by Dr. John Townsend | Nov 15, 2019 | Boundaries, Education, Family, Growth, Leadership
All of us would like a good life, a better life, even a great life in different arenas: relationships, marriage, parenting, passions or purpose, for example. The best avenue to a better life is by engaging in self-improvement in what matters to...
by Dr. John Townsend | Nov 1, 2019 | Communicating, Education, Growth, Mentoring, Planning
We all know the importance of brain health. The research is so strong about how much better our lives are if our brain is doing well. For example, Harvard Health Publishing suggests the following habits to follow: Get mental stimulationGet physical exerciseImprove...
by Dr. John Townsend | Oct 25, 2019 | Education, Growth, Mentoring
In general, a lifetime’s worth of a positive attitude will result in more success and fulfillment than a lifetime’s worth of a negative attitude. People who believe in the good in others, in themselves, and in their situations, will generally do better in...
by Dr. John Townsend | Oct 19, 2019 | Boundaries, Communicating
This is simply a “you just have to learn it” skill. The most successful and happiest people I work with are able to enter into conflict with those in their life, family and work. And I can’t begin to tell you how many otherwise talented and genuinely good people...
by Dr. John Townsend | Oct 11, 2019 | Communicating, Education, Growth, Leadership
We’ve all had “ah-ha” experiences in life, and hopefully we have more than less of them, because they are very helpful in life, relationships, and leadership. Sometimes this can be called insight, or the lights came on, or even it all came together. All of these terms...