Never Make a Critical Decision “Based” on Intuition
Intuition can be a valuable tool … but only if used in the right order. During my presentation on Decision Making, I often ask: “Who here would consider yourself…
Category Thinking Effectively
How to Stop Toxic People from Infecting Your Life
You Can’t Escape Them, But You CAN Disarm Their Effect From bosses and fellow employees to random people crossing our path, we’ll never escape incivility — but we can choose how we’ll…
How “You” Can Tell if You’ll “Age” Well!
No one can see into the future, but you can predict a few things with uncanny accuracy, and one of those predictions is how you’ll age based on your current…
In 2024, Neither Trump nor Biden Can Win … and Kennedy Can’t Lose!
History suggests that America has had enough! She’s about to turf the reigning rot. America is No Longer Recognizable Measures of national happiness and pride in being an American…
The Halo Effect: How We Get Trapped into False Beliefs
From best-selling business books to false prophets, if IT looks too “good” to be true … it is! What is the Halo Effect? The halo effect is a cognitive bias…
Long-Buried Childhood Trauma and Stress. Surprising Stories of Discovery, Healing, and Redemption
Many of us come from dysfunctional homes. Our memories of those difficulties may have faded, but their lingering influence can remain for a lifetime. I will share a powerful remedy…
Your “Certainty” is the Greatest Obstacle to Making “Good” Decisions
Illusions occur because we unconsciously believe our assumptions, biases and intuitions are accurate. When this belief is left unchecked (and usually is), it leads to endless errors in thinking, reasoning,…
Are You Living Under the Hypnotic Spell of Big Media?
As a society, we’ve made a Faustian deal with big media, and it’s becoming critical that we understand it or end it. Big Media is enjoying unprecedented profits because, like…
I Finally Found Peace When I Accepted Atheism
Faith: By definition, it can’t be proved, but it can make life’s journey so much easier … and perhaps yours as well. I was raised in a Christian fundamentalist…
The Incredible Outcome of My 5-Day Water Fast
For 5 Days I consumed zero calories. There was no promised cognitive clarity, enlightenment, or surges of new-found energy. It was a F%$#@% grind, but you know what? … I’m…
Why We Make Bad Health Choices and HOW to Overcome Them
A slight shift in perspective will result in a lifetime of “effortless” self-control. We humans are masters at rationalizing. Day after day, we pretend that what we do today…
BELIEFS: What Would It Take to Change Your Mind?
Waking me up on a Saturday morning is one thing, but waking me up for this … Admittedly, it was after nine, but if you were going to wake…
Unmasking the Poor Communication Culprit: From boardrooms to coffee shops
Remember this simple discussion technique, and when it comes to “effective” communication, you’ll stand out from everyone else, like a thinking person at a Donald Trump rally! The great communication…
Why I wrote OBESITY … it’s NOT what YOU THINK it is!
All my life, I used to be one of those guys – someone who could eat anything they wanted and never put on a pound. But then, inexplicably, when I hit my…
Why I wrote The Challenge of Choice … how to make a “good” decision when it REALLY matters!
For more than 30 years, I have pursued my passion to unravel the riddle of human behaviour to learn how we can take greater control of the hidden forces that…
Give Someone the “One” Gift They’ll Never Forget
The one downside of this gift is that it’s not easy to give, but there’s an upside- and it’s big- giving this gift won’t cost you a dime, and it…
When it Comes to Your Health, You Don’t Want Any Part of this Majority!
HEALTH … you either take control or you cede control. So what’s it going to be? “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice …” ~Neil…
Our Ability to “Think” is What Defines the Human Experience. So Why Don’t We Do it More Often?
“How much time do you schedule each week just for thinking?” Whenever I ask someone that question, I’ll invariably receive a hard look and a furrowed brow followed by a…
HEALTH: We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us
Never before in the entire span of our evolutionary history have we understood so much about what it takes to live longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives. BUT KNOWING WITHOUT…
Trouble Losing Weight? Here’s how to Avoid the Twisted Logic of Obesity, Dieting, and “Food”!
Just about everything we’ve been told about obesity, its cause and cure – is wrong … intentionally! The weight-loss industry claims we need to eat less. The food industry says…