Issue #47 - July 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We received this newsletter contribution from Ken Manning’s son Zander. Thanks Zander. Wishing you the best in your final year of school and all the years after. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Time: The Greatest Illusion We Face On June 9th, 2014, I walked onto the UMass campus for the first time as a freshman and, on the same day, I got my first piece of advice: “Enjoy your time here, before you know it you’ll be graduating. Time flies.” I got the same advice

Issue #46 - June 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We received a question after last month’s newsletter and would like to address it. We love your questions, so please keep them coming. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles How Do I Do It? After last month’s newsletter (Our Design for Success) we received an interesting question, one which we’re asked often. “What habits or steps do you do to help you consciously monitor your thinking and its impact on your feelings?” This question pinpoints the most difficult part of our work at Insight Principles. Over

Issue #45 - May 30, 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

Issue #44 - April 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We were thrilled to receive this story from one of our program participants. She shared her personal discovery of the power of insight. Please keep sending us your insights as well as your suggestions for future newsletters. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Why not ask for help? The following was sent to us by Kristen Opperman of Hemlock Semiconductor, who attended an Insight Principles program earlier this year. How long do you work on a task or project before you hit a roadblock? No matter

Issue #42 - February 28, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! From time to time we like to share insights from the participants in our programs. While this month’s guest author describes a trip over the winter holidays, her insights are relevant year-round. We love hearing from you so please keep those insights coming. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Travel Delays: Always A Chance for Insight Over the holidays I traveled to Orlando to visit my family. I was excited to see my mom, brother and baby niece. I booked a red-eye flight on December 23rd

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 #39 - November 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! If this is your first time receiving our newsletter, welcome. We send them once a month, and they're filled with stories and anecdotes to help reinforce and deepen your understanding. We hope you find them relevant and useful. If you'd like us to address a specific topic, never hesitate to get in touch with suggestions. We'd love to hear from you. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles An "Interesting" Few Months As a Brit who is also a US citizen, I’ve had an interesting few months.

Issue #36 - August 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! As summer winds down, we share this story from Sandy about how fear doesn't always get the best of us. Sometimes we just keep paddling. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles From Fear To Flow My husband is an avid sea kayaker. For the past 25 years, he has taken a yearly extended trip into a remote wilderness area. Last month he kayaked solo along the northern coast of British Columbia (Canada). Something unusual happened on this year’s trip. Peter - a skilled kayaker with decades

Issue #35 - July 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! It's vacation season! Below, Robin shows us how the intelligence inside helps us relax...regardless of where we are. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles It Isn't The Beach This time of year, many of us head to the beach or to some other place to relax, change the scenery, reconnect with family, and generally recharge our batteries. When we return home, hopefully refreshed, we typically tell our friends and colleagues how good it was to get away, how the mountain air is really reviving, or how

Issue #34 - June 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Listening can be effortless and easy. Less on your mind is all you need to succeed. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Be A Better Listener Without Trying Can you recall a time when you really felt heard? When someone was really listening to you? A time when there was a strong connection, when you had room to explore your ideas or questions, when your thinking became clear. Maybe you even had some new thinking. Don’t be surprised if you can only think of a few

Issue #31 - March 31, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes it seems like circumstances have power over our experience of life. Below, Robin explains how this isn't actually the case. We hope you are finding many new insights and having a wonderful start to Spring. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Who Has The Power? Before I came across the understanding we share in our classes, I thought life was a series of circumstances, some good and some not so good. I thought you had to manage the circumstances to be successful or have a

Issue #30 - February 26, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! What's in it for us to take ownership or fully commit? Below, we'll see how Sandy's puppy paved the way for insight on this very topic. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Value of Ownership Three years ago my husband and I adopted a puppy. He turned out to be quite a handful. Between his exercise requirements, training, and perpetual motion we were having second (and third and fourth) thoughts about puppy parenthood. At the six-month mark we started looking for a new home for

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

Issue #28 - December 31, 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! During the holidays, it seems we often find ourselves in situations with people who seem very different from ourselves. However, as Sandy describes below, we’re actually wired more similarly than we think. We hope this insightful piece helps you have a restful and relaxing holiday with your loved ones and fellow human beings, and we’ll see you in 2016! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Different or Alike? We don’t have to look hard to notice our differences. The media is a daily reminder of how

Issue #27 - November 30, 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Robin explains how things like stress and impatience can melt away with the power of realization. We wish all of those celebrating Thanksgiving in the US a warm and wonderful holiday weekend. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Power of Realization When I first came across the understanding of the principles we share with clients, I was impressed by the effect I observed. A wide array of capacities would manifest – patience, kindness, the ability to concentrate without effort, curiosity, and, of course,