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Looking for a dose of inspiration or a new perspective? Or simply need something to get your brain going Friday morning? Morning Cup is a weekly musing that makes your musing machine muse a little bit more. It is the dose of insight on Friday morning that kickstarts your brain in a simple manner. We promise to have your mind brewing in less than 3 minutes.
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It is easy to see all the reasons why change is hard; yet when disaster hits the reasons drastically change.
The real celebration is for the interdependent system that allows you to feel autonomous.
How will those within your system remember your contribution to their state of becoming?
Your mind will orient to pointing out gaps rather than trickling back to identify the skill needing development.
Tired? Going through change or actively learning something new? It is not a coincidence.
Owning big projects and decisions sounds fun; in reality effective ownership is something much different.
Most people will initially self-evaluate their perceived effort in a task as high, regardless of whether it was or not.
Finding inspiration is a specific focus in the broader category of leveraging positive emotion for action.
If change 1 requires 3 brain resource units over 4 weeks and change 2 requires 5 brain resource units over 2 weeks, when will they be sustained?
Growth through addition makes sense; growth through subtraction requires some mental reframing.
What you remember of an event is more influenced by what you believe about yourself than you realize.
Taking the time to remember, with intention, can have more significant effects than you might expect.
Immense excitement for coffee is a brewhaha