The storyteller – AFL Podcast

by Mark Bradford | Dec 17, 2017 | Balance Wisdom

Tell a story and make it come true, or be a big fat liar. No, not like spinning a yarn about a princess in a far away tower. I mean when you discuss future events, do so with the authority and control to make them happen. And, to clarify further, I’m not (yet)...

Resolutions are bad – AFL Podcast

by Mark Bradford | Dec 9, 2017 | Balance Wisdom, Podcasts

New Year’s Resolutions. According to Wikipedia, about half of the US makes New Years Resolutions each year. Another study of 3,000 people sampled showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail. 88%. That’s about nine people out of ten....

Why do you live here? AFL Podcast

by Mark Bradford | Dec 3, 2017 | Balance Wisdom

Imagine that you meet an extradimensional being. What’s an extra dimensional being? That would be someone who not only experiences the four dimensions we seem to live in (physical space and time) but enjoys a few more. He looks pretty normal, and might even...

Balance and Holidays AFL podcast

by Mark Bradford | Nov 26, 2017 | Balance Wisdom

The holidays can be a wonderfully unbalanced time of year. According to Pew Research Center 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas, with about the same celebrating Thanksgiving. Don’t forget New Years too. If you’re not in that group you can still learn...

Time and Eating – AFL Podcast

by Mark Bradford | Nov 23, 2017 | Balance Wisdom

In an article called Time Compression and Productivity – Mindfulness of Moments I talked about how we seem to alter the flow of time based on how we feel about the moment we are experiencing. Stuff that we are dreading seems to take forever, and stuff we like...

Job, Career or Calling? AFL Podcast

by Mark Bradford | Nov 19, 2017 | Balance Wisdom

Job, Career or Calling? I’ve given a number of talks on having balance through transition, and most of these talks recently happen to have been in front of audiences that were in a specific kind of transition – work. For whatever reason, most of the...