Two questions to get you thinking

This post has so many learning in its phrases. Here’s one that will surely keep you thinking:

“Effective time- and self-managers are asking themselves two questions, moment by moment. Those Two Questions are “Am I having fun right now?” and “Is this what I’ve set out to do”? If I’m doing what I’m here to do, experiencing what is mine to experience, I’ll be motivated and focused and engaged. And everybody around me will benefit from that, too. Just like I benefit from being around the people I’ve known who are truly living On Purpose.”

The 5 steps of our brain’s reward and planning system

David D. Nowell writes in Psychology Today a post about the neuronal loops between different parts of our brain and how some of these loops influence “motivation, focus, time- and goal-management”.

According to Mr. Nowell, there are five cognitive elements that make up the reward-and-planning system, his denomination for the corticostriatal loop.

  1. Anticipate the end-goal
  2. Identify the tasks and subtasks Continue reading →

What companies can learn from the press industry

There’s a phrase saying that people who read/ watch press the most are coming from the press industry.

And it makes sense, considering that you always have to be with an eye on the competition. By the way, have you ever seen only one reporter at a major envent? Take similar magazines and you will find more or less the same information, just the angle of the story might be different. Continue reading →

Coincidence or not…

…I am starting a new web project exactly one year after previously launching The World On Foot in 2010.

This was not planned – last year it was – but I am thinking to go with the flow and keep it up for a while.

I elarned a lot from setting up The World On Foot and now, R.C., commes with some improvements, technically and in the way I connect with the target audience.

Will reveal a whole lot a in just a few days.

Creativity and innovation as the number 1 strategic priorities

Here’s the short version of Mark Batey’s list in Psychology Today.

  1. Creativity, alongside innovation, ranks as number one in the strategic priority list of organizations.
  2. Creativity is part of all our day jobs, regarding the function inside the organization.
  3. Creative individuals bring growth to the organization. Continue reading →