Issue #145, May 30, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Life gets interesting when you find yourself doing everything but the task at hand. This month, Nikki Platte offers a refreshing take on procrastination - maybe it isn’t such a villain after all? All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Why Procrastination Isn’t “Bad” We've all been there – knowing that we need to finish that important presentation while somehow finding ourselves searching for that perfect Spotify playlist for the third time this week. If procrastination was an Olympic sport, I know I might have

Issue #143, March 31, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Uncertainty abounds right now, especially in the business world. Tariffs, fluctuating markets, unexpected challenges… it’s a lot for any company to navigate. The good news? As Nikki Platte reminds us, remembering your Insight Principles training can help you stay grounded and effective through all sorts of turbulence. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Navigating Uncertainty Most of us are conditioned to see uncertainty as something to fear. But when we recognize that uncertainty itself isn’t stressful—it’s only our thoughts about it that create stress—we

Issue #138, October 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We all have folks in our lives that present challenges from time to time. This month, Nikki Platte explores where to look when we encounter a difficult person. May it help you find your superpower! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Dissecting Difficult People I recently had a coffee date with a coaching client about her troubled work relationship. “It’s so weird,” she said. “Most of the time, he drives me absolutely batty. But sometimes he seems really nice. Like, he’s really great with

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 share with

Issue #134, June 28, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Ego. Such a small word, yet for most of us, it’s fairly loaded. Our heads fill with thoughts and meaning as soon as it crosses our path. This week, Nikki Platte offers some reflections on the normalcy of navigating life with an ego. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles De-Mystifying The Ego There are lots of definitions of Ego floating about. Some folks hear “ego” and immediately think “arrogant.” Others perceive Ego as something negative or something to avoid. At

Issue #107, March 31, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! It’s Spring here in the northern hemisphere. It’s a time for planting seeds and watching new growth. This month’s newsletter hopefully plants some thought seeds that help you continue to evolve on your journey toward a life of more joy and less stress. All of us at Insight Principles Now You See It - Now You Don’t Life has been very busy this month. My work life was extra full of projects and programs, plus I hosted a house guest and a few social gatherings. This left little time to

Issue #100, August 31, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In last month’s newsletter we asked the question, “Why Are We So Hard on Ourselves?” and made the distinction between accountability and feeling badly about ourselves. This month we are borrowing words of wisdom from a colleague who comes at the question from another angle. Enjoy! A Secret We have colleagues all over the globe who share an understanding of how the mind works with just about every population you can think of. One of our favorite colleagues is Mavis Karn who has spent a good part of her long

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 #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

Issue #72 - August 31, 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We love getting stories from our readers. Here’s a story about the power of thought and the complete reality that thought creates for us. No doubt you will relate to this story. You probably have experienced a similar one (or two). All of us at Insight Principles The Amazing Power of Thought My niece Emma, who lives in England was due to have her first child on the 16th of July. The baby clearly wasn’t aware of this date, or chose to ignore it! On the 28th of July

Issue #29 - January 29, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Ever notice how our thinking can take us to scary places with very little data? This month we look at what happens when our insecurity and our imagination have a party in our head. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Worst Case Scenario Thinking I have noticed something interesting. People who understand how the mind works are in a completely different place. Here’s what I mean: Lack of information frequently results in speculation - we make stuff up in our minds about what might happen