Today's Personal Growth Pulse
NYT launches ‘Ask the Therapist’ column to bring mental‑health advice to the masses
The New York Times introduced a weekly column called “Ask the Therapist,” written by psychotherapist and best‑selling author Lori Gottlieb. The feature invites readers to submit personal dilemmas, which Gottlieb answers with clinical insight and narrative flair. The newspaper aims to make professional mental‑health guidance accessible to a broad audience.
Open – A New In-Person Experience (April 28–30, Las Vegas)
Steve Pavlina announced that registrations are now open for Open, a three‑day, in‑person experience taking place April 28‑30, 2026 in Las Vegas. The event is positioned as an inner‑directed, experiential space that blends reflection, gentle movement, emotional awareness and shared presence. With a cap of roughly 150 attendees, Open will not be recorded or streamed, emphasizing intimacy and real‑time connection. Participants are invited to explore greater clarity, connection, freedom and flow in their personal lives.
Invest in Yourself: Entrepreneurship Redefines Life in Your 20s
The best investment I ever made is in myself, to make the decision a long time ago to jump into entrepreneurship, to take the risk, to take the chance. Many people don't do it. Only about a third of the...
Victors Choose Future Over Circumstances
Victors don't have fewer problems and they don't have easier circumstances. They just refuse to let their circumstances dictate their future.
Malala Yousafzai on What She’s Learned About Changing the World
Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and global champion for girls’ education, delivered a candid TED2026 talk reflecting on the setbacks after the Taliban seized Afghanistan in 2021. She explained how that crisis forced her to abandon naïve optimism and adopt a...
Steinbeck’s Daily Diary Disciplined His Pulitzer Masterpiece
"Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does." The Grapes of Wrath was published on this day in 1939, earning Steinbeck a Pulitzer and...
End Your Day on Purpose, Not Exhaustion
Your day doesn’t end when you’re exhausted. It ends when you decide it’s complete. Start protecting your evenings. - Start closing your loops. - Review what you completed - Plan tomorrow’s “top 1.” - Clear your workspace FREE Notion Evening Shutdown Checklist 👇
The Courage to Not Know Yet
Tony Daloisio argues that rapid, fear‑driven decisions shrink perspective and often sacrifice long‑term value. He draws on Daniel Kahneman’s fast‑thinking research and the Quaker “Clearness Committee” to propose a slower, reflective approach called the self‑clearness process. By sitting quietly, journaling,...
Productivity Thrives on Pen, Paper, Not Endless Apps
I recently sat down with Jerzy Rajkow for a conversation that went deeper than tools and into how we actually think about productivity. We talked about why constantly switching apps isn’t real progress, why paper still has a powerful place in...
One‑minute Mindfulness
One minute #mindfulness practice to reduce stress. Get out of your head and into your body-relax your jaw and drop your shoulders, Loosen your arms and hands. Soft belly. Now take 3 long breaths. Inhale through the nose to a 5...
“Mindfulness Did Not Make Me Slower. It Made Me Clearer”
Stanley Ng, founder of Mindful Circle and a management‑consulting executive, credits mindfulness for improving his decision‑making and leadership under pressure. He describes how brief breath‑focused practice creates a mental pause that lets him detect narrowing perspective, stay open, and respond...
Job Search Success Starts by Seeing It as a Process
The mindset shift that matters most in a job search is accepting that it's the process, not you. Internalizing that distinction changes everything.
Short Breaks Between Virtual Meetings Significantly Lower Stress
In 2021, Microsoft actually did a brain study on how virtual meetings fried your brain. It strapped EEG caps on people and had them sit through meetings. Main finding (shocker) is doing multiple meetings in a row spiked stress level…but a...
The People Who Rehearse Conversations Before They Happen Aren’t Anxious. They Learned Early that Spontaneity Had Consequences.
People who mentally rehearse conversations do so not out of anxiety but as a learned risk‑assessment system. The habit originates in childhood environments where spontaneous speech was punished, prompting a strategic “architecture” to pre‑test words. Research shows mental rehearsal improves...
Why Leaders Should Build Community, One Connection at a Time
Jerry Lee, former CEO of MG2 and now foundation director, illustrates how leadership rooted in generosity can reshape a firm’s culture. Drawing on a childhood in a Seattle grocery store that served the neighborhood, he shifted MG2 from a profit‑centric...
How To Manage Your Calendar Using One Simple Habit
The post argues that simply adding more productivity tools won’t free up time because workplace culture rewards constant availability. Email, Slack, and endless meetings create a reactive workflow that leaves little room for high‑value work. Instead of over‑organising, the author...
