Personal Development

The-Power-of-Play THE BIG IDEA: Play is essential for creativity, collaboration, and positive mental health. This article explores how a more playful attitude can elevate your business.

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Somehow, many of us have come to associate business with seriousness. The mindset is: Playfulness is childish. Adults are serious; business professionals even more so. When you were a child, your parents might have told you: “Stop playing around!” And you just might have listened too well. Play and playfulness, however, are incredibly important for both your work and your organization.

Unleash-the-power-of-the-imagination THE BIG IDEA: The imagination is perhaps your most underutilized resource that, if tapped, can transform your organization through innovation and forever alter the course of your business.

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In a 1929 interview, Albert Einstein said: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” Do you think he was correct?

THE BIG IDEA: Outperforming leaders tend to be growth-oriented, both within themselves and within their organization. This week’s article highlights thirteen characteristics of self-actualizing people observed by Maslow. __________________ Psychologists primarily studied mental illness for the first 50 years of the field’s existence. After World War II, Abraham...