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There is no other way to go and do something great if we don’t stop doing something mediocre or...
Sometimes work-life balance reads like an episode of "I Love Lucy." We can give our best efforts to...
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...
>I’ve got this client we’ll call "Jim." Jim is a self-described HUGE fan of the band Phish. He has...
In this video, Steven Longan makes the case that vocational wellness is a vital part of growing our...
...but are all rewards created equal? That is, do all rewards have the same effect on our thinking...
I’ll confess that I didn’t start out with the intent to write an article on procrastination. I...
Most animals in the Kingdom travel and live in some kind of grouping. Sure, there are a few...
A variation of the same question has been in front of myself and the other Rewire Specialists...
"I guard my time fiercely and without apology," says Gary Keller, author of The One Thing: The...
In an article in HBR “How Ritual Delivers Performance,” Paulo Guenzi offers some extraordinary...
In today’s article, I want to give another simple concept and skill as one solution to the “I have...
...if we want to reap the extraordinary benefits of mindfulness, we'll need to commit to take those...
I’m not drawing diagrams for diagrams’ sake (although they are fun to look at regardless of what...
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...
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...
We’ll talk about: (1) How the exercise is setup, (2) what almost always happens with people as they...
Logically, we know that we should begin some of these things, and there is even a part of us that...
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...
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...
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.
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)...
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...
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...
People that have chosen to develop the habit of working out regularly understand the value of a...
The year: 2012. The explorer: Jason Rodi. The place: Bouvet Island. For those of you looking for...
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....
We love our dogs. Our pets, in general, are big parts of our lives. In fact, so much of our lives...
Everyone gets in funks. May not be often for some, but it still happens. Some funks can last an...
I recently asked a mentor of mine about planning and how much he thought was required in order for...
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, 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...
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...
Hi all! Quick blog for today. I’ve been out this week working with people in Wisconsin rewiring...
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...