True Success Demands Genuine Passion, Not Fake Curiosity
You can’t fake curiosity and passion. Whether it’s building a portfolio of traditional businesses that generate cash flow... Or raising capital in venture, or running a B2B software company... You’re competing with people who live and breathe their craft, and if you don’t,...
AOL Publishes Guide to Growth Mindset, Offering Five Actionable Strategies
AOL released a self‑help guide titled “How to Tap Into a Growth Mindset and Crush Your Goals,” detailing five concrete strategies for readers to adopt a growth mindset. The piece draws on Carol Dweck’s research and includes insights from career...
Disbelieving Doctors Undermine Psychotherapy Progress Amid Illness
In my work, people typically get better over time. You know what tends to make people suddenly, reliably worse? What tends to near-universally halt or totally undo progress in psychotherapy? New onset medical struggles. But not medical struggles alone. Medical struggles...
Leaders Misread Engagement, Costing Companies Billions
An IBTimes opinion piece contends that modern workplace disengagement is a symptom of flawed leadership mindset, not a failure of HR programs. The author warns that this misdiagnosis drains billions from corporate profit and calls for a paradigm shift in...
I Didn't Expect to Outlive My Father
Melanie Brooks reflects on outliving her father, a milestone that forces her to confront a lifelong sense of a foreshortened future. Inspired by Sara Bareilles' new song “Home,” which drew from a grief podcast featuring Stephen Colbert, she examines how...
Great Managers Confront Low Performers, Not Ignore Them
Low performance doesn’t fix itself. Leave it unchecked and it’ll drag the entire team down. Sh*tty managers avoid the situation... Great managers hit it head on. Here’s how the best managers deal with low performers:
Build Lasting Habits Slowly: Consistency over Intensity
Lasting habits are built gradually, not dramatically. 👉 Focus on one micro-habit at a time 👉 Track it daily 👉 and layer habits slowly until they stick. Consistency beats intensity.
The Mentors You’re Ignoring
The article challenges the traditional, hierarchical view of mentoring by highlighting the power of peer‑based "mirror mentors." It explains how colleagues who work alongside you can provide immediate, candid feedback that reveals the gap between intent and actual behavior. Alexis...
The People Who Keep Starting over Aren’t Lost. They Have an Unusually Honest Relationship with Outgrowing Things.
The article argues that people who repeatedly start new careers are not aimless; they possess a clear, honest awareness that they have outgrown their current roles. It contrasts cultural narratives that equate loyalty with strength with the reality that staying...
You’re Not Reflecting. You’re Re-Prosecuting Yourself.
The post argues that many professionals mistake relentless self‑scrutiny for accountability, humility, or high standards. It describes a pattern where a minor misstep triggers days of replaying the incident, interrogating oneself, and assigning blame. The author contends this "self‑reprosecution" is...
Helping Healthcare IT Teams Do More and Avoid Burnout
UVA Health’s chief technology officer, Zeb Elliott, used the HIMSS Executive Connect program to redesign how his IT department engages staff. By adopting agile sprint cycles, mental‑health check‑ins, and automation tools, the team lifted output while curbing overtime. The changes...
Executive Coaching Helps Leaders Grow Through Discomfort
UVA Health Chief Technology Officer Zeb Elliott credits executive coaching from the Healthcare Leadership Institute, delivered via HIMSS Executive Connect, for surfacing uncomfortable but honest feedback that highlighted gaps in his leadership style. The coaching program prompted Elliott to confront...
9 Pieces of Advice These Award Nominees Won’t Forget
The 2026 Olivier Awards featured a special interview series in which nominees and winners shared the most memorable advice they have received throughout their careers. Nine distinct pieces of guidance emerged, ranging from embracing failure to prioritizing mental health and...
Follow Your Passions to Unlock Your Inner Growth
Do things you know you love to do. If you love to cook, cook. If you love to build, build. If you love to run, run. If you love music, play... This is not just about pleasure. It's about activating the innate growth drive that...
Read Meditations Like Marcus: Personal Growth, Not Just Inspiration
Marcus Aurelius didn’t write Meditations for you. He wrote it for himself — to stay grounded, to stay disciplined, to stay human while ruling an empire. Join @dailystoic for Meditations Month and read Meditation’s along with hundreds of Stoics around the...
A Meditation to Create Inner Balance in the Face of Change
Susan Bauer‑Wu, a registered nurse and mindfulness researcher, shares a guided meditation designed to cultivate equanimity during periods of change. The practice walks listeners through posture, breath awareness, intention setting, and compassionate outreach, encouraging presence without attachment. By framing happiness...
