Issue #125, October 30 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! When life gets topsy-turvy it can be difficult to make sense of it all. This month, Robin offers some deep and heartfelt reflections on the lessons available during personal challenges. We hope they are helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Life Events - Suffering Is Optional By any measure, October was a personally challenging month. All around me, family and dear friends experienced a series of unwelcome calamities: death, serious and sudden illnesses, terrorism, and a house fire, to name a few. Each was
Issue #114, October 31 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Greetings! People in our programs often ask us how to “do” insight. In this month’s letter, Cheryl Bond gives us a helpful hint…read on to learn more! All of us at Insight Principles My coaching clients often have leadership development goals to build relationships, improve followership, and inspire their teams. Lately I’ve noticed how easily and readily they have helpful ideas around these topics…especially when they trust the built-in nature of insight. For example, my client Mike is working on these goals and it occurred to him to look for opportunities in
Issue #101, September 30 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes we try too hard to figure things out. We overthink and over analyze. And we don’t need to. Nikki Platte Nieves reminds us of our mind’s brilliant capacity to bring us answers, ideas, and new thinking, if only we remember to look. Every so often, for all of us, a dilemma comes along with no clear answer or correct solution. In these moments, it can be tempting to overthink, make pro/con lists, analyze, or look for more information to guide us. Sometimes we throw up our hands and turn to trusted
Issue #92, December 30 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! 2020 has been quite a year! Though the year has brought illness and tragedy to many lives, there have also been countless moments of human kindness. And if we didn’t already know it, the pandemic illustrated, in the words of John Muir, we are “hitched to everything else in the Universe.” Our Insight Principles team wanted to take a moment to share with you, in our own words, lessons learned (or reinforced) during this challenging year. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2021! 2020 Reflections From Robin Charbit My prevailing and deepening
Issue #66, February 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Robin Charbit shares what he sees about the mind’s capacity to bring insight. To borrow a phrase from Mick Jagger, “We can’t always get what we want...but we get what we need.” Thanks Robin for your contribution. All of us at Insight Principles Not Getting What You Want? Sometimes you get what you don’t want. I’m not referring to the ugly socks you got at Christmas. I’m referring to events that happen that are unplanned and unwelcomed. An extreme example is the death of someone dear. Or it could be
Issue #45, May 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Turns out the cards are stacked in our favor. Read this month’s newsletter to find out why we are certain this is true. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Our Design for Success In our programs and book (Invisible Power: Insight Principles At Work), we make the bold statement that the human mind is designed for success. We do not mean that the mind is designed to bring us monetary success or prestige or power, but rather that the mind is designed to serve us and make possible a life
Issue #41, January 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Do you find yourself constantly checked-in to work? Read on for some reflections on where this need for constant connectivity may be coming from. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles How Long Is Your Work Day? What happened to the eight-hour work day? With an increasingly global workforce and devices that allow you to connect anywhere, anytime, the workday seems to be expanding. Do you find yourself sending or responding to emails and texts after 5:00pm? Do you notice parents “watching” their kid’s soccer games with heads buried in smartphones?
