Issue #126, 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 a

Issue #125, September 29, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Fall is here! And as the holiday season looms and the year begins to wind down, you might find yourself needing a bit of inspiration. Luckily, we know just the place to look. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Looking for IN-spiration I recently received an email newsletter entitled “15 Ways To Find Inspiration”. The list included things like: Visit your local bookstore, create a vision board, follow 10 new people on Twitter, and spend time in nature. It also recommended writing yourself a note, traveling, and listening

Issue #124, August 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Last month, we told the story of Kate: a highly productive and driven non-profit leader who was leaving a trail of upset employees in the wake of her quest for speed and perfection. You can find that story here. This month, we’d like to share a bit more detail about Kate’s insight and how she is keeping herself accountable. Wishing you happy reading, All of us at Insight Principles Executing Execution Part 2: Feelings as a Guide   Through interviews with Kate’s employees, we discovered that she would get

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 #117, January 31, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Over the years, we’ve noticed a common refrain after folks leave our programs. Below, Robin reminds us that simply orienting toward our potential for insight is the first step toward having even more. All of us at Insight Principles Don’t Forget To Pay Attention To The “Transport System”   When we follow-up with clients, they often describe their challenges with remembering and using what they learned in our programs. As we explore, we often find the pace of their life is an underlying issue. It is not uncommon for our

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 #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 Insight: It's Always There for You 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

Issue #113, September 30, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes the wisdom of children points us toward unexpected insight. Read on to see how this played out for Nikki, who saw something new about the word “no” after watching her daughter use it with abandon. All of us at Insight Principles Sometimes You Just Have To Say No I have a young child who - like many youngsters - is really good at saying no. “No, mama.” “No, I don’t want to do that.” “No, she can’t have my toy.” “Stop it, Mama.” Albeit a tiny human who is

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 #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 #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 #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 #106, February 28, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We call our company, Insight Principles because a huge part of our work spotlights the innate human capacity for insight. In this month’s newsletter Nikki Platte Nieves shares more about the mind’s extraordinary design to bring us new thinking and sometimes a whole new world. All of us at Insight Principles A Whole New World Insight comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s mundane, as simple as remembering where you put your misplaced keys. And sometimes insight irrevocably changes your perspective forever. After 18 years, one of my dear friends recently

Issue #104, December 30, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This is our final newsletter of 2021. We could think of no better way to end the year than to share a vital and hopeful message from our friends and colleagues at One Solution Global. There are thousands of people all over the globe who are sharing an understanding of the mind with a wide variety of audiences. One of our favorites is the Chicago-based but globally-focussed non-profit organization, One Solution Global. Please check out their work here, https://onesolutionglobal.org/. They’re having a fundraiser between now and Jan 31st with matching donations

Issue #103, November 30, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Here in the US, we just celebrated the holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday involves hanging out with family and friends and eating good food. But this day is also when we take a moment to appreciate the riches in our life. Read on as Sandy Krot shares her thoughts on Gratitude. Gratitude “You aren’t grateful because you’re happy. You are happy because you’re grateful.” This declaration struck me when I heard a colleague share it on her podcast. We are accustomed to feeling grateful for specifics - sunny days, good