Ideas for a Better Life

I’m almost finished with a book by Twyla Tharp, "The Creative Habit." It’s a great book for understanding the creative process, which Tharp says depends on, of all things, structure. If you are yearning to have more creativity in your life, this book is an excellent guide. Which reminds me of something that came out…

"I’ve created a good environment. All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others." –Warren Buffett he above quote came from a Wall Street Journal article on how Warren Buffett, the famed investor and head of Berkshire Hathaway, works–keeping the outside world at bay so that he can hear himself think.…

It takes a pretty good book to keep my interest until the last page. I’ve started countless books only to put them down after 50 or 100 pages. Fortunately, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink is not one of them. Daniel Pink is the author of Free Agent Nation (which I have not read)…

I’m reading a wonderful book, A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink. More on the book later but I wanted to tell you about an intriguing concept that’s discussed in the book-laughter clubs as a way of boosting our joyfulness and productivity as human beings. Go to www.laughteryoga.org to find out more.

A prospective coaching client asked me this provocative question. It spoke to walking the talk, eating my own dog food, and living the results of what I believe in. I have paid for formal coaching. I’ve swapped coaching with colleagues I respect and admire. And I have been the beneficiary of people who brought coaching…