Todd Weatherford
Creating a Better Community and Society for All

Only in the spirit of love and respect can we look at the whole person and work with them to express and exchange views on actions, words and behaviors that offend us. In doing so, we not only allow others to understand our viewpoints, but gain knowledge of their perspectives and accordingly are more easily able to enter a dialogue that brings not only grievances to light, but the associated falsehoods that keep those grievances in place.

Creating a Better Community and Society for All
Todd Weatherford
How Can Two People Have Two Equally Valid ...

When watching a news cast or reading an internet site, what we believe to be true or not is based on our own thinking, associations and biases about the topic being analyzed. News media often plays on our biases and assumptions to elicit a particular response, often along political party lines, and it is up to each of us to challenge our assumptions and biases to arrive at our own true. We each have the ability to make our own assessments and conclusions rather than letting our automatic and most often unconscious thoughts, associations and biases determine our conclusions.

How Can Two People Have Two Equally Valid True's?
Todd Weatherford
9 Simple Ways to Manage Your Energy in the ...

Breaking the loop or pattern is key to managing your energy and continuing to resonate at higher energy levels, thereby attracting higher energy people, places and things into your life. To maintain higher levels of energy or move yourself out of victim energy, practice these 9 simple in-the-moment steps.

9 Simple Ways to Manage Your Energy in the Moment
Todd Weatherford
To Control Your Life, Control What You Pay ...

Your attention determines the experiences you have, and the experiences you have determine the life you live. Rather than allowing distractions to derail you, choose where you direct your attention at any given moment, based on an understanding of your priorities and goals. To do this, you need to control external factors like technology (turn off that phone!) and the environment (keep those interrupting colleagues away!). But you also need to learn to control internal factors, like your own behavior and thoughts. Learning to practice attention management won’t eliminate all distractions from your day, but it will give you more control over how you spend your time — and your life.

To Control Your Life, Control What You Pay Attention To
Todd Weatherford
Persuading the Unpersuadable

If you want to reason with people who seem unreasonable, pay attention to instances when they—or others like them—change their minds. Hold your own, they may not like it, but they may respect you more in the long term for it. https://hbr.org/2021/03/persuading-the-unpersuadable

Persuading the Unpersuadable

Tailoring Employee Development to Individual Employees

Organizing developmental information, including the informational items presented in this article, and placing that information into a live document is key to crystalizing the developmental requirements of individual employees.  "Exceptional leaders don’t leave it to HR to create career progression programs for their team members. Rather, they personalize their coaching, support, and teaching efforts."