Issue #26, October 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! If this is your first time receiving our newsletter, welcome! We send brief anecdotes just once per month, aimed at keeping your learning fresh and relevant. This month, we'll see how a simple cup of tea can be a metaphor for insight principles. We hope you enjoy. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles A Cup of Tea We used the metaphor of a cup of tea in a recent program to describe how the life forces of thought and consciousness come together to create reality. The tea bag represented the

Issue #25, September 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, in a slight departure from our usual, we’re sharing some exciting news- we published a book, Invisible Power, Insight Principles at Work. Writing it was an 22 month process, and we’re thrilled with the result. To celebrate, we've included an excerpt below. We hope you enjoy. For more details on the book, visit our website: https://insight.mystagingwebsite.com/invisible-power/ All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Your Mind Has A Built-In Design For Success Everyone in this world shares the same innate source of wisdom, but it is hidden by the tangle

Issue #24, August 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, Do you sometimes feel like you're failing at Insight Principles? Below, we talk about why that can't really happen. We hope it helps. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Perfection Or More Understanding? When we check-in with our clients, we often hear the expression, “I keep falling off the wagon,” or “I keep failing at this.” The general sentiment is that there is a place or level of perfection to reach when it comes to insight principles. Although this is a reasonable perspective - especially given our pass/fail

Issue #23, July 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 to help companies collaborate.

Issue #22, June 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, This month, we talk about how an understanding of Insight Principles can help you when working with people very different from you. As our own team has seen, high amounts of synergy - even on teams of distinct personalities - are definitely more than possible. We hope the same for you. Wishing our US friends a happy and safe holiday weekend! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Difference Is Insight Our Insight Principles core team, although small, boasts a pretty diverse set of personalities and ways of

Issue #21, May 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, Isn't it interesting how our perspective on events can sometimes shift from dramatic to humorous? Something that looks charged one day might appear silly or funny the next. Read on for a little anecdote that illustrates this. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles From Drama to Comedy? A few years ago, my workgroup went away to a small island for an offsite. We planned to cook a few dinners in teams, and I was in charge of shopping for a famous chicken recipe with a list dictated to

Issue #20, April 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, Have you ever noticed how fluid and agile your thought process can be when you have less on your mind? Conversely, when lots of thinking is competing for your attention or you are stuck in a loop of recycling the same thinking, doesn’t it seem hard and dense? Read on for some insight into insight. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Short on Insight? A while ago at one of our Insight programs, a participant mentioned that he felt he was short on insight. I nodded because I

Issue #19, March 2015 Happy (almost) Spring! Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, In our programs, people often ask if learning Insight Principles will mean they won't feel anything, or won't care about their jobs. In this newsletter, we'd like to put your minds at ease, as nothing could be further from the truth. As always, get in touch if we can be of any help to you or your team. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Feelingless? Or Feeling Full? Throughout time, artists have described their most incredibly productive states as being timeless, containing very little of

Issue #18, February 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, We've all had nights where we tossed and turn just couldn't shut off our thinking. Below, Sandy shares her insights about what helps (and what doesn't help). As always, get in touch if we can be of any help to you or your team. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Sleepless Night I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about work or some problem. I know it's my thinking and I know I'm doing it to myself. How come I can't shut it off and

Issue #17, January 2015 A New Year! Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, As you'll see below, even when it really doesn't look like it, the mind works only from the inside-out. Really. We hope you are seeing this more and more, and we hope your year is off to a fantastic and productive start. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Mind Really Works Only One Way As the movers carried boxes and furniture from the moving truck to our new house, I found myself holed up on the floor in an empty bedroom with tears streaming

Issue #16, December 2014 Happy Holidays! Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hi Everyone, With holiday parties, shopping, travel, etc. added to the end of the year work deadlines, this is a busy time of year. Life can look loaded with "good reasons" to lose your cool, get stressed, and be grumpy. Here's a story about another option. We hope you enjoy it. All of us at Insight Principles would like to wish you and yours the most joyous holiday season! We look forward to sharing more insights with you in 2015. Look for the release of our book, "Invisible Power: Insight Principles

Issue #15, November 2014 Giving Thanks! Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, We all have reactions from time to time and we can all jump to conclusions. Have you noticed that once you get over your reaction, lots of new questions come to mind? Read on to see how regaining balance can easily lead to productive curiosity. Also, we have news! Our long-awaited book is done! Invisible Power: Insight Principles At Work will hit the shelves early next year. Watch for our official release announcement soon. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families from all of us at Insight Principles! Get

Issue #14, October 2014 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, As you'll see below, when you understand Insight Principles, breaking unwanted habits gets easier. In other words, yes, you can teach old dogs new tricks! Have a habit that you'd like to break? Just want to say hi? Get in touch, we love hearing from you. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Why Is It So Hard To Break A Habit? Many years ago I was looking through my car's owner's manual. To save gas and prevent engine flooding, it said, "Do not step on the accelerator prior

Issue #13, September 2014 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, Although your insights are undoubtedly helpful to you, they might not always help those around you. Read on for an explanation and some hints on an alternate strategy for helping. We hope you are having a wonderful start to the fall season. As always, feel free to get in touch with us with quesitons, concerns, or insights! We love hearing from you. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles "It's Just Your Thinking" "It's just your thinking," Jerry told a stressed-out Elizabeth. She looked at him with a mixture

Issue #12, August 2014 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, Did you take a vacation this summer? We hope so. If you didn't, don't despair- this month's newsletter describes how a vacation state of mind is possible (and productive) no matter where you are. We hope you enjoy! As summer winds down, feel free to get in touch with us with quesitons, concerns, or insights! We love hearing from you. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Living in Vacation Mode Did you find yourself in a vacation state of mind this summer? Sometimes, it seems like being away