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8 types of rest this holiday

When you hear the word REST, you may think of sleep. But have you stopped to think of other types of REST you might need, beyond the physical?

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Personal Growth, Culture, Healthy Habits, Time Management, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiDecember 14, 2021Blog 12/15/21

Schemas: helpful and hurtful

Schemas can be helpful in that they save our brains the time and energy of recreating a template each time. However, they can also be hurtful, especially because they operate unconsciously and move us to interpret the world in a biased way, such as with gender, race, or skin color.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Learning & Development, Healthy Habits, Culture, Conflict ManagementBijal ChoksiDecember 7, 2021Blog 12/8/21

#TeamCulture

The main theme for a leadership team workshop I recently facilitated was RECONNECTING with each other, but the team also wanted to RESET how they work together. To accomplish this, we leveraged Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle concept, with the team “WHY” in the middle, followed by the “WHAT” and the “HOW”.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Culture, Engagement, LeadershipBijal ChoksiNovember 10, 2021Blog 11/10/21

Don’t let power corrupt you

What is the POWER PARADOX? It is the irony that most people gain power by advancing the interests of people within an organization or a social network, but then get sidetracked by their own DESIRES and SELF INTERESTS.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Culture, Leadership, Managing OthersBijal ChoksiOctober 26, 2021Blog 10/27/21

Exploring other career options?

According to recent statistics, 70% of the workforce is actively looking for a job change. That’s a HUGE number!

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Personal Growth, Career Development, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Managing Others, Succession PlanningBijal ChoksiOctober 12, 2021Blog 10/13/21

An introvert's lessons from glamping

Being an introvert on a weekend glamping trip with extroverts provided a great opportunity to reflect on our team dynamics.

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Personal Growth, Conflict Management, Culture, Healthy Habits, Learning & Development, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiOctober 5, 2021Blog 10/6/21

Effortless effort

I find it challenging at times to move from consumption of the material to the eventual positive impact it can have if put in place.

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Personal Growth, Engagement, Healthy Habits, Learning & Development, Time Management, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiSeptember 22, 2021Blog 9/22/21

Emotional Valence

The emotional charge of being drawn to or away from something is known in psychology as EMOTIONAL VALENCE. It’s referring to the intrinsic attractiveness (Positive Valence) or aversiveness (Negative Valence) of events, people, things, or situations.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Conflict Management, Engagement, Healthy Habits, Learning & DevelopmentBijal ChoksiSeptember 14, 2021Blog 9/15/21

My interview on NPR

I was recently interviewed for a radio show on NPR. The topic was around how one’s upbringing influences one’s relationship to change, growth and development.

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Personal Growth, Healthy Habits, Learning & Development, Mentoring, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiAugust 25, 2021Blog 8/25/21