Observe Yourself for “30 Days and Three Seconds” Before Making a Change
10 May 2016
Allison read The Solution to Maintaining a Budget Is Awareness by Carl Richards and believes his “30 Days and Three Seconds” experiment can help set the foundation for any change in personal behavior.
Dealing with People Who Take Your Meeting Off Track
3 May 2016
Allison read 5 Ways Meetings Get Off Track, and How to Prevent Each One and appreciated Roger Schwarz’s specific suggestions for how to handle meeting participants who derail the group.
Irish Inspiration
26 April 2016
Allison read How to Calm and Reshape an Anxious Mind in the Irish Times and signed up for a course on wholeheartedness and gratefulness with one of her favorite poets, David Whyte. It’s good to get wisdom from across the pond.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match
19 April 2016
Allison read Feel Like a Million Dollars: Matchmaking and Happiness by Lalin Anik and Katherine Bowers and learned about research that shows professional or personal matchmaking can lead to greater well-being for the matchmaker.
Use Your Favorite Crime Show to Help You Manage Frustration
12 April 2016
Allison read Don’t Let Frustration Make You Say the Wrong Thing by Tara Healey and Jonathan Roberts on HBR.org and appreciated a useful tool for making sure your emotions don’t hijack you in the heat of the moment.
