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Happiness
  • Fun
  • Innovation
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Leadership
  • Life Hacks
  • Mind
  • Motivation
  • Personal Development
  • Productivity
  • Relationships
  • Strategy
  • Strengths

Articles

10 Big Ideas

  • 10 Big Ideas from All In Startup
  • 10 Big Ideas from Mindset
  • 10 Big Ideas from Out Think
  • 10 Big Ideas from The Carpenter
  • More 10 Big Ideas >>

Body

  • 9 Ways to Add 12 Years to Your Life
  • 10 Years Younger
  • Blue Zones: The Healthiest Places on the Planet
  • Breathe With Skill to Dramatically Improve Your Health
  • Exercising Your Body Makes You Smarter
  • Larks, Owls and Hummingbirds
  • Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee
  • More Body >>

Career

  • 101 of the Greatest Insights and Actions for Work and Life
  • 6 Personality and Work Environment Types
  • Career Growth and Finding Your Way Forward
  • Passion Does not Exist in the Job, It Exists in Us
  • Proven Practices for Individual Contributors
  • Rapid Growth Fields and Your Career Success
  • The 20 Percent Spike
  • Meaningful Work is Hard
  • Think In Terms of an Hourly Rate
  • Thinking About Career Paths
  • More Career >>

Effectiveness

  • 101 Questions that Empower You
  • Be Effective, then Efficient
  • Can Effectiveness Be Learned?
  • Finding Your Process
  • If It’s Not Working, Change Your Approach
  • Luck and Success
  • Mentors are the Short Cuts
  • Motivation, Skills, and Feedback
  • The Hat of Effectiveness
  • The Way of Success
  • More Effectiveness >>

Emotional Intelligence

  • Action Signals: Use Negative Emotions as a Call to Action
  • Argue Your Way to Optimism
  • Confidence is Knowing and Going
  • Feelings First
  • Life Leaves a Mark
  • Positive Thinking vs. Positive Action
  • Seeking is the Granddaddy of Emotional Systems
  • Stephen Covey on Developing Emotional Intelligence
  • Those Moments When You are Most Alive
  • Visualize the Child to Build Your Empathy
  • More Emotional Intelligence >>

Happiness

  • Enjoy the Struggle
  • Happiness Quotes
  • Keys for Skilled Happiness
  • The Two Flavors of Happiness
  • Low Frustration Tolerance
  • Positive Intelligence and PQ
  • Positive Thinking vs. Positive Action
  • Synthetic Happiness
  • When It’s Cold Shiver. When It’s Hot Sweat
  • Those Moments When You are Most Alive
  • Whiteboard Notes on Happiness
  • More Happiness >>

Interpersonal Skills

  • 12 Practices for Improving Likeability
  • Apologize with Skill
  • Concession is Rhetorical Judo
  • Dialogue Debate and Discuss
  • Five Conflict Management Styles at a Glance
  • Know and Share Yourself Enough
  • Poor Communication isn’t the Source of Most Conflicts
  • The Iceberg of Conflict: A Lens for Conflict Management
  • The Art of Mental Judo
  • What’s Their Story
  • Win the Heart the Mind Follows
  • More Interpersonal Skills >>

Leadership

  • 3 Stories Leaders Need to Tell
  • 10 Ways to Hold People Accountable
  • A Leaders is the Trustee of the Intangibles
  • Author a Distinctive Story
  • Balance Connection and Conviction
  • Boldness Has Genius, Magic, and Power in It
  • Guide Your Path with Vision, Values, and Goals
  • Leadership Checklist
  • Leadership Styles and Development Levels
  • What Executives at Microsoft Taught Me
  • More Leadership >>

Life Hacks

  • How Will You Measure Your Life
  • How To Figure Out What You Really Want
  • Ikigai: The Reason for Which You Wake Up in the Morning
  • Life Frame
  • Life Leaves a Mark
  • My Top 10 Lessons in Life
  • Program Manager Skills for Life
  • The Business of Life
  • The Good Life
  • Skills to Pay the Bills and Lead a Better Life
  • What 16 Movies Teach Us About Life and Leadership
  • More Life Hacks >>

Mind

  • 3 Thinking Techniques to Improve Your Intellectual Horsepower
  • 10 Distorted Thinking Patterns
  • Five-Minute Thinks
  • Five Thinking Styles
  • Focus with Skill
  • How To Have a Beautiful Mind
  • How To Read Faster
  • How To Use Six Thinking Hats to Improve Your Thinking
  • Think of Yourself as a Thinker
  • More Mind >>

Motivation

  • 13 Motivation Techniques
  • 13 Negative Motivation Patterns
  • 25 Inspirational Movies
  • 101 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Others
  • Four Sources of Strength
  • Find Your Drive: The Keys to Motivation
  • It’s Not Motivation
  • McClelland’s Motivational Model
  • Three D’s for Motivation – Direction, Decision, and Dedication
  • Why Do We Procrastinate?
  • More Motivation >>

Personal Development

  • 3 Keys to Lasting Change
  • 10 Keys to Changing a Habit
  • 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great
  • 10 Ways to Know Thyself
  • Build a Personal Knowledge Base of Success Stories, Insight, and Action to Improve Your Success
  • Emulate the Great
  • Find Your Values
  • Improvement Frame
  • Know Your Rules to Be Successful
  • The Change Frame
  • You’re the Average of the 10 People You Spend Time With
  • More Personal Development >>

Productivity

  • 30 Day Boot Camp for Time Management
  • 30 Day Improvement Sprints
  • Agile Results for Time Management
  • Fix Time, Flex Scope
  • How To Use Timeboxing for Getting Results
  • My Three Wins
  • Productivity Personas
  • Rituals for Results
  • Use Three Stories to Drive Your Day
  • Why Use Routines?
  • Write Things Down
  • More Productivity >>

Strengths

  • Choose Your Jobs Based on Strengths
  • Feel Strong All Week Long
  • Find Your Strengths Among Your Team
  • How To Find Your Strengths
  • Specialization is Nature’s Strategy for Winning
  • Strengths and Talents
  • Strength and Weakness
  • The Language of Strengths
  • What’s Your One-Liner Super Hero Power?
  • Why Strengths?
  • More Strengths >>

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