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By Chris Templeton

Chris Templeton
Business
Why 'Messy' Leaders are the Future
Entrepreneur - Jerry Connor
Research suggests that "messy" leaders will best navigate the new normal. For leaders, 2020 was a troublesome year. The global health crisis brought swift (and sometimes painful) changes to the way we...
Apr 7
Chris Templeton
Health
‘I’m a Psychologist, and Here’s How To Protect Yourself Against the 5 Biggest Regrets People Have at the End of Their Lives’
Well+Good - Mary Grace Garis
Imagine someone who is nearing the end of a long life contemplating what they regret or wish they had done differently during their life. If you had …
Apr 5
Chris Templeton
Relationships
How Happy Marriages Stay Happy: 7 Signs of a Rock Solid Relationship
Fatherly - Virginia Pelley
This is what it takes for a marriage to stay happy over time. In an interview years ago, Jane Pauley asked family and relationship researcher John …
Mar 29
Chris Templeton
California
Stockton, CA gave residents a guaranteed income—here’s what happened
PBS NewsHour
What would happen if you gave people $500 a month, no strings attached? Stockton, California set out to answer that question two years ago as one of …
Mar 21
Chris Templeton
Emotional Intelligence
People Who Adopt This Powerful 3-Word Habit Have Very High Emotional Intelligence
Inc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.
Yes, you should use them. But don't say them out loud. Things could get weird, fast. This is a story about an unusual mental trick to improve emotional intelligence. It's something I'd wanted to try for...
Mar 20
Chris Templeton
Health
‘Psychological Distancing’ Leads to Better Decision Making and Less Obsessive Thoughts
Well+Good - Emily Laurence
Even if you consider yourself a glass-half-full type of person, negative thoughts can be really hard to shake at times. Maybe it was an email from …
Mar 14
Chris Templeton
“Breaking” Into Authentic Leadership — LEZAM EQ drives action
lezam.it
Aug 13, 2019
Chris Templeton
Why Authentic Leadership Fails
alpsleadership.com
May 8, 2019
Chris Templeton
3 Strategies For Beating Self-Sabotaging Behaviors
Entrepreneur - Christopher Myers
Highly ambitious people are often their own worst enemy. Here are three strategies for overcoming self-sabotaging behaviors. Why do we fight ourselves so bitterly? It's a question I find myself pondering...
Mar 9
Chris Templeton
The Brain
Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein Applied the Concept of 'No Time' to Boost Their Creativity. What Does It Entail?
Entrepreneur - Alto Nivel
According to neuroscience, taking a break from our busy schedules and devoting some time to doing absolutely nothing is key to fostering creativity. An essential element to achieving success is implementing...
Mar 9
Chris Templeton
The 5-Step Process to Defining Authentic Leadership - The Leadership Institute
theleadershipinstitute.com.au - The Leadership Institute/Authenticity
Learn the Process to Defining and Understanding your Potential for Becoming an Authentic Leader and Inspire Meaningful Success We first heard the term …
Jan 6, 2020
Chris Templeton
4 traits of highly authentic leaders
Fast Company
Professional coach Amy Kan says, “When you lead authentically you are effortlessly powerful.” COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd created an unprecedented pivotal cultural moment. These two events...
Jul 10, 2020
Chris Templeton
How Emotionally Intelligent People Deal With a Mad, Mad World
Inc Magazine - Justin Bariso
It's all about learning how to adapt. What time does the frustration kick in for you? For me, it's 9:45 am. That's the time I start screaming inside, because I actually wanted to get started at 8:30. I...
Feb 27
Chris Templeton
Learning
How a 'beginners’ mindset' can help you learn anything
BBC Worklife - David Robson
Although our ability to easily pick up a new skill declines with age, harnessing a specific type of mindset can help you learn effectively as an adult. Tom Vanderbilt’s fascination with the process of...
Feb 24
Chris Templeton
Bullying
I Tracked Down The Girls Who Bullied Me As A Kid. Here's What They Had To Say.
