by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jul 12, 2018 | Attention, Learning
“We live in the world our questions create.” ~~ David Cooperrider Remember Sam, the business owner who couldn’t understand why his people didn’t simply ‘just listen” to him? His first step to remedy that situation was to learn to pause. His second step involved...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Nov 20, 2017 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience |
Over these past weeks and months I’ve become increasingly perturbed and angry about the increasing violence all around us: in our backyards, our communities, across the globe. I find myself agitated and afraid at times. I struggle with the intensity of my emotional...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 15, 2017 | Attention, Learning, Practice |
Up early on Sunday, coffee in one hand, newspaper in the other, we sat at the kitchen table, reading. It’s our regular routine, though this Sunday mom was in town, joining us in our weekend ritual. Given the chaos of the last year—the presidential election, the...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Dec 15, 2016 | Attention, Learning, Purpose
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~~ Wayne Dyer Deep into the holiday season, up to your eyeballs in wrapping paper and end-of-quarter details, you may’ve had little time to think about the new year that’s fast upon...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 16, 2016 | Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
Kinetic tension filled the office. Quarterly reports were coming out, and no one knew what to expect, no one knew what the big boss would do. The uncertainty of not knowing and wondering about job security, kept everyone on tenterhooks, irritable and touchy. As the...
