Issue #155, March 31, 2026 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month’s newsletter points us toward the phenomenon of a busy mind, how it can give us a busy life, and what there is to see about it. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Busy Mind, Busy Life Objectively, there’s a lot going on at the moment - global turmoil, the uncertain, difficult economic times for many businesses, and all the things we need to do to manage our lives. It’s common to get overwhelmed. And then there is how our mind

Issue #150, October 31, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month Robin points to our ability to have power in our lives or not, independent of the circumstances. There seems to be no better time to know this! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Agency or Complaining - A Choice I had a coaching call last week with a client who complained mildly about a situation. He said something interesting, “I have no agency.” I wanted him to say more so I asked him how he was thinking about the situation,

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 #136, August 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We spend a lot of time talking about Thought in our Insight Principles program. It’s a powerful principle, sometimes overly so. This month, Nikki Platte covers a topic that some of us know all too well - overthinking. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Thinking About Overthinking I was thinking about overthinking the other day. Ha! What a sentence. In all seriousness, some of us (me included) have a tendency to overcomplicate things with a whole lot of thinking. We

Issue #120, April 27, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In our two previous newsletters, Ken Manning shared the value and joy of being even-minded as an output of the power of understanding how the mind works. In this month’s newsletter, we look a little deeper at wisdom and how it can lead us to more stable even-mindedness. All of us at Insight Principles Even-mindedness Part 3: The Power of Wisdom With a little self-awareness, most of us realize, at some point, that we want to live with more calm and clarity. And yet, despite our good intentions, many

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 #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 #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 #65 - January 30, 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Are you busy? Chances are, your answer is yes. But are you busy doing what‘s important to you? Or do you feel that someone else is dictating how you use your time? Read on to learn how an understanding of the mind can help you regain control. Wishing you insights, All of us at Insight Principles Are You Busy? I love greeting cards. I recently came across a card with this humorous message: If I’m so busy, How come I’m not rich? It does seem that everyone you ask

Issue #59 - July 29, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Last month we wrote about the limitations of listening for agreement. Our newsletter inspired one of our readers to share his insights on listening. We love getting these contributions - please keep them coming. And if you have suggestions for newsletter topics, please send them along. We also are pleased to pass along a link to a recent TEDx Talk presented by our own Ken Manning. We will write more about this in following newsletters but we wanted to get it out to all of you right away. Take a look. Happy Listening!

Issue #48 - August 31, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Ever want to get away from it all? Read this month’s newsletter and learn how to do just that without even leaving home. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Silent Retreat, Anyone? I recently read an interesting article written by Sally Blount, the Dean at Kellogg School of Management. Her advice was: The next time you feel stuck at work with a hard problem to solve, a complicated team dynamic, or are just feeling burnt out -- instead of hiring a consultant, going to a seminar,

Issue #41 - January 31, 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

Issue #23 - July 30, 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, How can collaboration be a bad thing? We wondered the same thing, and we reflect on it below. We hope you enjoy the reflective time. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Too Much Collaboration? During a recent long drive, a TED Radio Hour caught my attention. The program was called, “Is Too Much Collaboration A Bad Thing?” “How can collaboration be a bad thing?” I wondered. The speaker was Jason Fried the CEO of 37 Signals, a software development company that (ironically) makes software

Issue #10 - June 30, 2014 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, If this is your first time receiving our newseltter, welcome! Sent just once per month, each contains a short, practical story that illustrates insight principles. We hope these newsletters help to keep your learning fresh and insights flowing. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Unplugging From The Inside Recently, the Seattle Times ran an article about a magazine writer and blogger who decided to take a year off to "unplug". Turns out he was spending 10-12 hours a day in front of a screen.