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The 2023-2024 Reflection and Planning tool to guide you as you think about what you want 2024 to be...
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At Rewire, we have created the FutureProof Workshop to develop the mindset and skills for...
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Discover how to break free from reactive leadership and propel your business to the next level with...
Discover the first job of effective leadership: cultivating a growth mindset to drive innovation,...
Unlock sustainable business growth by fostering a growth mindset within your team, driving...
The 2023-2024 Reflection and Planning tool to guide you as you think about what you want 2024 to be...
The 2022 Reflection and Planning tool to guide you as you start to think about what you want 2023...
A recent workshop for a client company who wanted to bring the entire team together and give them...
There are 6 basic moods that we, as emotional beings, live in, and they will dramatically impact...
At Rewire, we have created the FutureProof Workshop to develop the mindset and skills for...
Over the last few years, I've recognized the immense power of Mindset Coaching to effect radical...
Trying to set goals? The professional mindset coaches at Rewire created a free 30-Day Sprint for...
There is no other way to go and do something great if we don’t stop doing something mediocre or...
How did our parents do it? How did they seem to easily balance personal and professional lives? Do...
It started with having to take my phone into the Apple Store for a new battery (I'll save you the...
Coaching is a crucial element in the success of many top performers across industries. The key is...
Sometimes work-life balance reads like an episode of "I Love Lucy." We can give our best efforts to...
One of the profound dynamics we can embrace at the start of a new year is the opportunity to begin...
Having a mindful and robust gratitude practice has a profound effect on our lives. And there are...
Meetings can be a sore spot for many. Whether you find them stressful or pointless, practicing...
There are spaces of time built into our day that are perfect for practicing mindfulness! Commuting,...
“In the ocean a lot goes on beneath your eyes,” wrote Hafiz. When I am meditating, those words...
Morning Resolutions (spoken like a mantra) are a great way to begin or complete a daily meditation....
Investing time sitting quietly can be perceived as self-indulgent navel-gazing. Here I present nine...
... So, I bought the magnet and put it on my refrigerator to remind myself to be more peaceful. My...
One of the benefits of mindfulness is, to paraphrase Viktor Frankl, the space it creates between...
There is a persistent myth that people are either born creative or they’re not. Yet research...
One of the things we attend to in meditation is our bodies. The longer we pay attention to relaxing...
Don’t have time to meditate? There’s an old parable about the meditation guru directing his acolyte...
It's no fun staring into an empty loan pipeline. As people who've been around the industry for a...
If we're looking to build a solid loan pipeline, it will help to start with these 5 habits. These...
Reduced stress, recognition, and humanity are better motivators than fear and might. The key is...
As coaches, our job is to work alongside people in those ebbs and flows. Whether it’s a...
A good communication coach must be a good communicator, and that involves understanding that...
An executive coach for women is someone who works in partnership with leaders to achieve different...
Welcome to "Ask a Coach!" In this series, we tackle common questions that come up in coaching as...
Work-life balance is crucial for productivity and enjoyment in our work. Since pictures can be...
If you're looking for innovative ideas on work-life balance, or cues on how to start improving this...
There is plenty of data on the benefits of work-life balance and causes and consequences of poor...
Mindfulness is a concept and (more importantly) practice that we cover often inside of Rewire...
A mortgage loan officer mindset coach builds an environment of insight. We find the root of the...
One on one business coaching is focused on helping the coachee with the disconnect between what...
Work-life balance can be difficult to maintain. But this can be especially difficult for women as...
We've been sharing this video around the Rewire offices lately. The main reason being that, in...
The big myth (whether we're aware of it or not) that works against work-life balance is LIFE IS A...
The study of workplace burnout began by looking at symptoms suffered by doctors and healthcare...
In my last post, I shared the story of Jim as a case study revealing the four components of job...
One of the common questions I get about burnout is how it's related to stress. Are they the same...
Laura struck me as an intelligent, witty professional on the rise at her company. But what no one...
There are a multitude of ready-made prescriptions claiming to solve job burnout, but I often find...
Many of us have a mentality of "soldiering on" or "toughing it out." But if this goes on too long,...
Because of all the cognitive and physical benefits, we can't recommend journaling enough. But we...
If we're looking to build a solid loan pipeline, it will help to start with these 5 habits. These...
