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3 Ways to Act on Motivation So Your Dreams Come True
Motivation is the set of reasons for acting and behaving in specific ways. These reasons cause us to have the feelings and thoughts that create the impulse and desire for us to act. When we take action...
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The Diversity and Inclusion Payoff
Editors’s Note: There’s been a lot of talk about diversity and inclusion lately. Last week, we wrote about how ThinkHuman’s “Fishbowls” were applying the frame of diversity and inclusion to masculinity...
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Mentoring Is the New Goldmine Towards Youth Empowerment
— ‘’We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.’’ –Franklin D. Roosevelt Benjamin Disraeli, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom once said,...
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Mentorship Is Mutually Beneficial
— How is mentoring viewed in your organizational culture? Rather than feating the up-and-coming younger men you manage, you choose to mentor them and build their competence. You discover that you learn...
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House Rules
Many years ago, when my now 32-year-old son was in the throes of adolescent indifference about organization and neatness, I came up with what I call The House Rules. His cleanliness standards were far...
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‘That’s It’: An Authentic Acknowledgment
Back in the day at the Aikido Dojo, Sensei Dan was not one for empty praise. If I didn’t listen and follow his instruction in doing iriminage, clothesline to the opponent’s head, that wasn’t “Awesome”....
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It Starts At Home
What would you do or say if I called you right now and said your child told my child to kill themself today? That your child told my child to do the world a favor and simply die. That their only wish...
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Finding Your Mission
The families of our nation’s fallen military heroes are known as the Gold Star Families. This is an honor that no one wants as the void left behind in the wake of this ultimate sacrifice is one that...
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What My 7th Grade History Teacher Taught Me
The 7th grade class at Pioneer Middle School in Steilacoom, Washington met for history. In the first week, we had a chapter to read and questions to answer. Friday, a test was given to us and we all,...
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From Mentor to Learner
— How is mentoring viewed in your organizational culture? Rather than fearing the up-and-coming younger men you manage, you choose to mentor them and build their competence. You discover that you learn...
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It’s Not Enough to Hire Diverse and Inclusive People
We hear and read about diversity and inclusion all over social media and the internet. These days, many people tout, they are for “BlackLivesMatter” and inclusion. Talk is cheap, and action is needed....
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How To Make An Accountability Partner Relationship Work For You
Why do people hire a trainer to lose weight and get fit? Why do managers have annual performance reviews and discuss your strengths and improvement areas? Why do some of the most successful...
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How Younger Workers Can Mentor Older Ones and Move Companies Forward
Mentoring usually refers to a manager, executive, or experienced employee guiding a younger person in the workplace, helping them acquire knowledge and new skills that foster professional growth. But...
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The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships Across Generations
January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day — with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one...
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Mentoring Kids in Distress
Welcome to Childhood Made Crazy, an interview series that takes a critical look at the current “mental disorders of childhood” model. This series is comprised of interviews with practitioners,...
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Mentoring Is the Highest Form of Education!
— “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”-Zig Ziglar Hear this: Before you look for jobs, look for mentoring. When you run after money...
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Challenge Gone Wrong
Challenge is necessary. Stress is necessary. When they occur in appropriate doses and are balanced by proportionate recovery, challenge and stress create growth. Elite coaching cultures balance...
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6 Ways To Handle Rapid Growth
Your business is booming. Sales are up and profits have never been higher. Those greener pastures you have been tirelessly working towards are finally starting to come into view. The rapid growth stage...
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Gwen Kelly’s Reverse Mentoring Adventure
By Sherry Benjamins Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal produced a special report called, “What’s Keeping Black Workers from Moving Up the Corporate Ladder” and one interview was with Gwen...
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Coach Erik Becker on Coaching a Football of Love and Connection
High School Head Football Coach Erik Becker is teaching his players not only how to win games, but how to lean into love, service, compassion and justice as values central to becoming men. Listen now...
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