If you are in a major transition in your life — a career transition, or a change of phase, or an adjustment of your direction — you need objectivity about your deepest, most meaningful goals. You might want to consider writing your own eulogy to help clarify your...
The Thinking Lab Three Levels of Mind Mastery The Thinking Lab offers an interconnected set of courses on all three levels of Mind Mastery. Level 1: Understanding Your Mental Needs Before you can use your mind effectively, you need to understand it. In the Level 1...
Exercise: Lifetime Goals Background The purpose of this next exercise is to identify your top life goals by answering three related questions: What are my lifetime goals? How would I like to spend the next 3-5 years? If I knew now I would be struck dead by lightning...
I had a long talk with a Thinking Lab member the other day. He was concerned about his power of concentration, which wasn't all he wanted. He often got distracted and tired when he worked for a couple of hours. So I gave him my spiel on concentration, and thought I...
Tactic: Free Decision Method (aka Decision Cards) Background Here's another tip I got from P. J. Eby. As with the other techniques I've shared, I'm giving my explanation, not his. When you are feeling pulled in multiple directions, either paralyzed or just indecisive,...
As part of improving my sleep, I'm on a campaign to jump out of bed at a standard wakeup time each morning. Although I'm pretty consistent at getting up, sometimes I resist getting out of bed. I have applied everything I know about motivation to creating a process for...
In order to live a happy life, you need to see yourself achieving your values on a daily, weekly, and annual basis. For this purpose, I recommend that you adopt some regular practices. The daily practice is the "3 good things" process. The annual process is an annual...
Here's a surprisingly effective technique that can pry information loose from your brain and ignite your thinking when you're stalled: The "Q&A Technique." [1] Here's the technique: Write down a question you are puzzling over. ("How" and "Why" questions are...
In the past, I've run sessions on "Rationally Connected Conversations" (RCC) an adaptation of Marshall Rosenberg's "Nonviolent Communication" (NVC). In one session I included Jeff Brown, a Certified Trainer in NVC, to discuss "How to say 'That's BS' in RCC." I...
Tactic: Manufacturing Stopping Points "Manufacturing Stopping Points" Tactic Overview What: "Manufacturing Stopping Points" is a tactic you can use to break a big project into smaller pieces, each of which you can finish in 30 minutes. This permits you to fit it in...
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