It's no fun staring into an empty loan pipeline. As people who've been around the industry for a...
Mindset coaching is a crucial element in the success of many top performers across industries. The...
People that chose to develop the habit of working out regularly understand the value of a good...
From the Rewire Live Series: a short video on "control" taken at a recent workshop in Portland, OR...
Where can you get motivation for doing work? Authentically
Between all the consultants at Rewire, we get to do a lot of workshops with people who are hungry...
For the past year, we've been hinting about developing Rewire's first assessment. After much...
Last night before falling asleep, I had a brief and final thought about going for a good run in the...
Today’s Wireboard starts with a little physical activity. And given the fact that sitting is the...
>I’ve got this client we’ll call "Jim." Jim is a self-described HUGE fan of the band Phish. He has...
We had run almost two miles from one side of JFK to the other, only to miss our plane. We were...
You might not think that I could tie Pink Floyd into an article about the sheer power of giving,...
Have you noticed that much of our social interaction at work revolves around the topic of weekends?...
Isn't that amazing?! Those people ended up having a long conversation and bonding over their near...
There is another spin on “investing” that I would like us all to consider, and I am going to draw...
I went looking for people celebrating this girl's story and instead found people saying horrible...
Jim made the decision that he was going to become a doctor. That decision was in his bones and...
In this week's Wireboard, Steve Scanlon shares about Rewire's new "tagline." This might sound like...
Edie Raphael shares Ben Franklin's profound approach to personal transformation, along with 13...
In this week's Video Wireboard, Steve Scanlon unpacks a quote from French author and aviator...
As I was coaching one of the project leaders last week, a quote by early 20th century author G. K....
In this video, Steven Longan makes the case that vocational wellness is a vital part of growing our...
Two quick-hitting, but powerful things to share today: 1. A video about what's happening in your...
Today's video is the kick-off for a recurring installment related to the power of wellness, the...
A month ago, I wrote an article on the power of the hand-written note. And the stories that I have...
I suppose that one of the problems with knowing our “why” is that it is so unfamiliar to us. You...
Unfortunately, poor Sarah turned the bass on her music a bit too high. So a few minutes into class,...
If you have ever attended one of my workshops, you have most likely taken part in an exercise where...
I'll never forget my first lesson on the power of definitions. My debate coach dropped a single...
The original idea that fueled the birth of Rewire, Inc. was that human beings, throughout our...
Max Hermann begins his famous poem, "Desiderata," with this piece of wonderful advice: “Go placidly...
Like many hiking trails in the woods, the AT is marked with white blazes to guide hikers along...
There’s a sense of excitement and possibility, lots of parties, old and new traditions, and good...
Have you ever noticed how draining some decisions can be to make? Or how sometimes we make snap...
Hey everybody, we made it onto a list! Last month, Entrepreneur magazine recognized Rewire as one...
Chance are good that on Thursday, you’ll find yourself sitting down to a meal of turkey, stuffing...
A Rewired Thanksgiving lasts 365 Days (Turkey and Pie Optional)
There are a few important things happening here: You are signaling to the other person that......
Regardless of your particular response to the outcome, our hope is that you will practice high...
...but I am an avid student of anyone who works with others and insight sometimes comes from...
...but are all rewards created equal? That is, do all rewards have the same effect on our thinking...
So, the evidence is that we’d all love a break from email, but is there a positive case to be made...
One of the greatest gifts in the world is having both the desire and ability to change. You might...
The Retreat was a transformational time: both for the people who came and for the Rewire Team as we...
And furthermore, what if that learning was programmed into us early on, long before we could make...
I’ll confess that I didn’t start out with the intent to write an article on procrastination. I...
Anger is on display everywhere: the office, on streets (“road rage”), the internet, at sports games...
The topic of “Leadership” has got to be one of the most over-workshopped concepts around, and yet,...
I want to talk to you about habits, but in a very short and to-the-point kind of way that focuses...
Gallwey's answer was that there is a deeper game to play beyond footwork and shot mechanics. This...
Sustainable growth depends on a why — a reason to push through the discomfort and stay committed to...
I have enough humility to recognize that the lizard brain isn't the grand unifying theory that...
Recently, a client asked me how one goes about authentically caring without having to carry all the...
