One of my favorite things to study is the working habits of people I look up to. I’ve read about athletes, entrepreneurs, painters, musicians, writers, etc. And from studying people who were successful in their field, I’ve learned a lot about how they got their work done. A great book to get inspiration about the […]
It’s easy, as an entrepreneur, to feel like you’re spreading yourself too thin. You can feel like you’re committing yourself to way too many items, projects, tasks, work, etc. You can feel like everything is mounting up and you don’t have the bandwidth to handle any of it. That sucks. It really does. Like Bilbo […]
A new webcomic looks at recent climate change through the history of civilization. The result is pretty grim. By Eric Holthaus (Image: Philippe Put/Flickr) On Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that August 2016 has probably set a new record for the warmest absolute month ever measured, though it’s so close to July […]
Grandmasters boycott next year’s championship games The 2017 World Chess Championships will be held in Tehran, and Iran has told Fide (the chess governing body) that all female participants must wear a hijab. Fide’s Commission for Women’s Chess submitted to Iran’s demand without question, instructing all participants to respect “cultural differences” and follow the rules. […]
Paul Combetta of Platte River Network, covering his tracks The tech specialist, Paul Combetta has been caught trying “to cover up the cover up.” Combetta was the person responsible for scrubbing Clinton’s email archive, but he made a disastrous mistake by turning to Reddit for help with this endeavor. Allegedly, he was instructed by Clinton’s […]
“Be less boring.” That’s a low bar for us as teachers. However, improvement is implicit in this command. Face it: some days, trying to be slightly less boring is all we have, while on other days, we feel like we could make the study of prairie grasses fascinating to fifth-grade kids. I’ve been on both […]
Have you said any of these recently? I get distracted and procrastinate. I make plans but I don’t follow through on them. I get things done… but not the right things. The problem often comes down to just one word: “reactive.” Maybe that wasn’t the word you were expecting. But reactivity is a problem people have been […]
If you are the kind of coach who really wants to go the extra mile for your clients then understanding how to unlock their motivation is really going to help. If you are looking for a tool that can describe, measure, monitor and maximise, motivation for individuals, teams, and businesses then can I recommend […]
Dear All, You may have seen my email yesterday about the year Noble Manhattan has had in 2016. Well, we are not stopping there! In 2017 Noble Manhattan is going even further, starting in Asia, Australia, Canada and Italy. We have a limited number of Strategic Partner and coaching support group President positions […]
Strength training is one of the most efficient, healthiest, and anti-aging of all exercises. Virtually everyone should be training for strength. Many people have the mistaken idea that they must spend long hours in the gym to build up muscle and strength, and this belief stops them from beginning a strength-training program. What if […]