19 Nov 5 Strategies & and a Few Tips to Manage Social Anxiety in the COVID-19 Environment
Manage social anxiety with these time-tested strategies and tips to help you break through and shift your focus from fear to compassion....
30 Jun 7 Mental Tricks To Manage Uncertainty
If you have the right mental tricks in your toolbox, you can override your brain’s irrational tendencies and handle uncertainty effectively....
22 Jun How to Adjust Your Attitude by James Mapes
Posted at 16:27h in James Mapes Blog
“A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” -Patricia Neal, American actress How does your attitude meter read? Do you generally have a good attitude towards life, expecting the best and tossing aside the garbage that inevitably comes hurling your way? Or...
01 May HOW TO ”LET GO” …OF THE ROPE (Part 1)
Posted at 18:41h in James Mapes Blog
“In the beginning, it is difficult letting go. But as you get into the swing of it, you will feel lighter and fresher and better able to see what you really need. That is what I imagine spring cleaning is truly about.” —SUSAN JEFFERS, END THE...
29 Sep 5 STEPS TO IGNITE YOUR BRAIN FOR STORYTELLING By James Mapes
Posted at 14:28h in James Mapes Blog
5 STEPS TO IGNITE YOUR BRAIN FOR STORYTELLING In my last blog I presented the story of my adoption. Now, let’s look at the nuts and bolts of effective storytelling. THE SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING Storytelling and can help us make better decisions every day: Northwestern University psychology professor Dan...
29 Sep THE MYSTERY OF MY ADOPTION: THE STORY
Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts. —Salman Rushdie THE STORY THAT UPENDED MY PERCEPTIONS AND...
28 May What is willpower? by Tom Asacker
Have you heard of SmartPlate? It’s a high tech dish that “tells” you what you’re eating. It can “detect the difference between a fried drumstick and a grilled one.” (In case you can’t). I guess it’s suppose to be a sort of brain aid. To help us achieve our goals. Because...
18 May HARNESS THE “WILD CHILD” OF YOUR IMAGINATION by James Mapes
Posted at 14:54h in Articles
The imagination is like a rambunctious, slightly crazy, often out-of-control ‘Wild Child’ who can lose its focus in the blink of an eye. ...
29 Jan PAUSE – LOOK AT THE THOUGHT BEHIND YOUR THOUGHT
Posted at 19:26h in James Mapes Blog
What kind of a world would this be if we acted on our first knee-jerk thought - such as anger, revenge, prejudice and lust? The answer: a world of total chaos. Unfortunately though, many of us do. Then there are those who recognize their first thought,...
21 Oct THE ILLUSION OF FAILURE
Posted at 00:58h in James Mapes Blog
Failure is the one fear that always puts the brakes on creativity, innovation, risk taking, growth, and productivity, yet most of us have been programmed from our earliest years to be afraid of failure. The person who ...
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