Today we wrap up our series with two time-management practices that seem counter-intuitive at...
One dynamic I started to notice was that our clients who displayed intentionality with their...
I also want to point out that there is a tremendous body of scientific research that shows the...
Piaget understood that cognitive development is not about quantitative change – a matter of how...
What I’ve seen as I’ve worked with people is that the judgment and angst we sometimes add to the...
Have you ever seen those old ads for cigarettes? There’s one that says “More doctors smoke Camels...
"...this is just the tip of a very large iceberg that is being studied. And yet, when we are...
This is something we at Rewire have been thinking about frequently as we use Patrick Lencioni's...
Yes, I really did think all that. In a matter of about 15 seconds, I thought of riding a bike and...
In short, humble leaders bring out the best in their people, and rally them to perform collectively...
So, let’s get a handle on that To Do list and stop the urgency cycle. Two tools I use to classify,...
History records Aristotle as saying “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,...
So there I was with my face in my hands, totally overwhelmed and frustrated, when my hiring...
First off, let’s all appreciate the irony here. I used technology to compose this article. And...
Most animals in the Kingdom travel and live in some kind of grouping. Sure, there are a few...
In 2013, polar explorers Ben Saunders and Tarka L’Herpiniere became the first people to survive a...
A variation of the same question has been in front of myself and the other Rewire Specialists...
Commuting by car is such a strange thing. Strange that, on the one hand, it can be so boring and...
"I guard my time fiercely and without apology," says Gary Keller, author of The One Thing: The...
I wrote a few weeks ago about the idea that "re-solving" old problems is actually a good thing. And...
In an article in HBR “How Ritual Delivers Performance,” Paulo Guenzi offers some extraordinary...
Let’s say, for grins and giggles, you awaken every day and before becoming fully conscious you...
Ah….the weekend. Over 48 hours of possibilities and opportunities. The chance to sleep, to get...
... That is why I would like to offer two new ways to consider 2016, with the goal of moving us off...
In today’s article, I want to give another simple concept and skill as one solution to the “I have...
In 1930, world-renowned economist John Maynard Keynes made the prediction that by the time his...
We can uncover incredible things about the brain; we can develop technology that allows us to view...
...if we want to reap the extraordinary benefits of mindfulness, we'll need to commit to take those...
What if I told you that there is one activity that can make you smarter, happier, healthier and...
I’m not drawing diagrams for diagrams’ sake (although they are fun to look at regardless of what...
This overabundance of options makes it increasingly likely that we will choose “no option at all”...
Until recently, the standard scientific belief was that human attributes were pretty much set after...
When hosting a Rewire Workshop, I often ask groups “how does it take to break a habit?” A...
He had more plans for the spot: He was going to build a fire pit, clear some trees, and put in a...
If I have a big presentation coming up or one of my kids is having a hard time with something or...
In our work — with clients, with colleagues, with tasks and projects — we are frequently confronted...
We all subjected ourselves to be trained by Navy SEALs....Thankfully, the training we went through...
The picture for this article is of water taken from the "Fountain of Youth." You can tell it's the...
Last night before falling asleep, I had a brief and final thought about going for a good run in the...
A few weeks ago, the wife, kids, and I attended a wedding in the south of Italy (Sorrento to be...
The joke among songwriters is “I’d totally have a top-10 album if I could just get back all my...
Recently, Rewire created a small video that I would like to present to you here about this very...
Multiple studies have shown the link between a psychological/behavioral preference for the familiar...
What else does a part of me want? I really want to eat whatever I want, play whenever I want, sleep...
Frankly, it seems as though the scientific community is learning just as quickly how much a lack of...
We’ll talk about: (1) How the exercise is setup, (2) what almost always happens with people as they...
Uncle Vincent grew up as a farm boy in Southern Maryland during the early 1900’s without much money...
Starting a new habit sounds easy — even thrilling — if it is something novel or something you’ve...
Logically, we know that we should begin some of these things, and there is even a part of us that...
Much is made these days of the idea of self-awareness. A more popular term in the recent past is...
I love watching team basketball played by the best competitors in the world. I love watching five...
The picture for this article was taken from above the far corner of the music room at my house....
Today was not an easy day. Good things happened today, but it was not easy. Here’s the story: About...
The human brain desires ease. None of us is exempt from that fact. Recently, I have been evaluating...
