Anything that breaks the link with your job and dunks you into a creative flow is a hobby worth inhabiting. It will refresh you and make you more resilient. The bonus? You will be more effective and productive at work.

Why is this saying so appropriate today? Because we are doing the exact opposite. We mistrust and we don't verify. We assume from the start that we cannot trust “them” and so we don’t verify why we cannot (or can) trust “them.”

We treat goals and objectives as synonyms when we talk and write casually. But we weaken focus and motivation if we treat them as synonyms when we plan and strategize. Weaken focus and motivation? Yes.

It is ridiculous for business teams to strive to be like sports teams. And it can be dangerous. Here’s why.

Why would we want to help ourselves fail? Because it gives us a ready excuse in case we fail. And so to soften the blow.

If you are human, then you, like the rest of us, have probably resolved to have a better year than last year. (I told you we are an optimistic bunch.) And so you plan for the best and pooh-pooh the worst. (Talk about optimism!)

You might think that the more resolute you are, the more your resolutions will stick. And they will, but not in the manner you hope.

Have you ever wondered why, once you have made a decision, you don't always feel excited by it or motivated to execute on it? Surely, you've noticed this at work as well, in how people react to decisions already made. Sometimes they are positive and enthusiastic. And sometimes not.

Tell me, what causes more harm to your IQ, smoking pot or being distracted? And the answer is...

Falling downwards on a staircase is easy because gravity makes it so. But falling upwards. Now there's a thing! You land on a higher level.