What happens when you find out one of your favorite stories about achieving success is wrong? The real story behind my success mantra: "lots of pots." Read more →
Tom Collins on May 16, 2022 in Books, Creativity, Learning, Tips from Tom's inbox, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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How a "revisioning" process can help you get unstuck, what inspired that name, and how it fits in with the PIERS Whole-Self Model. Read more →
Tom Collins on April 4, 2022 in Aging Well, Happiness & Health, Learning, Tips from Tom's inbox, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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Learn how these 14 research-backed "HIBs" (happiness-inducing behaviors) can make your life happier. Read more →
Tom Collins on May 11, 2021 in Creativity, Happiness & Health, Learning, Love & Relationships, Play, Science, Spirituality, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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Learn why and how even solo businesses can reap the rewards of age diversity! Read more →
Tom Collins on April 2, 2021 in Business & Entrepreneurship, Learning, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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The Japanese phrase wabi-sabi means to celebrate imperfection. These five reasons show why you should apply wabi-sabi to your work. Read more →
Tom Collins on February 28, 2021 in Aging Well, Books, Creativity, Happiness & Health, Learning, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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As I turn 70, in this post I'm sharing on three of the topics occupying my attention in this moment of transition: time, transition, and success. And how much those three concepts overlap — especially when recast into verb form, as I believe nouns often should be. Read more →
Tom Collins on January 4, 2021 in Aging Well, Creativity, Happiness & Health, Learning, Love & Relationships, Play, Spirituality, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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Confession: I'm a fan of sports metaphors as life lessons. So when I saw the title of Chip Conley's Wisdom Well blog post a few months ago, Punt on a "Pivot" – well, I recognized a kindred spirit! His focus is mostly on the ways and reasons a business might... Read more →
Tom Collins on October 30, 2020 in Aging Well, Business & Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Happiness & Health, Learning, Tom Collins posts, Work, Writing | Permalink
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I had the good fortune to have Angela Duckworth teach several segments of the Positive Psychology certificate program I took a couple of years ago. She used the research that led to her book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, as examples throughout. So I continue to follow her... Read more →
Tom Collins on October 13, 2020 in Business & Entrepreneurship, Learning, Love & Relationships, Tom Collins posts, Video, Work | Permalink
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Perhaps in Buddha’s time it made sense to identify your calling “and then, with all your heart, give yourself to it.” And as the quote implies, expect to spend the rest of your life at that pursuit. Buddha’s Blunder? I’m not that old, so I can’t be sure if it... Read more →
Tom Collins on September 18, 2017 in Aging Well, Business & Entrepreneurship, Happiness & Health, Learning, Spirituality, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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Apprenticeship – repro of painting by Emile Adan c1914 US LOC – Public Domain – http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002709641/ “Be an Apprentice, Not a Student,” advises our friend and business coach Mary Anne Shew. Does that mindset resonate with you? It sure did for me! If you agree that learning should remain at... Read more →
Tom Collins on July 20, 2017 in Business & Entrepreneurship, Learning, Tom Collins posts, Work | Permalink
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