The test of a good life is the life in its entirety, and it takes an entire life to achieve it.
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What is a cognitive apprenticeship and how can it benefit people leaders?
No, I do not take my shoes off and get into seiza at the office to meditate. But I do find abdominal breathing helpful in my everyday life and often take moments at work for a few cleansing breaths before jumping into something.
People perform best when they stop fixating on outcomes – winning a match, achieving a quota, beating a competitor, and so on.
Central to the systems of thought of both Aristotle and Confucius is the idea that the virtues that underpin character are developed through practice.
“Ambitious” and “Fun” are not mutually exclusive. Together they offer a path – one of very few paths – to truly sustainable performance.
Only once, in all my years of teaching judo, have I had to resort to punishment to resolve a free-loading issue in the dojo.
Offering and receiving feedback can be taught, and it can be learned. It’s one of the most powerful things we can invest in to support any kind of growth and development.
You want to help others improve their performance in a way that really sticks over the long term? Create a safe environment in which people receive lots of positive reinforcement for the desired behaviors, little reinforcement of the negative kind, and feel valued for who they are and what they do.
At some point in the past, we were all beginners trying to figure out the basics.