Wise Wednesdays

I hope you're enjoying the holiday season. It’s almost time to start your New Year’s resolutions! Hurrah! I’m sure you’ve reviewed your wins over the past year, identified you main challenges and are committed to striving for ever more ambitious goals loving every bit of discomfort that comes with the process! And so write: Goal 1: to do list. Goal 2: to do list Goal 3: to do list Ready? No? Oh, OK… Well, in that case, you’re probably a human being. The approach above has a mechanical, unrealistic feel to it, right? In fact, the latest neuroscience shows that unless you’re involving the emotional side of goal setting, you’re just scratching the surface of motivation and will get railroaded by your subconscious drives! That’s why New Year’s resolutions don’t work. Traditional goal setting uses the logical mind and neglects the deeper emotional aspects especially fear and desire. [ See this week’s videos for 3 insights on...

It’s Wise Wednesdays! I’m back from the desert. Thank you for your patience. I hope you’ve had a great couple of weeks and welcome to new members! “We need the courage to create ourselves daily, to be bodacious enough to create ourselves daily — as Christians, as Jews, as Muslims, as thinking, caring, laughing, loving human beings.” Maya Angelou Last year, I wrote a Wise Wednesdays on cultural disruption. The underlying premise was that having multiple country origins could enable a greater flexibility of character and better adaptation to new situations. Personally, I’ve tended to dread conversations about where I am from because it takes longer than I would like, although it’s always interesting to see how the assumptions people make based on appearance can quickly come undone. IDENTITY AND THE EMOTIONAL CYCLE OF CHANGE Moving countries (Algeria to UK in Yorkshire) as a teenager and losing some of my cultural reference points, although confusing,...