1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations.
At the end of each week, I’ve been sharing an idea from Tynan’s book Superhuman by Habit. about how to install specific, positive habits into your life.
So far, we’ve covered:
It was the spring of 1967. The producers at WQED, a small public television station in Pittsburgh, had a problem.
“They had launched a children’s program—an odd, quiet little show that aired across the East Coast—and now that show was out of sponsorship money,” Daniel Coyle writes in his book Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment.
The producers worried the show would be a tough sell … continue reading
1: “Iain McGilchrist lives on the far edge of the Isle of Skye, off the coast of western Scotland, at the end of a one-lane, four-mile-long road,” Daniel Coyle writes in Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment.
These were the instructions Iain provided to Daniel, who was traveling to Scotland to conduct an interview: “At the bottom the road gives out. You are nearly at … continue reading
1: In the fall of 1979, Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer set out to build a time machine.
But this wasn’t the kind of time machine from Back to the Future. There was no DeLorean with gull-wing doors.
Instead, Ellen rented an empty monastery in the woods near Peterborough, New Hampshire.
“The color television was swapped for a black-and-white version,” Daniel Coyle writes in Flourish: The Art of Building … continue reading
1: Back in the early 2000s, a fatal shooting occurred in the Clifton Heights neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
“The community was disturbed and anxious, looking for answers,” Daniel Coyle writes in Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment.
A few days later, a local civic organization asked Peter Block, a neighborhood resident, to lead a public gathering. Peter is an author, consultant, and facilitator. For more … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations.
At the end of each week, I’ve been sharing an idea from Tynan’s book Superhuman by Habit about how to install specific, positive habits into your life.
So far, we’ve covered:
Today, we’re talking … continue reading
1: “Inside the cockpit, alarms were blaring,” Charles Duhigg writes in Smarter Faster Better.
Qantas Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny looked at the display.
Twenty-one of the plane’s twenty-two major systems were damaged or completely disabled.
“Engine two was on fire. Engine three was damaged. There was no data at all for engines one and four,” Charles describes.
“The fuel pumps were failing. The hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical systems … continue reading
1: As the pilots stepped into the cockpit, 440 passengers were preparing to board the eight-hour flight from Singapore to Sydney.
“Even before Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny stepped on board Qantas Flight 32, he was drilling his crew in the mental models he expected them to use,” Charles Duhigg writes in Smarter Faster Better..
Richard is a blunt Australian, “a cross between Crocodile Dundee and General Patton,” … continue reading
1: “All of the machines hooked up to the child showed that her vitals were within normal ranges,” Charles Duhigg writes in Smarter Faster Better.
The nurse looking after the baby in the NICU, or neonatal intensive care unit, didn’t seem worried.
But to Darlene, something seemed off.
She alerted the attending doctor, who then ordered several tests.
“When the labs came back, they showed that the baby was … continue reading
1: Jack Welch returned from his trip to Japan in 1993 on fire about the power of stretch goals.
As GE’s CEO, the story of the Japanese bullet train inspired him to rethink his approach to goal-setting, according to Charles Duhigg in Smarter Faster Better.
Within six months, every GE division had a stretch goal.
But there was a catch.
Jack and the division leaders didn’t always agree on … continue reading
