I’m preparing to give a talk on Thursday to nonprofit leaders about building self-awareness and emotional intelligence. These are vital skills many people have cultivated to some degree through personal development and professional experience. But our work building these skills is never complete. Every day presents a new opportunity to practice. I accepted the invitation... Continue Reading →

Some people tune out when they hear the word “mindfulness.” They may think it means meditating on a mountaintop or sitting cross-legged on the floor, squirming while a teacher chants mantras, burns incense and rings a soft bell. But practicing mindfulness doesn’t require taking up meditation. Anyone can practice mindfulness -- from your desk at work, even.

In the final weeks of 2017, I did that thing many dream of: I navigated to my iPhone settings and tapped everything to off. Email, phone calls, news alerts, social media, calendar notifications. Everything. Off. For two weeks, I hiked and cycled through the mountains of northern Thailand. Several days into that journey, I realized I wasn’t thinking anymore, and I started to hear something else: ...