Fong Chua hosts the Peak Potential Success show, and I recently had the chance to talk with him about succeeding despite adversity, developing a mindset that fuels success, and #MindShifting. I hope you find this as helpful and interesting as I did. You might want to consider subscribing to the podcast for more interesting discussions.
8 days ago • 1 min read
Carl Jung, frenemy of Sigmund Freud, and a pillar of Psychoanalysis. He died in 1977, and in his later years talked about the interfaces between humans and technology. He felt that our relationship with technology would be the greatest danger we faced in the future. Here is a quote from one of his later interviews: “The power of science and technics … is so enormous and indisputable that there is little point in reckoning up all that can be done and all that has been invented. One shudders at...
11 days ago • 1 min read
The highest happiness a human being can have is overcoming our internal Saboteurs and creating something in the face of adversity.
17 days ago • 1 min read
The tales of Cassandra and Jonah are direct opposites. In his desire to seduce Cassandra, the god Apollo gave her the gift of prophecy, she could see the future. But when she spurned him, he twisted the gift into a curse, while she could foretell the future, and she would speak the truth, no one would believe her. Cassandra had the knowledge of impending disasters, but had to watch helplessly as her prophecies unfolded, her warning dismissed as the ramblings of a madwoman. Read more here.
25 days ago • 1 min read
Sending a planeload of people who were in the US without immigration papers to Panama monopolizes media. The story has everything: illegal immigrants, Panama bending to Trump after he threatened them, airplanes, military, international relations. Did that make you angry? Anxious? Happy? Donald Trump is the par excellence of creating memorable moments. Read more
30 days ago • 1 min read
Have you noticed how much conflict there seems to be in the world today? Nation vs Nation. Race vs Race. State vs State. Liberals vs Populists. Person vs. Person. Are you feeling it? Some of us are feeling we are at the breaking point Never has it been more important to know how to work through conflict, to find connection, and to move toward solution. That's why I am offering 6 scholarships to the MindShifting: Conflict and Collaboration course that starts February 25. I don't want cost to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Can you collaborate with people you vehemently disagree with or even dislike: What would it take?
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Two posts hit me this morning. In one, there was a LI post that asked about what will be the next ChatGPT moment in AI. In another, Audrey Watters posted in her newsletter about AI not necessarily making our lives better, and how we all should be doubling down on strengthening our human capacities for humanity. Maybe I should connect with another person. Nah, I'll just scroll. My thinking is that one of the next AI moments is going to be when a monumental disaster strikes that will be...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
From the book MindShifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success In the previous newsletter, we talked about unlocking one’s potential by shifting from limbic to sage brain. How does one do that? At the heart of this approach is the concept of the "self-commander" – a three-part process for intercepting our brain's default reactions and intentionally shifting our mindset to a more resourceful state. The first step in this transformative journey is self-awareness. By...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read