https://rickbaker.ca/category/put-your-best-brain-forward/ Rick Baker's Thought Posts — plain-spoken writing on leadership, business values, communication, habits, and the people side of building a business. Publishing since 2008. en-ca https://rickbaker.ca/post/if-you-were-in-charge-of-recruiting-placebo-plant-employeeswould-honesty-be-a-desired-trait/https://rickbaker.ca/post/if-you-were-in-charge-of-recruiting-placebo-plant-employeeswould-honesty-be-a-desired-trait/Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:03:00 -0500If you were in charge of recruiting placebo-plant employees...would honesty be a desired trait? — a Thought Post by Rick Baker, 2014. https://rickbaker.ca/post/finding-the-forest-around-the-trees/https://rickbaker.ca/post/finding-the-forest-around-the-trees/Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500Can you imagine what it would be like to be an ant specialist? I mean, can you imagine making a career of studying ants - being a myrmecologist. That's what… https://rickbaker.ca/post/is-our-way-of-thinking-affected-by-our-personality/https://rickbaker.ca/post/is-our-way-of-thinking-affected-by-our-personality/Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:30:00 -0500Is our way of thinking affected by our personality? Are we born positive thinker or do we learn from experiences (usually difficult)? One of my LinkedIn… https://rickbaker.ca/post/measuring-emotions-feelings/https://rickbaker.ca/post/measuring-emotions-feelings/Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:30:00 -0500We don't bother to measure our feelings and emotions. At least most of us, most of the time, don't measure our feelings and emotions. That's not to say we… https://rickbaker.ca/post/our-changing-brains/https://rickbaker.ca/post/our-changing-brains/Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:30:00 -0500Here’s what I think... When we behave [take action], our behaviour alters our brain…maybe only a little, maybe much more than a little…depending on the… https://rickbaker.ca/post/mind-control/https://rickbaker.ca/post/mind-control/Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:30:00 -0500WARNING : "The following interviews and commentaries may fail to provide entertainment only. The views and opinions expressed herein, unless copied from some… https://rickbaker.ca/post/brain-neuroplasticity-is-it-overrated/https://rickbaker.ca/post/brain-neuroplasticity-is-it-overrated/Fri, 27 May 2011 05:30:00 -0500I think we should focus on strengths. We should spend time working on our strengths rather than our weaknesses. So, I have been captured by the good work the… https://rickbaker.ca/post/stop-and-think/https://rickbaker.ca/post/stop-and-think/Tue, 03 May 2011 05:30:00 -0500I notice ‘Stop And Think’ is a common thread in self-help literature. On the other hand, maybe I notice it because I am predisposed to finding it? I notice… https://rickbaker.ca/post/little-voices-ants-biases-and-robbins/https://rickbaker.ca/post/little-voices-ants-biases-and-robbins/Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:30:00 -0500Most normal people hear little voices. Their little voices talk to them constantly. Most people ‘hear’ that little voice in their heads. For most people, the… https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-ancient-egyptians-threw-away-their-brains/https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-ancient-egyptians-threw-away-their-brains/Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:30:00 -0500If the historical record is correct then the ancient Egyptians threw away their brains. I mean, when they preserved people’s bodies using the mummification… https://rickbaker.ca/post/edward-de-bono-an-amazing-thinker/https://rickbaker.ca/post/edward-de-bono-an-amazing-thinker/Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:30:00 -0500I re-read the notes I made a few years ago while reading Dr. de Bono’s book ‘ Water Logic ’. In that book Dr. de Bono describes 3 types of questions. Here is… https://rickbaker.ca/post/about-the-way-we-think/https://rickbaker.ca/post/about-the-way-we-think/Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:30:00 -0500People underestimate the adaptability of their brains…with intent and effort we can improve the many ways our brains serve us . People underestimate their… https://rickbaker.ca/post/sales-tweet-187/https://rickbaker.ca/post/sales-tweet-187/Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:30:00 -0500Sales Tweet #187 You can do better than minding your own business. You can Put Your Best Brain Forward. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Isn’t this an… https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-power-of-and-the-problem-with-thinking/https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-power-of-and-the-problem-with-thinking/Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:30:00 -0500Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all… https://rickbaker.ca/post/stress-emotional-resilience-part-1/https://rickbaker.ca/post/stress-emotional-resilience-part-1/Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:30:00 -0500For a while now I have wanted to write a paper about workplace stress. I decided, rather than wait to complete it I would write out some preliminary… https://rickbaker.ca/post/our-brains-from-good-to-great-part-1/https://rickbaker.ca/post/our-brains-from-good-to-great-part-1/Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:00:00 -0500With all the research and recent breakthroughs concerning the human brain, how are we to know fact from fiction? For example, for at least a couple of… https://rickbaker.ca/post/put-your-best-brain-forward/https://rickbaker.ca/post/put-your-best-brain-forward/Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:13:00 -0500Put Your Best Brain Forward Our LinkedIn Group - Profile The unicorn is the only mythological creature not created with fear in mind. That unicorn trait… https://rickbaker.ca/post/stephen-covey-the-8th-habit/https://rickbaker.ca/post/stephen-covey-the-8th-habit/Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:30:00 -0500Here is a table I created after reading Stephen R. Covey’s The 8th Habit . The 8th HABIT - Stephen Covey WHOLE PERSON 4 NEEDS 4 INTELLEGENCES / CAPACITIES 4… https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-value-of-not-thinking/https://rickbaker.ca/post/the-value-of-not-thinking/Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:30:00 -0500If you can stop thinking then you can give your brain a rest. That will provide some significant benefit, particularly when you are under stress. Here are a… https://rickbaker.ca/post/successful-people-have-more-time-sharing-another-thought/https://rickbaker.ca/post/successful-people-have-more-time-sharing-another-thought/Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:30:00 -0500Who is your biggest critic? Who consumes a huge chunk of your time…day after day after day? If you are like the vast majority of us then the answer is… that… https://rickbaker.ca/post/you-probably-suffer-from-knowledge-overconfidence/https://rickbaker.ca/post/you-probably-suffer-from-knowledge-overconfidence/Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:30:00 -0500According to experts most people suffer from Knowledge Overconfidence . That is, most people think they are more knowledgeable than they really are. As… https://rickbaker.ca/post/innovation-creativity/https://rickbaker.ca/post/innovation-creativity/Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:30:00 -0500During a recent strategic-planning session we discussed corporate Values and Culture. I mentioned Spirited’s corporate Values are: Courage, Confidence… https://rickbaker.ca/post/executive-brainsmarts/https://rickbaker.ca/post/executive-brainsmarts/Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:30:00 -0500I had the pleasure of visiting with Dr. Lorie Saxby last week. Lorie co-authored Secrets from the BRAIN – Sharpen Your Thinking, Power Your Performance … https://rickbaker.ca/post/changing-for-the-better-good-habits-bad-habits-new-things-7/https://rickbaker.ca/post/changing-for-the-better-good-habits-bad-habits-new-things-7/Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:30:00 -0500Physiology and Change For The Better: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life This is the 7 th blog in a 10-blog series about Habits, doing New Things, and…