5 Under-Appreciated Facts about Fitness and the Brain
Posted January 15th, 2011 by Carroll King Schuller
Deciding to get and stay physically active is more than just about avoiding some future health ailment. Studies about the benefits of fitness crop up all the time. Exercise helps to prevent or...
What is Coaching?
Posted August 20th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
People ask me this question, or some variation of it, all the time. They want to know, “What will we talk about during our coaching sessions?” or ”What will I get out of...
Reactive vs. Proactive Work
Posted August 12th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
Although people don’t usually view it in these terms, work is a practice. In that way, it’s just like golf or yoga. You experiment with your technique — tweaking here and there in...
The Decline of Creativity
Posted July 21st, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
Last week, Newsweek published a fantastic — but sad — article about the a decline in the creativity of US school children. “The Creativity Crisis” discusses findings from a...
Office Designs & Strategies: More Standing Up for Standing
Posted July 16th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
As I explored in a previous post, standing desks are gaining acceptance in the workplace. Even still, when asking your supervisor to make a change in your work space, you should: Persuade. Settle...
VIDEO: Standing at Desk Improves Performance
Posted July 14th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
In this video, ABC world news presents a compelling story on an elementary school in Minnesota that uses standing desks to enhance academic performance. What do you think? Would a standing desk...
Debunking the Improvement Myth
Posted July 9th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
“Improvement” is a national problem. I know this sounds wacky, but hang in there. A distressed mother called a friend, asking for advice on her son. “He wants to fight with everyone, and I...
Failure in All Success, Part II
Posted July 7th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
There are two important things to understand in considering the relationship between failure and success: 1.) Defining Success and 2.) Keeping Failure in Perspective. First things first. Defining...
Knowing When to Quit
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
The first step you can make toward quitting is reengaging. Sounds funny, huh? But it works. You’ve got to be “all in” before you can decide whether you want to get out of...
Make Your Own Rules—Failure in All Success
Posted June 24th, 2010 by Carroll King Schuller
Being a “failure” was not widely considered bad until the Great Depression. Until that moment in history, people’s identities were more fluid. “Oh well, he wasn’t a good...
