I’ve spent years teaching others the ins and outs of exercise and nutritional discipline. From working in a secular gym in Yonkers, New York, to leading group fitness classes in Austin, Texas, to what I do now with my online company, Hypuro Fit, my passion has always been helping people grow stronger; not just physically, […]| Catholic Exchange
Do you consider yourself an effective leader? What about parenting? When you think of getting better at something, what's your first instinct? Our default approach is to look outside for help. But an equally fruitful and often better approach is to look inside — the natural process of learning from our| Leading Sapiens
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We all have them. Those familiar, automatic behaviours we reach for when we feel uncertain, overwhelmed, or under threat. Saying yes when we mean no. Overachieving to prove our worth. Shrinking to keep the peace. Staying busy to avoid being still. These are our protective patterns — and while they once helped us stay safe, ... Read more The post Turning Protective Patterns into Empowered Practices appeared first on www.yourtimetogrow.com.| www.yourtimetogrow.com
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We all play roles we were once praised for — the pleaser, the perfectionist, the one who holds it all together. But when those roles begin to feel like cages, it’s time to release them. This blog explores how self-mastery invites us to honour our past identities, let go with intention, and rise into our true power — one season at a time. The post Releasing Old Roles for Self-Mastery appeared first on www.yourtimetogrow.com.| www.yourtimetogrow.com
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Self-Mastery is a journey, with each step bringing me closer to the truth of who I am and the limitless potential that lies within me.| www.yourtimetogrow.com
Having a clear North Star helps us navigate the complexities of life with purpose, clarity, and resilience.| www.yourtimetogrow.com
Our habitual ways of looking at time in linear, spatial terms can limit us. Human time is different from mechanical clock time. Do we know the differences?| Leading Sapiens
Authentic leadership and time management - we don’t often see them in the context of each other. What's the link between authenticity and time?| Leading Sapiens
Leaders have to be masters at developing themselves aka self-development. Why is self-development so critical to effective leadership?| Leading Sapiens
Leadership like any skill is something we can learn. Paradoxically though, it cannot necessarily be taught. Coaching can help navigate this conundrum.| Leading Sapiens
Leadership reflection is a critical mechanism to accelerate self-development of effective leaders.But it gets ignored due to stereotypes.| Leading Sapiens
Why do we need props like vision, mission statement, and goals? Our orientation towards the past and future radically influences present actions.| Leading Sapiens
For leaders and managers, the art and practice of doing regular reflection is essential to functioning at peak levels. The challenge is that the environment surrounding them enables anything but reflection. It's designed to do the exact opposite. Are there basic guidelines that can help to reflect more often and| Leading Sapiens
We think action comes from the right mindset. This can be counter-productive. Often mindset follows action. It's easier to control physical action.| Leading Sapiens
Identity is often thought as something static from which our actions come. It's more helpful to see it as an effect that follows from our actions.| Leading Sapiens
Choice is typically not thought of in the context of goals. This is a mistake as it's fundamental to setting effective goals and peak performance.| Leading Sapiens
Excellence is more mundane than we think. Understanding its nuances increases our likelihood of success. Not doing so sets us up for failure.| Leading Sapiens
What's the role of confidence in leadership? Is it a requirement for being an effective leader? How confident are you about your confidence? Confidence, on sale Looking at the brochure of one leadership program, it seems confidence is necessary to be an effective leader and that all successful leaders are| Leading Sapiens
Would you rather be a pro or an amateur? How about choosing between sophistication and naiveté? Most of us choose to be sophisticated pros. But consider the fact that expertise comes with its own pitfalls, while deliberately staying an amateur has its counter-intuitive upsides. The trick is in balancing the| Leading Sapiens
The default way of looking at leadership ability is in terms of skill, style, or talent, which in turn drives actions and behaviors. But skills and talents are not sufficient for effective leadership. There’s another simpler but necessary step — the decision to lead. In this view, leadership is a| Leading Sapiens
Understanding the different types of goals can dramatically increase how effective we are at goal setting. It's more than the generic SMART goals framework.| Leading Sapiens
Johari Window is a 2x2 matrix that captures how we communicate based on self-knowledge and how others see us. It’s a disclosure-feedback model of awareness based on principles of feedback and learning. It can be used for increasing levels of openness, self-awareness, and self-understanding. This makes the Johari Window a particularly relevant tool for leaders and managers.| Leading Sapiens
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” –Steve Martin Review So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (2012) is about working right, rather than finding the right work. To achieve true work satisfaction you should learn to love […]| Alex Vermeer
I’m happy to announce that my 8,760 Hours guide has been cleaned up and improved, just in time for 2016 Reviews and 2017 Planning! When I first wrote the guide back in 2012 I expected maybe a few friends to read […]| Alex Vermeer
After picking away at it for months here and there, I finally finished a new page on this site: a fairly thorough summary of how I run various areas of my life. Check it out here!| Alex Vermeer
by Alex Vermeer and Jimmy Rintjema Why the hell can’t we get more done? We procrastinate. A lot. It sucks. We want to do it less. The procrastination equation, thanks to Piers Steel,1 accounts for every major finding on human […]| Alex Vermeer
I’ve been using Anki fairly regularly for a few years, but it’s time to start over. My decks are too many and too cluttered. I have too much material that I don’t actually care to spend my time memorizing. A lot […]| Alex Vermeer