Seth Kahan

Every summer my son, Gabe, and I head out for a 10-day father son trip. This year it’s Aug 8-18, so there will be no Monday Morning Mojos for the next two Sundays. They are to be continued again August 26. We started when Gabe was three. Here we are in 2002, in the woods […]

Why is it so important to love yourself? Because there are some things your soul needs that no one else can provide as well as yours truly. There are those moments, when it’s just you and you alone who can relish the present.  Take the time and fill your experience with the deep satisfaction that

I worked through the last weekend, and was energized by the work. It was good. I had a chance to work with food scientists – these are the people who make sure your lettuce is safe, your chocolate is fresh, and the food the astronauts eat lasts and tastes good in zero gravity. They also

A threshold is commonly defined as: 1. a strip of material that separates two rooms or the outside from the inside of a house 2. a runway 3. the intensity that must be exceeded for a transformative 4. a level at which something new kicks in All of these are about moving from one frame

Great athletes often make their greatest progress when the odds are against them – they train for it. Golfers practice hitting out of the rough, trapeze artists practice falling, football quarterbacks train to focus while the clock is running out. And yet most of us plan our week as if everything will go our way

I am now providing short 2-3 minute professional development videos drawn from my work as a trusted advisor with leaders. I will include a new one each week for the next bit. This week’s is on collecting intelligence. Intelligence used to be a difficult thing to pull together. But, the Internet has changed all that.

I was rereading the classic, 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, by Hyrum Smtih, and came across this great passage: stop thinking “time management” and start thinking “event control.” Too often we think time management has something to do with our watch. The only thing a watch tells you is how long

We live in a time of unprecedented knowledge sharing. All around the world there are capable people investigating some of our world’s most perplexing dilemmas, gathering together the resources and interviewing the gurus, and then turning the insights and discoveries into easily digestible books. Take for example: Gallup’s, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and

At the beginning of every week there is an opportunity to set goals for the days ahead and the chance to raise the bar on your own performance. Want to put a spring in your step, a twinkle in your eye? Then, pick an area to focus on that means something to you. Here are

Here are three activities that always yield benefits when it comes to staying ahead of the game: 1. Deepen your understanding of current circumstances. Investigate influential events – determine what is having impact on your situation and bring diligence, curiosity, and passion to apprehending the whole and unpacking the details. 2. Identify emerging trends and