This is why I am always interested in the ubiquitous question “How are you?” My closest friends...
I had a manager for 13 years of my career in mortgage banking who had this go-to management...
You’ll Grow Faster If You Can Be Wrong Every Now And Then
Here’s my key question: What would your business or your life look like if you could magically and...
In Antarctica, Emperor Penguins survive temperatures as low as -60 degrees and winds up to 100 mph...
Think back to the last time you took a math test. If your teacher was anything like mine, there was...
The picture at the top of this article may be tough to decipher at first. It’s 120 black backpacks...
Rewire has been on a tear lately getting the concepts of “Lizard Brain Control” into the hands of...
What are those little episodes in your day that tend to tank you? Things that make you angry,...
Neuroplasticity and Six Degrees of Moose Migration
A True Story About Authentic Growth And “Good To Great”
A few months ago, we published an article about not quitting something that you start. This article...
I rarely do “Part 2” articles. I understand that most people read things like this, glean something...
Have you ever had a sequence of events happen around you that are so insane that it makes you...
My daughter, Julia, is working on changing some of her homework habits and last night she asks me...
What a year it has been! I hope that you get some time at the end of this year to sit back, relax...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the crucial role that paradox plays in high-performance culture....
Make more money, have more peace and get almost anything you want with this one uncomplicated...
I want to tell you a story. Actually, “story” might be the wrong the word. “Confession” is more...
I wonder how many blogs, articles and other social media postings are going to revolve around the...
It was Fall 1979 and my Dad and I had just finished the last leaf raking and lawn mowing of the...
The Navy Seals met us in the lobby of our hotel. Sunrise was about 10 minutes away. As 50 of us...
Happiness, Joy, Peace, Fulfillment. These are all states of mind that people in our culture search...
Last week, I ran as part of a marathon relay team in the Baltimore Running Festival. While casually...
During the last few weeks we have written articles about when it might be the right time to
A close friend of mine recently attended one of our workshops and was deeply impacted by her...
The pull in our businesses and lives to repeat old patterns is as pervasive as gravity. Starting...
If you had asked me the middle of last year "What I would be doing career wise for the next 20...
As you read this short piece from us today, the Rewire Team is in Sunny Southern California...
A friend recently sent me a quote from Confucius that went something like this: “just find what it...
The more I go on in life the more I realize how much I thought I knew that ends up being not quite...
Dave didn’t like my presentation. Come to think about it, I’m not so sure Dave liked me.
Off-duty firefighter Scott Brawner was working out in a suburban Portland gym this Spring,...
Lately, in the spirit of rewiring my own mind, I have been observing my own hopes and I realized...
The sweet, delicious corn that our family has been able to enjoy during our summer dinners this...
When we think of making an investment in something it usually goes hand in hand with the...
The pull in our businesses and lives to repeat old patterns is as pervasive as gravity. Starting...
For those of you following us on social media (insert shameless plug to follow Rewire on Facebook...
The family and I just finished a 6 day mission trip to the The Dominican Republic and I am settled...
Most of us feel awful when the main option presented to us is "do nothing and just think." A
Deep conviction can serve us well in our work, but there is a potential dark side.
There’s a funny thing about a lack of letting go of something. Whether we’re harboring ill will...
We're now introducing the various aspects of Lizard Brain in the Rewire Live series. Today's is on ...
We're now introducing the various aspects of Lizard Brain in the Rewire Live series. Today's is on ...
In my early days of studying organizations, I started compiling a list of pithy observations about...
Are you going to be right or will you find peace? This question can not only save you a lot of...
I have a client (we’ll call "Danny") who recently set a specific day to stop smoking. Danny has...
Today's video in the series is an introduction to a concept that we spend a lot of time thinking...
An inadvertent and little-talked-about side effect of this desire to always be right is that when...
There's such a strange irony when it comes to planning: Many struggle to do it because (they claim)...
Most of us will easily relate to the challenges associated with changing a habit. You try to drop...
Video from a recent event that took place in Portland. Hear Steve Scanlon talk about what "Release"...
We don’t just Rewire our minds because we are bored and need something to do; we do it because it...
One thing I've been enjoying about his video blog series is that I get to watch these cuts of video...
Two of my favorite quotes that have accompanied me on my life journey through varied trials. The...
