Finding a Lighter Path

Before testifying in a high-stakes case, a theorist and his coach swap horror stories about their nerves hijacking them and the lessons they learned.Tom’s top four idea for conquering nervousness:Write happy endingsCelebrate incremental improvementExternalize your nasty voiceIgno ...  Show more

A leader is getting pressured to stop being so prickly and gain some humility. With her coach, she explores whether it’s even possible for humility to ever be a strength. Core concepts in this episode:Humility is confidence without defensiveness.Assess yourself on the humility sc ...  Show more

When facing a problem or an obstacle, great leaders try to understand the problem before making a decision. A leader's ability to gain new perspectives around an issue is a characteristic that separates leaders who succeed from leaders who get stuck where they are. That's beca ...

A few weeks ago, I was assembling a new desk in our studio. Mostly the project was going smoothly, but one pesky bolt wasn’t fitting onto a brace for the desk. The wrench I had clearly wasn’t working well for the job, but I figured I could just force it a bit instead of having to ...  Show more

Today’s episode is the first in our special four-part First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will provide you with all you need to know to incorporate one resilience-boosting question to use in your conversations.

In addition to providing you with a new q ...

How do you perform a mental reset?

Thank you for joining me for a very special episode of Kwik Brain!

Today we are celebrating and sharing our 200th episode LIVE. Considering the year we’ve had, and the coming of a new one, I saw no better opportunity than to sha ...