Athletes and Leaders Need a Strong Core

Tim Irwin writes in “Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything”:

In working with thousands of leaders over many years, I have observed that ...

Faulty Compass Led to Ships' Misorientation

In 1914, not long after the sinking of the Titanic, Congress convened a hearing to discern what happened in another nautical tragedy. In January of that ...

The Need for Thanksgiving

Stuart Jeffries, in The Guardian, explores the reason why too much choice is stressing us out. We all know the debilitating feeling one can get when you ...

The Paralysis of Indecision

To illustrate the paralysis of indecision, international speaker Michael Ramsden tells the story of three turtles who went off to a picnic. One turtle ...

You'll Make 1,788,500 Decisions Over 70 Years

Columbia researcher Sheena Iyengar has found that the average person makes about 70 decisions every day. That's 25,500 decisions a year. Over 70 years, ...

People Resist Exiting Dangerous Fires

Psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Grosz points to research that shows we usually don't respond when a fire alarm rings. Instead, of leaving the building immediately, ...

Couple Can't Decide to Get Married—For 67 Years

Does anybody here ever feel indecisive? Let's have a show of hands. Just look around the room. Now, how many of you aren't sure? You're still ...

Experts Discuss the Worst Business Decision Ever

The Atlantic magazine asked a number of experts to weigh in on the following question: "What was the worst business decision ever made?" Listen ...

Natural Disasters Offer a "Decisive Moment"

In her book, Unthinkable, reporter Amanda Ripley investigated why some people survive disasters and others don't. After examining fires, floods, hurricanes, ...

The 10 Greatest Movies Never Made

There is something sad and powerful in the possibilities of a story that is never told. A recent article on the BBC highlighted the "10 Greatest ...