6 unexpected decision-making books
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” - Walt Disney Wisdom per page (WPP) is a pretty good...
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How can we make better decisions?
hbsingh
Jun 9, 20234 min read
Calming breathing
"To breathe properly is to live properly" - Robin Sharma This short final installment is how decision-makers can access calm through...
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hbsingh
Jun 1, 20234 min read
Meditation - a beginners' guide
“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day — unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” - Zen proverb...
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hbsingh
May 25, 20234 min read
Meditation for decision-makers
“Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”– Ajahn Brahm I would guess that we think...
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hbsingh
May 19, 20232 min read
EQ - what you need to know
'It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.' - Epictetus In today’s blog, I am going to whizz through the key...
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hbsingh
May 11, 20234 min read
6 habits of high EQ leaders
"My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which...
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hbsingh
May 5, 20232 min read
EQ and 8 problem-solving benefits
'There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.' – Eric Jensen Let's slay the elephant in...
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hbsingh
Apr 28, 20234 min read
Empathy - a quick read
‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in his skin and walk around in...
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hbsingh
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Self-control and marshmallows
“The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu Last week we discussed the importance of emotional self-awareness. The obvious challenge to...
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hbsingh
Apr 13, 20233 min read
Self-awareness and classifying emotions
“Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.” – ...
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hbsingh
Mar 30, 20234 min read
The problem with suppressing emotions
“When you react, you let others control you. When you respond, you are in control.” - Bohdi Sanders Welcome to blog #56. Today's post is...
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hbsingh
Mar 24, 20234 min read
Emotions - what are they?
Welcome to blog #55 where we go deeper into what emotions really are. I believe, emotions are the missing link between intuition, bias...
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hbsingh
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Emotional Intelligence - 10 reasons you should care
“There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.” — Eric Jensen Improving my emotional...
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hbsingh
Mar 10, 20235 min read
My decision-making framework
“Decision making is the specific executive task.”- Peter Drucker After spending over a year blogging about how people's decisions can be...
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hbsingh
Mar 3, 20233 min read
From Decision to action
"Ideas without action are worthless." Harvey Mackay Today's Blog (#52) is about making the transition from decision-making to acting. The...
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hbsingh
Feb 24, 20234 min read
How to avoid FOBO
Today's Blog (#51) is how to make a good choice when confronted by lots of appealing and sensible options. We often think about having...
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hbsingh
Feb 17, 20234 min read
8 reflections from 50 decision blogs
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Blog 50 - Woohoo! This journey...
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hbsingh
Feb 10, 20234 min read
Getting bias out of decisions
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” - Robertson Davies Today's Blog (#49) is about avoiding bias. I believe that...
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hbsingh
Feb 3, 20234 min read
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
Today's Blog (#48) is about the misuse of statistics - a subject close to my heart. Misuse happens in getting data, crunching data and...
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hbsingh
Jan 26, 20234 min read
Context dear boy!
"Context is everything" - Alvin Gouldner Today's short Blog (#47) is about context and is a part of the information gathering part of...
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hbsingh
Jan 20, 20234 min read
Gathering good information
“The only source of knowledge is experience” - Albert Einstein Blog 46 starts on how people can gather good information. Last week we...
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hbsingh
Jan 13, 20235 min read
Why I rarely read news
“Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and...
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hbsingh
Jan 6, 20235 min read
Which Big Decision?
"Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it."...
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hbsingh
Dec 10, 20223 min read
2022 - Key insights
This is my final post of 2022 (#43). Thank you for joining me so far on the journey highlighting decision-making and the brain. 'What...
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