Issue #137, September 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Ken Manning reminds us that a calm and balanced state is one of deep feeling, but free of emotion. Read on to learn more about this distinction. Hoping your fall is off to a good start, All of us at Insight Principles Feelings or Emotions: Which would you rather have? (Disclaimer: I am sharing just my way of using these two words, you may have them switched around. It doesn’t matter, the essence of the message is the point.) A consistent message we

Issue #132, April 29, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Life as a human being is full of ups and downs and all arounds. Sometimes things go smoothly, and sometimes we’re presented with a bit of drama. Read on as Julia Rebholz explores the point of life’s general flair for the dramatic. Wishing you a happy spring season, All of us at Insight Principles The Role of Drama Have you ever noticed that life gets dramatic sometimes?? By this, I simply mean the stream of people, objects, things and circumstances that arrive in our orbit, sometimes by invitation but

Issue #128, December 29, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! As we approach the end of 2023, it seems like a good time for reflection. Read on as Sandy Krot shares her reflections about love. We hope that, as you read, you will find ways to bring more love into the world. We can definitely use it. All of us at Insight Principles What’s Love Got To Do With It?   Every once in a while I read a quote or hear something that stops me. I’ll read and reread the quote or listen to the statement again and

Issue #123, July 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Have you ever worked with a motivated, ambitious and productive employee who could use some help with their leadership style? Or have you gotten this feedback yourself? This month’s newsletter explores how insight paves the way. We hope you enjoy it. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Executing Execution Part 1: Impatience   One of my clients – we’ll call her Kate – is an incredibly driven and productive manager in a well-respected non-profit in my town. In some respects, Kate is the type of employee

Issue #116, December 30, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! What do our feelings and thoughts have to do with discernment? Read on to connect the dots! Happy holidays to all and our best wishes for the new year, All of us at Insight Principles Chasing Discernment I’ve been thinking about discernment lately – what it means, what allows for it, and where it comes from. But first, a definition: discernment (noun) dis·cern·ment di-ˈsərn-mənt 1: the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure: skill in discerning 2: the trait of judging wisely and objectively, “a

Issue #112, August 31, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes we ask people how they’re doing without expecting an honest or complete answer. “How are you?”, we might say. Or: “How’s it going?” This type of inquiry is usually more of a greeting than a true question. In this month’s newsletter Robin Charbit explains why sincerely asking someone how they are feeling can reveal valuable insights and set the course for a productive dialogue. All of us at Insight Principles How Are You Feeling? This seemingly innocent question is actually a powerful lens through which to navigate life. If

Issue #109, May 31, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! [While writing this newsletter, we learned of the horrific mass shooting of school children and teachers in Uvalde, Texas. We are profoundly saddened by this senseless tragedy. Insight Principles remains committed to sharing an understanding of the human mind to help the world find more mental clarity, insight, compassion, and love.] Are you one of those people who can’t say no? Do you overcommit? Do you make promises you know you can’t keep? Are you afraid of disappointing others? You’re not alone. Read on to see what Sandy Krot has learned about

Issue #108, April 29, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Happiness seems so simple -  babies experience it. Yet happiness often eludes us. We seem to have more important things to do. Read on as Sandy Krot describes what else comes with happiness and why we might want to just be happy. All of us at Insight Principles Be Happy The purpose of life is to live and be happy. Sydney Banks A mentor and friend to us all at Insight Principles is a man named Sydney Banks. I often listen to his recordings and read (re-read) his books. I

Issue #86 - June 30, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Happy Summer to you all. The pandemic has brought much change to our lives. Parenting, job responsibilities, our daily commutes, worship practices, and now vacation plans have had to be altered. In this newsletter, Cheryl Bond reminds us that in the face of all this change, certain mental habits may persist. Read on as she shares what she’s learned about one of her habits. Stay well. All of us at Insight Principles Calming the Should Storm We have an endless stream of thoughts running through our minds. Some we

Issue #84 - May 29, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope you and your families are staying healthy and settled as you face the unique challenges of this pandemic. This newsletter was written by a member of the Insight Principes team from São Paulo, Brazil. Robin shares what he has discovered about acceptance - where it comes from and how it can help us through this crisis. All of us at Insight Principles Acceptance: It's Not Something We Do You’ve probably heard the old saying, “You’ve got to see it to believe it.” I want to twist the

Issue #71 - July 29, 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We like to keep up with the latest about the human dimension. Sometimes we find articles that come close to our understanding of the mind. Read on to learn about an article that gets a piece of the picture but ends up missing a critical factor. All of us at Insight Principles Self Awareness and Self Management I read an interesting article in the Harvard Business Review by Jennifer Porter, (Click Here). Porter writes that self awareness alone does not lead to self improvement. There is another necessary skill,

Issue #70 - June 30, 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Seems like many of the leaders we have been working with recently are extremely busy and mentally tired. Common sense would dictate taking a break but for whatever reason, leaders often don’t do it. Perhaps this month’s newsletter will encourage listening to that common sense. All of us at Insight Principles Take a Break You’ve probably been physically tired. Perhaps you spent the entire day working in the garden or split a cord of wood or rode your bicycle 30 miles. We call this the “good” kind of tired.

Issue #64 - December 30, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This is our final newsletter of 2018. We hope you enjoyed these monthly messages and that they have helped evolve your understanding of the principles behind the human mind. Please let us know any topics of interest for next year. Wishing you and your families a joyous 2019! All of us at Insight Principles Are You Listening? Every year at this time, we look for a story that expresses the meaning and feeling of the holiday season. This year, just the right one came from our Insight Principles colleague

Issue #62 - October 31, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month’s newsletter is about passion. How can such a positive feeling create unproductive noise in the human mind? Read on to find out. Let's Get Passionate Recently, we worked with a leadership team brimming with passionate people. These people love their company (most have been there a decade or more), are experts in their fields, and are very dedicated to the people they serve. In other words, they are passionate. The team was facing a business challenge that, if not remedied, could severely hurt the business. They needed

Issue #53 - January 31, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Welcome to the first Insights and Implications of 2018. We hope the new year is off to a good start. This month we are looking at the phenomenon of a “daymare” - like a nightmare, only it happens during the day. Please read on.   All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Awakening from a Daymare You’ve had nightmares. You know, the kind where someone is after you and you can’t speak and you can’t move. When you wake up and realize you are dreaming, it's a relief.