HuffPost - Simone Ellin
"Being able to zoom out and get some perspective ... underscored that we can never really know what’s going on in other people’s lives." If you were bullied or excluded as a child or adolescent, it might...
Feb 19
Chris Templeton
Management
What Is Management 3.0 and Why You Should Pay Attention to Energize Your Teams
Entrepreneur - Daniel Colombo
This model is based on the notion that a system cannot be analyzed as a mere sum of its component parts; rather, it is the relationships and interactions that give it meaning and momentum. That leadership...
Feb 17
Chris Templeton
How to Tame Your Triggers Around Your Kids
Lifehacker - Jen Lumanlan
A parent I work with once asked me, “When will my child stop doing the things that make me absolutely lose it?” I had no choice but to give her the …
Feb 11
Chris Templeton
The Workplace
Your Leadership Playbook for 2021
Entrepreneur - Angela Kambouris
Amongst accelerated changes, it is a time of opportunity for organizations to future-proof leaders and workforce to help people and business succeed. 2020 has changed the world and work forever. Workplaces...
Feb 11
Chris Templeton
A neurosurgeon shares his effective strategy for overcoming fears
Fast Company - By Stephanie Vozza
Instead of letting fear control your actions, be mathematical about your reaction and decision-making process by using this method. When you’re in a situation where you feel like you don’t have control,...
Feb 11
Chris Templeton
How 'managing up' can improve the boss-employee relationship
weforum.org - Chris Taylor
Most people think of managing as a top-down process, but you also “manage” your boss, whether you realize it or not. How you do it can be critical to …
Feb 11
Chris Templeton
Productivity
You’re more intelligent than you think if you do these 7 things
Ladders - Anouare Abdou
So, how smart do you think you are? Perhaps you feel comfortable about your cognitive abilities. Maybe you’re sometimes insecure and worry about …
Feb 11
Chris Templeton
Relationships
6 Unquestionable Behaviors Separating Top Leaders From Toxic Bosses
Inc Magazine - Marcel Schwantes
Getting the best out of your employees requires leaders to be at their best. Whether your company is a startup or an established business, getting the best out of your employees requires you, the leader,...
Feb 8
Chris Templeton
6 Leadership Best Practices to Empower Your Workforce
Entrepreneur - Tiffany Pham
How to become a leader who inspires and gets positive results. Leadership is an active, continual process. While certain people may be innately better at empowering and motivating others, leadership is...
Feb 2
Chris Templeton
Greek Philosophy
5 Reasons Why Good Leaders Must Be Great Followers
Entrepreneur - Pratip Biswas
Every effective general was initially an efficient soldier. “He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader.” Aristotle's old adage has never seemed more prescient. Consider the current Covid...
Jan 13
Chris Templeton
Writing Just 3 Sentences Each Day Can Massively Boost Your Productivity and Happiness
Inc Magazine - Jessica Stillman
I challenge you to find a daily habit that delivers more self-improvement bang for your buck. As someone who writes about productivity and success, I come across a lot of life hacks, many of them sensible...
Jan 27
Chris Templeton
Why your brain’s so bad at letting go of negative comments
Fast Company - By Art Markman
Plus: How you can train your brain to let go of this feedback. For the past six years, I have done a radio show and podcast called Two Guys on Your Head, produced by our local NPR affiliate, KUT. The airs...
Nov 1, 2019
Chris Templeton
Health
What’s known as ‘mental reframing’ can help us with all kinds of physical and psychological challenges
The Washington Post - By Steven Petrow
Not long ago, as I was writing this column, an ominous “winter storm warning” had been issued for the mountains of western North Carolina where I was visiting. My heart rate went up as I worried what do...
Jan 23
Chris Templeton
9:16
How to Improve your Clarity of Thought ("Writing is Thinking")
www.youtube.com
Check out my TED talk (over 4M views): "The Discipline of Finishing: Conor Neill at TEDxUniversidaddeNavarra" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXCiv4sc5eY -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Clarity of thought leads to many...
Mar 7, 2017