Getting it on with GQ (but not the way you think)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution
There’s IQ, EQ (emotional intelligence) & now GQ (guts or grit quotient). A little girl puts her nose to the table, eyes wandering everywhere but the fluffy marshmallow in front of her face. She’s part of the famous marshmallow experiment, which showed that kids that could delay gratification for double the treat, overall […]
Tags: assessment, EQ, focus, GQ, grit, IQ, national geographic, productivity
Goals + Opportunities + Flexible Focus + Saying Yes + Saying No (one mom’s advice on her kid’s career days)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
What would you talk about if you were to give a talk at your kid’s school on career day? I was asked to give a talk at my kid’s school recently & here’s what I came up with: 1. Goals: have ’em 2. Opportunities: make ’em & take ’em 3. Flexible focus: focus like a […]
Tags: flexibility, focus, goals, opportunities
We find what we’re looking for
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
Attention: if you are a monk, currently in a sensory deprivation chamber or on a deserted island there’s no need to read this post. Really. Please go back to what you were doing. If none of the above apply to you please read on. Our brains aren’t sponges they’re sieves. Unless you fall into one […]
Tags: attention, brain, brain based learning, focus
Chuck the flotsam & jetsam so you can see beyond the horizon
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness
Love this ad, love what it captures. Today looms large but not so much tomorrow or the long term prospects. Where’s your focus? Likely it’s barely beyond the tip of your nose. On today. With all the flotsam and jetsam of today’s frenetic life we have to jettison the garbage in order to focus inward […]
Tags: change management & wellness, focus, perspective, vision