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Hi, my name is Brian … and I’m an introvert. Now, if you met me at a party or saw me give a presentation, you wouldn’t conclude that I’m the shy type. Of course, introversion isn’t about shyness necessarily — it’s about the effect that being around other people has on us.

Change takes hard work. Some would say, that means change is unlikely. For those with a fixed mindset, meaningful change simply doesn’t happen. That’s not true, but even those of us with a growth mindset struggle to make the changes in our lives that we desire. Research out of the University of Chicago shows, however, …

Over the course of my entrepreneurial journey, the biggest inflection point came when I stopped trying to do everything myself. In 2006, I resolved to only focus on my strengths, and work with others to do everything else that I wasn’t as strong at. My success accelerated dramatically from that point forward. And it’s just …

George MacKerron wanted to know what makes people happy. An economist at the University of Sussex, MacKerron was looking for factors beyond basic survival needs and relationships that contributed to well being. He launched a project called Mappiness in 2010, and soon had 20,000 participants and over a million data points from people reporting what …

George MacKerron wanted to know what makes people happy. An economist at the University of Sussex, MacKerron was looking for factors beyond basic survival needs and relationships that contributed to well being. He launched a project called Mappiness in 2010, and soon had 20,000 participants and over a million data points from people reporting what …

Hey there, how’s it going? Fantastically, I hope. Hectic week of travel and endless meetings, so I’ll keep the intro short this week. I’m currently exploring some interesting books for the coming issues, so look forward to the full Further experience next week.

Hey there, how’s it going? Fantastically, I hope. Hectic week of travel and endless meetings, so I’ll keep the intro short this week. I’m currently exploring some interesting books for the coming issues, so look forward to the full Further experience next week.

Last week we explored the effect of meditation on our sense of reality. Thanks to media in all its formats, we are at least a step removed from direct reality most of the time. What if you could completely escape media? Television, radio, computers, the internet and social media, even books. Would you then be …

The other day, I had a conversation about the events of September 11, 2001, with two other gentlemen, one of whom was on the ground in Manhattan when the towers fell. Of course, the fact that the other guy and I were not physically there did not stop us from also sharing our experience of …

Habits are tough. On one hand, habits can be incredibly tough to break. That’s what makes them so powerful. But once you create a new, desirable habit, it also becomes hard to break. And that’s how we change for the better.

Last week’s personal musings on self actualization brought in a lot of notes from readers who appreciated the thoughts. I also got a message that reminded me that toward the end of his life, Abraham Maslow amended his hierarchy of needs to add a new pinnacle — self transcendence. Maslow’s hierarchy is an expression of …