by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Apr 25, 2022 | Dragon Principles, Leadership
From our previous article, we know that we all make many choices automatically. They save us time and energy and we don’t even notice them as choices… even when they are not saving us time and energy, when our automatic choices are actually wasting time and energy....
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Jan 3, 2022 | Dragon Principles
I grew up with a humiliating stutter. I was asthmatic and puny. I saw myself as pretty worthless. I had a friend, a psychologist, who used to say that everyone has their “core of rot.” We all have some aspect of ourselves that we consider worthless and unworthy. Thank...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Jan 3, 2022 | Dragon Principles
The holidays are done. Christmas and New Year’s Day having followed Thanksgiving less than a month before. Times to be with family and those you’re close to. But for me, I’ll dined alone. I’ve had folks tell me how sorry they were that I was alone. Others would...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Mar 27, 2019 | Dragon Principles
Self-Mastery and conscious use of self have a broad purview. We use ourselves with everything we do, think, feel, and believe. Most of the time our automatic behaviors and thoughts serve us well. No mastery is needed. However, when we want to shift the dysfunctions...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2019 | Dragon Principles, Leadership
Time is a resource. And leaders never have enough of it. There are staffs to be managed, customers to coddled, finances to figured out, superiors to satisfy, and the partner and kids at home to be pleased and loved. The list goes on and on. Time’s a wastin’....
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Feb 27, 2019 | Dragon Principles, Leadership
The foundation of effective leadership is self-mastery. When followers aren’t following and results are hard to come by, the first place a leader needs to look is at themselves. When life isn’t working for you, when you aren’t getting the results you want, when...