The Planning Fallacy: Why Your To-Do List Never Ends
The planning fallacy—a well‑documented cognitive bias—causes people to underestimate how long tasks will take, even with prior experience. Traditional time‑blocking builds schedules on these flawed estimates, leading to rigidity, false security, and wasted meta‑time when meetings overrun or interruptions arise....
Identify the Crabs Holding You Back
Where are you allowing the crabs to pull you back down? #growth #mindset #relationships #friendship #love
Solve Your Own Problem, Build a Product, Let Customers Market It
How anyone can make $1 million in 12 month (this is what I did): 1. Solve a problem you have 2. Package your solution into a product 3. Put that product for sale on the internet 4. Tweak your solution until it's so good...
Why Thinking Hard Feels Bad: The Emotional Root of Deliberation
Researchers Cédric Cortial, Jérôme Prado and Serge Caparos found that the unpleasant emotion of doubt prompts people to abandon intuitive shortcuts and engage in effortful deliberation. In two experiments using conflict‑laden syllogisms, higher self‑reported doubt correlated with increased physiological arousal...
Stop Adding. Start Subtracting. Here’s How to Do an Annual Review That Actually Works.
The article argues that traditional New Year goal‑setting fails because it focuses on adding new habits without a clear picture of the past year. By reviewing five concrete data sources—calendar, photos, journal, credit‑card statements, and social feeds—readers can reconstruct an...
LinkedIn CEO Says AI Is Boosting the Value of These 4 Soft Skills
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky told the Tools and Weapons podcast that as AI takes over routine work, four soft skills—curiosity, courage, communication, and compassion—are becoming more valuable. He argues that AI reshapes jobs into task buckets, freeing time for human‑centric...
Joyful Deliberateness: The Secret to Elite Performance
What does a high-performance environment look like? Relentless work ethic, high expectations and standards, excellence, optimization, accountability? Maybe...it's simpler: Fun. How two elite teams emphasize "happiness" & being "joyfully deliberate": https://thegrowtheq.com/to-perform-better-be-joyfully-deliberate/
3 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Should Become Coaches
Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to become coaches as they already possess a growth mindset and experience navigating uncertainty. The global wellness market, valued at $6.3 trillion and projected to hit $9 trillion by 2028, is driving strong demand for coaching services across...
Resist the Pixelated Conveyor: Protect Your Agency
Perhaps the greatest risk of the modern world is that we go wherever the current takes us, like automatons floating along a pixelated conveyor belt to nowhere. The only thing that separates us from this dystopia is ourselves. Our agency—our...
30 Minutes Outdoors Daily Boosts Remote Workers' Mental Health
No matter the day, I always get outside for 30+ minutes. It’s so important for mental health, even more so when those that wfh like me.
Dear Younger Me: I Never Gave Up
Write a letter to your younger self telling them how far you've come. Tell them all you've learned. Share how you never gave up. Your inner child is impressed beyond what you can imagine.
Maximize Your Worth by Valuing Every Working Hour
Time is the ultimate constraint. There’s just only so many hours you can work and deliver your services, before you run out of time. As a result, maximizing your economic value as a professional is all about maximizing the value...
Three-Step Listening: Ask, Reflect, Confirm for True Understanding
The simplest way to make someone feel heard is also the most underused. Ask them why, reflect back what you heard, and then ask if you got it right. Most people never make it to that third step. https://t.co/oVqxqlBwf2
Only Chase Passion if It Pays the Bills
Another piece of advice I'd add: Do not follow your passion unless your passion is becoming not broke.
Novelty Drives Procrastination; Use Productive Distractions Wisely
Our brains like novelty, and protect us from negative emotions. Is this what makes us procrastinate on work we know we HAVE to do, but keep putting off? Good post on productive procrastination, and how to combat it: https://t.co/cQJPPLLPb6 https://t.co/7jta7dFLjN
Greatness Comes From Relentlessly Refining Fundamentals
The difference between good and great is rarely talent. It’s the willingness to keep refining the same basics long after they stop being exciting.
Choose Positivity: Break the Cycle of Negativity
Negativity breeds negativity. Positivity breeds positivity. Both are abundant. But at a certain point it's on us to decide which one we want to embrace.
Consistency Beats New Strategies for Lasting Business Success
At some point, your business doesn’t need a new strategy… it needs a version of you that stays.
Fasting Builds Discipline to Endure Market Turmoil
Every week I fast. Not because it's easy — because the discipline carries over. Oil whiplash. VIX spikes. Geopolitical chaos. Most people panic. The ones who don't have practiced sitting with discomfort. Patience isn't passive. It's a skill. Train it. $SPY https://t.co/yd2RdTINGa