Often people ask me if my name is short for something and I respond, “Why yes. It’s short for Joyful and Enthusiastic.” 

It’s never the response they expect to hear but turning words into acronyms is...

Have you ever read a book for the second time, maybe a year or two years later, and you saw things in the book that you didn’t see before?  Your intelligent mind knows the words are the same words you...

There was a study that examined how male chimps were willing to "pay" (by sacrificing juice rewards) to look at images of either female chimps' hindquarters or high-status males. The implication is th...

Do you want to experience extreme growth?  Learn from a lobster.
 
Lobsters grow by molting or shedding their shells. 

Now I don’t mean that they grow and then shed their shells as a result, they actua...

In 2005 I attended a session with my son in preparation for him entering high school.  The presenter was a teacher of teachers and shared with the parents the teaching style of the future. 

He said t...

Do know what a “power pose” is?

It’s the position you’ll see many superheroes take.  Feet shoulder width apart, stand tall, shoulders back, head up with hands on the hips. 

It’s a non-verbal communi...

What are you passionate about?
 
I love seeing individuals dive in, defend their beliefs and pour bold energy into that deep unshakeable yearning that pulls them forward. 
 
Passionate people have contagi...

What is one thing you desire?

(Before you read on, lock that thing – big or small – into the forefront of your mind).

Now imagine how you feel achieving it.

A desire is your inner intelligence spea...

To what degree do you like to control your life?

Some people prefer to do everything themselves.  Over and above their day job they may learn to manage things like their own books or taxes, repair or...

If I had one regret it would be that I did not learn to ask more questions in my earlier years.

I have a lot of theories regarding my programming as to why I was shy to ask questions – fear of lookin...

There is this conundrum about goals: do I keep them to myself to protect the idea and my time or do I share them openly to hold me accountable and attract what I need to build it?

I’m one who gets ex...

What will be different in 2025?

If you have set some goals or intentions – even loose ones, as we’ve come accustomed to think in terms of “new year, new you” – might they be on a special achieveme...