Use Stories to Illustrate What You Teach

Use Stories to Illustrate What You Teach

You know what I especially love about what storytelling accomplishes? It lights up our imaginations. You see, one of the abilities we humans have is the ability to “see” things in our minds: to imagine events, objects, the past, the future and ideas themselves. Think...
Storytelling and the Brain

Storytelling and the Brain

I encourage you to spend a few minutes to Google articles about the brain science behind storytelling.  Now that the MRI is everyday technology, researchers have been studying what goes on in our own thinking machines. Terms like “mirroring,” “neural coupling” and so...
Laughing at Yourself

Laughing at Yourself

I have a problem. I love bringing people I know together so that they make connections to each other and hopefully become friends. A few years back I had the bright idea of inviting my financial advisor, Rick, who I’ve been friends with for over 30 years, to have...
The Primal Campfire

The Primal Campfire

One of the definitions of “primal” is something “essential” and “fundamental.”  The origin of the word is from the Latin primus, meaning “first.” (OK, the geek in me really likes to discover word origins…we all have our issues!) So, what does that have to do with...
Welcome to Normal

Welcome to Normal

Nope, Normal isn’t some small town somewhere in the mid-West.  It’s a phrase that popped into my head a couple of weeks back and that I’ve used a lot lately in conversation with people who have brought some kind of problem up to me. If you’re like me, life is a...