Working out Rewires your mind and tells your Lizard Brain that you do, in fact, have the reserves...
I’ve got this client we’ll call "Jim." Jim is a self-described HUGE fan of the band Phish. In fact,...
Often, we think to ourselves, "I don't have the time for (fill-in-the-blank of thing you enjoy...
I have droned on and on about writing this blog and it is about time I sat and got to it. I have to...
How good does it sound to get more Rest? As I watched this video clip on rest from an event I did...
Today’s post is special group post. It’s from me (Longan) and Jason and Carrie and Steve because we...
Welcome to our new video blog series! This video is an introduction taken from one of our recent...
I am 35 days into the commitment I made to myself of giving up alcohol for 40 days. For those of...
Have you ever found yourself at the end of a rant and had the thought, “Oh no... I shouldn’t have...
People that have chosen to develop the habit of working out regularly understand the value of a...
Do a quick Amazon search and it’s not hard to
Most stories that we know through books, movies or plays have some elements that are consistent...
The year: 2012. The explorer: Jason Rodi. The place: Bouvet Island. For those of you looking for...
Initially, my thinking was “Hey, it’s probably a good thing to do, the CEO of our company is doing...
A few years back, I was walking through a store when this shirt called to me from the shelf “Buy...
I am so grateful for the many people in the world who are so much more knowledgeable than me (an...
The title to this post came from words that I wrote at the bottom of a sheet of lined yellow paper....
Greetings, Lizards! We know it's only been 11 days since our last post, but a ton has happened in...
We love our dogs. Our pets, in general, are big parts of our lives. In fact, so much of our lives...
Think for a moment on a time that you said yes when you know you should have thought twice or...
The title of today's post is a direct quote from my son, JJ, when my wife asked him if he wanted to...
Everyone gets in funks. May not be often for some, but it still happens. Some funks can last an...
I used to marvel at people who would boast that they could get by on 4-5 hours of sleep a night. I...
I recently asked a mentor of mine about planning and how much he thought was required in order for...
As I sit here, having just re-read a post Steve Scanlon wrote about me joining REWIRE and the...
Some people seem to have a propensity to enjoy life. Do you know someone like this Someone that...
Hello everyone. I’m Jason and I’m the newest member of the Rewire team. Let’s say it’s a Monday...
I want to go over a dynamite article I just read that has some great implications for how we work...
A colleague of mine recently went to a seminar and snapped a picture of some books that were being...
“I can forgive but I cannot forget.” Have you ever heard that expression? I know I have. Can we...
Over the years working with clients, I have been on a merry-go-round with regard to New Year’s...
Over the years, I have written and spoken a great deal on the concept of Hard Skills and Soft...
What is it that touches your heart and your soul? This is such a critical question in our lives and...
“I wanna have friends that I can trust — that love me for the man I’ve become not the man that I...
Hi All! Steve Longan here. You might remember me from such blog posts as "The Thanksgiving Post"...
I Recently watched a video of a scientist speaking on the detriments of stress. The biological and...
Editor’s note: This week, Steve Longan is going to sit in the blogger’s chair and give us a post...
Rewiring our minds is often about challenging the manner in which we think about things. For...
Giving, helping, and INVESTING in others seems to be some bit of the glue to ensuring our minds and...
On Friday, November 8th, Typhoon Hayian slammed into the Philippines and as of right now (some 6...
Rewiring our minds is no easy task. I am not kidding about this. Not easy. In fact, the day I write...
We just recently completed a key project at Rewire, but not long after the completion, I realized...
For our overall health, I think it is important to accept that we shouldn't have unrealistic and...
Accountability is one of those interesting concepts that most everyone thinks they need but just as...
“Do you like me?” Can you imagine having the courage to walk around asking this question to...
Hi all! Quick blog for today. I’ve been out this week working with people in Wisconsin rewiring...
Regardless of whether we would call a given habit “good” or “bad,” the main way something becomes a...
Ah, the things we can learn from the idioms we use everyday. We’re awash in them for better or...
Are you part of the 2%? I recently read in an article that around 2% of the world’s population has...
One of the common questions I get about burnout is how it's related to stress. Are they the same...
(IN PROGRESS) What a Communication Coach Does A modern day coach has many roles to fulfill. Being a...