by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 5, 2018 | Attention, Learning, Practice, Purpose, Resilience
I grew up out in the country and I always loved the long winding walk down the driveway to meet the bus for that first day of school each year. There was something about the crisp fall air, freshly sharpened pencils, and squeaky new shoes that filled me with...
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 | 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...