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Thanks for asking, Elmo!
Elmo isn’t just a puppet. He’s an icon. For millions who grew up watching Sesame Street (50 plus years) he was an integral part of a personal TV family, fictional or not, focused on genuine caring, op... ...more
mindset ,manage mindset mental health practices & self-growth
February 29, 2024•7 min read
How Mindset Can Impact Us and Others
Have you ever walked into a meeting room and immediately felt tense, edgy, or nervous? ...more
skills , self-growth
June 27, 2022•2 min read
How Mindset Awareness Can Influence Learner Living
Mindset awareness may be a trend right now, but I’ve been teaching and training deep mindset work for over 30 years and mindset awareness affects every aspect of how you think, listen, and speak, mome... ...more
manage mindset ,mental health
June 13, 2022•3 min read
Where You Stumble, There Your Treasure Is
Many of the biggest advances in my life began with so-called failures, which usually hurt at the time. ...more
manage mindset ,skills & self-growth
June 06, 2022•3 min read
The 8 Costs of Being Self-Critical
I came up with the distinctions of Learner/Judger mindsets and Learner/Judger questions over 25 years ago and first wrote extensively about them in The Art of the Question, which was published in 1998... ...more
skills ,Coaching
May 30, 2022•5 min read
You Only Run Out of Options If you Run Out Of Questions
You might have read my blog in February about my new puppy, Abby. I shared that the Choice Map was helping me through puppy training (probably a unique application of the Choice Map!). ...more
inspire ,Questions
September 11, 2021•2 min read
Conversations Worth Having and Appreciative Inquiry: An Interview with Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres
Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres were my guests on my for this special July Facebook Live conversation. ...more
Interview
August 02, 2021•1 min read
How to Develop Leadership Skills
In today’s business and organizational life there is increasing awareness of the need for leaders who possess highly developed self-management and social skills. ...more
mindset ,skills leaders &success
June 20, 2021•3 min read
The Choice Map and Our New Puppy
In the past few weeks, I’ve discovered a new use for the Choice Map that has helped me a lot—and took me by surprise. ...more
mindset ,inspire
February 01, 2021•3 min read
Questions for a Learner Holiday
The holidays are fully upon us with their own 2020 twist! And they can be both wonderful and challenging – a recipe with ingredients of joy mixed with stress – new stresses and old stresses. ...more
mindset ,holiday
December 23, 2020•3 min read
Blessings during challenging times
It is hard to believe that it is Thanksgiving already. Time is going by differently in 2020 as you all know and have experienced. Before I go counting our blessings at Thanksgiving, I’d like to circle... ...more
self-growth
November 19, 2020•4 min read
The Boss Loves Questions
In a recent interview about Bruce Springsteen’s 2019 documentary, Western Stars, the interviewer keyed in on comments Bruce made about something dear to us at the Inquiry Institute —questions! ...more
Interview , self-growth
November 11, 2020•1 min read
Are you finding it hard to stay in Learner mindset?
Between COVID-19, racial injustice, the economy, the U.S. Presidential election, the environment, uncertainty around school openings, and all the other Judger-triggering things going on in the world t... ...more
mindset ,manage mindset &mental health
September 01, 2020•4 min read
How Sacred Listening is a Learner Practice
As many of you know, when the pandemic struck, we wanted to provide a place of safety, sharing and connection for our Learner community. That desire led to a series of free “Compassionate and Connecti... ...more
healing ,practices
June 29, 2020•3 min read
Curiosity is a Trending Skill
Adding curiosity to your repertoire of skills has been deemed an essential skill to learn right now. According to this recently published LinkedIn article, The Trending Skill You Didn’t Know You Need,... ...more
Curiosity ,skills
May 27, 2020•1 min read
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