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Beginner’s Mind in the New World of Work
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Beginner’s Mind in the New World of Work

ByJeffrey Davis

“Yikes. I have no idea what I’m doing.” That’s often the first thought when we embark on something new — whether it’s a location, place of employment, or skill. The anxiety of unknown challenges and experiences often impedes our career success. This anxiety often leads to avoiding the situation altogether and to behavioral inertia that…

Wonder: Your Mental Skill for Surprising Innovation
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Wonder: Your Mental Skill for Surprising Innovation

ByHillary Lyons

Every day our brains process billions of data points, from the temperature of the room to the tone of someone’s voice. To make our lives easier – and avoid complete information overload – our brains find patterns in the chaos and establish routines or habits in order to make room in our busy brains. We…

10 Tips to Shape an Excellent, Authentic Life
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10 Tips to Shape an Excellent, Authentic Life

ByHillary Lyons

In his foreword for Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude, best-selling author and business advisor Jim Collins writes, “If leadership begins not with what you do but who you are, then when and how do you escape the noise [of our times] to find your purpose and summon the strength to pursue it?” In…

Love Shows Up In Your Best Work: the Tracking WonderPod Club
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Love Shows Up In Your Best Work: the Tracking WonderPod Club

ByErin

  How do we balance the quest for our best work with the desire to nurture our long-term, loving relationships? With Season Two’s launch only a short way ahead of us- coming October 9 – we want to invite you to sit with some of the questions raised by Episode 10 of the first season…

Invite Your Young Genius to the Tracking WonderPod Club
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Invite Your Young Genius to the Tracking WonderPod Club

ByJeffrey Davis

You are seven years old… Who would think that such an invitation of five words could make a difference in how you experience your work, solve creative problems, or otherwise feel fulfilled and on-purpose? Those five words could profoundly shift your creativity. Yet that’s the invitation Tracking Wonder’s founder Jeffrey Davis extended to the listeners…

4 Ways “No” Can Grow Your Business, Brand, & Life
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4 Ways “No” Can Grow Your Business, Brand, & Life

ByJeffrey Davis

Once there was a girl who learned to say “yes” to her mother’s requests to please her and “yes” to her friends so as not to make waves and “yes” to her teachers to get good grades.   As a business owner she learned to say “yes” to every opportunity to speak for free and…

Why Focusing on First Impressions Can Harm Your Business
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Why Focusing on First Impressions Can Harm Your Business

ByJeffrey Davis

Consider this scenario. On Week 1 of an experiment, I sent a book to Person A that they love, and a book to Person B that they did not love. On Week 2, Person A got a book they liked less, but Person B got a book that they loved. When I asked each one…

4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius
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4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius

ByJeffrey Davis

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. Charles Baudelaire When it comes to the idea of the Young Genius, it can be easy to dismiss as an ethereal, intangible idea. But the most influential and the most fulfilled people somehow do, ultimately, let this force of character, this young genius as…

Turning Criticism Into Action
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Turning Criticism Into Action

ByJeffrey Davis

In working with so many creatives and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve found that typically humans react to rejection in one of two ways. The Stiff Upper Lip: We put our heads down and try to carry on as if nothing happened, making sure not to demonstrate even a trace of emotion. We let it…