Issue #119, March 28, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In last month’s newsletter, Ken Manning shared a story about an insight that helped him be more even-minded. In this month’s newsletter, we look a little deeper at what can help us live a more even-minded life. Wishing you well, All of us at Insight Principles Even-Mindedness: Part 2 - The Power of Understanding   Even-mindedness defined: A state of mind in which one is calm, unruffled, present, engaged, and able to think clearly with perspective and intelligence. Sounds good, right? Do you want a bit more even-mindedness

Issue #118, February 28, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We’ve all had the experience of feeling balanced, or even-minded. This month, in the first of a two-part series, Ken Manning reminds us of the source of this feeling and how it unlocks insight. Read on and stay tuned for next month’s follow-up to this important piece. Wishing you well, All of us at Insight Principles Even-Mindedness: Part 1   My friend Ari and I have been playing ping pong together for over 30 years. We play hard and have a great time and work up quite a

Issue #110, June 30, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Have you been perplexed by another person’s behavior? Have you wondered what to do or how to intervene? Have you been at a loss in certain situations? In this month’s newsletter, Robin Charbit explains why you get stuck and shares a helpful yet simple strategy. All of us at Insight Principles May I Ask A Question? Our clients often ask for our take on  particular situations - “What do you think?” or “What should I do?”, etc. To be of service, we always start by trying to understand how the

Issue #102, October 30, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! “R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me.” We are all likely familiar with this song by Aretha Franklin. You might know what respect means to you, but do you know what it means to others? This month’s newsletter explains how insights about your mind can help even though everyone will have a unique perspective.All the best,All of us at Insight Principles R-E-S-P-E-C-T Over the past couple of years, I have had conversations with leaders that would go something like this: Leader: The workforce is changing significantly and leaders are

Issue #96 - April 30, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Even though thinking is invisible most of the time, knowing that it's always working to bring us our experience is helpful. Read on to learn more about what results when we reflect on this amazing creative process. All of us at Insight Principles Our Thinking is Invisible My husband claims my instructions are sometimes missing steps. Here’s an example. It was around 5:00pm and I was in the kitchen getting an early start on dinner. When Peter came in I told him what I planned for the dinner menu

Issue #95 - March 31, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month’s newsletter is about listening - actually not listening. We all can share examples of not being heard and if we’re honest, examples of when we didn’t listen. Nikki Platte describes this all too common phenomenon and gets to the root cause. Read on to learn more. All of us at Insight Principles “Well, Why Didn’t You Tell Me When I Was Listening?" Our team had a good laugh about this quote this week, which comes from our very own Ken Manning, who often (perhaps bravely) says this to his

Issue #91 - November 30, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy during this resurgence of the virus. Here in the US we just came through a very contentious presidential election. The US is not the only place on the globe where disagreements arise. Read on to learn about how the brilliance of the mind can help you transcend disagreements and discover something new. All of us at Insight Principles Disagreement to Discovery Have you ever had to ponder another person’s radically different idea?? Have you ever tried to change

Issue #89 - September 30, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! September can feel like the first month of the new year. Fall has arrived. The kids have returned to school (at least virtually). This new year we find ourselves still in the middle of a pandemic and much uncertainty. It’s a challenging time to be a leader. Luckily, as you’ll see below, the mind can weather the uncertainty storm. Be well, All of us at Insight Principles Leading in Uncertain Times Do you remember playing Follow the Leader when you were young? When it was your turn to lead,

Issue #88 - August 28, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Ever lose your inspiration and motivation? This seems common for most of us. Read on to learn more about how your mind’s innate design can help. All of us at Insight Principles Inspiration and Motivation I mentioned to my colleague Robin Charbit that I was feeling uninspired about this month’s newsletter. This is unusual. I usually have many newsletter topics floating around in my mind. My problem is picking one to put to paper. Not this month. Interestingly, I had a coaching call later that day with a client

Issue #87 - July 31, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope you are enjoying the summer. (Apologies to our Southern Hemisphere friends.) By now, we bet you are all seasoned veterans of online meetings. At Insight Principles, this transition was initially awkward and unwelcome. However, as Robin Charbit describes below, we adapted, and were ultimately surprised by how well our online work evolved. We continue to learn more and more each day about thriving in our new virtual reality. Please contact us if you’d like to hear more about what we're learning and doing. All of us at Insight Principles

Issue #85 - June 12, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope you and your families are staying well. The pandemic and its effects have been the subject of many of our recent newsletters. Today we turn our attention to a different crisis. In this newsletter, Sandy Krot shares her reflections on the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, an event that has shaken all of us. Please stay safe. All of us at Insight Principles My Reflections on Racism The killing of George Floyd sent shock waves across the US and all over the globe.

Issue #82 - April 30, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope that you and your families are continuing to stay well during these challenging times. As promised we are increasing the frequency of our newsletters. A lot of news lately is bad news. Yet we know many of you are finding creative ways of doing your jobs and living your lives. In this issue Cheryl Bond shares a story about one team’s progress and what it says about the potential in us all. All of us at Insight Principles Working in the New Normal In line with the

Issue #81 - April 13, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope that you and your families are continuing to stay well during these challenging times. As promised we are increasing the frequency of our newsletters. This issue is written by Julia Rebholtz, a member of our Insight Principles team from the UK. She shares that she too, has struggled a bit but when she remembers what she knows about the mind, she is able to find her way back to balance. Please reach out and let us know if we can help in any way. All of us at Insight

Issue #80 - March 30, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Since we are living in unprecedented and uncertain times, we thought we’d increase the frequency of our newsletters. We hope these are helping in a small way. Please take good care of yourselves and your friends and families. Do not hesitate to reach out to us if we can help in any way. Stay well. All of us at Insight Principles Life is Unpredictable Some people like to have a plan. I’m one of them. To be completely honest - I’m a control freak. I thrive in a nice,

Issue #79 - March 19, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! These are very interesting, and for many, very challenging times. We wanted to reach out to you all with more frequent reminders of both the benefits and avoidable pitfalls of living in a human mind. We hope you all are taking good care of yourselves and your friends and families. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if we can help in any way. Stay well. All of us at Insight Principles Uncertainty and Imagination The human imagination is a miraculous thing. Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Charlotte