Bestselling author Daniel Pink describes intrinsic motivation in his book Drive and how that motivation can be both cultivated or diminished by the way in which we evaluate our choices and the “rewards” we receive from them. I had the opportunity to hear Dan speak and then attend a lunch with him afterwards. He provides […]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Does Functional Happiness Require Us to be Dreamers or Doers?
There was an article I wrote that discussed author Scott Belsky‘s approach to Making Ideas Happen. In it, we are asked if each of us is a Dreamer, a Doer or an Incrementalist. Here’s what the article said: The Dreamer is the one who – for lack of a better word – dreams up the ideas. The Doer […]
The Journey of Happiness
As we travel along our path from here to there, wherever you decide your “there” to be, it is natural to reflect on the steps that brought us to this point thus far. And as we encounter moments of difficulty and trials of growth, we may find ourselves wishing to return to a time in […]
How Do You Rebuild a Life?
How do you rebuild a life, rekindling the flame of a human spirit that has been all but extinguished? How do you start anew when everything you have known has seemingly come to an end? With a step, a spark, a genesis of something more that lays the foundational elements of our lives – our […]