Choice
The victory of commitment over compliance
Each of us chooses to be devoted or not; it cannot be demanded. When vitality is present, people report thoroughly understanding strategy and priorities and personally choose to support success. They report a personal relationship to organizational values and adopt them as their own. This deep clarity and ownership lead to more decision-making discretion. Connected leaders have the awareness and skill needed to inspire committed choice rather than merely demand compliance.
Get moving!
Movement restores the connection between mind, emotion, and body. In his book Get Up!, Dr. James Levine says, “Sitting is the new smoking.” Levine maintains that sitting all day is unnatural and to blame for all kinds of ailments. “This is about hard-core productivity. You will make money if your workforce gets up and gets…
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Researching The Vitality Imperative: A bibliography
A list of readings that have inspired or contributed to the understanding of the research within the book The Vitality Imperative.
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Finding your Personal Vitality Imperative
Mickey Connolly describes how to discover your personal vitality imperative. If you apply these online materials and what you read in The Vitality Imperative book to a real and specific challenge, we promise it will produce immediate, positive impact in your life.
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Mindfulness in the military: Practicing presence
Practicing presence develops our capacity to give our attention rather than have it taken, and cultivating presence produces practical results. A University of Pennsylvania-led study of a high-stress U.S. military group has demonstrated a positive link between mindfulness training, or MT, and improvements in mood and working memory.
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A Quote from Hannah Arendt
A quote that you can use as your desktop background.