Newborn Evolution

AN UNLIKELY TOOL TO GET YOU THROUGH TODAY’S TUMULTUOUS TIMES

by Joanne Newbornupdated on October 22, 2020October 22, 20200

“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.” – Friedrich Nietzsche This quote is a great reminder – what is happening today has all sorts of “interpretations” about the events. Each person, each side, each movement, has its own interpretation of the “event.” The “event” can be a pandemic, protests, political rallies, etc. If we want to look at the “event” itself, we are not honestly in a position to have a real interpretation if we were not there. So, the “event” takes on a meaning which people have assigned to it that represents a bigger movement. In essence, the “event” has …

Leadership Transformation

ADAPTING TO CHANGE IS OUR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL

by Joanne Newbornupdated on July 18, 2020July 18, 20200

Charles Darwin wrote this way back in the 1800’s:“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,not the most intelligent that survives.It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” We are going through a tremendous period of change right now. No one is really calling it that. They are calling it things like “horrible,” “awful,” “terrible,” “unjust”… yet it is all just a huge shift in the way we do things. We are all resistant to change. Why? Because our Ego Function, the part of our mind whose job it is to keep us safe and …

Leadership Transformation

HOW BEING BANNED FROM TINDER (FOR LIFE!) BECAME A LESSON IN LEADERSHIP

by Joanne Newbornupdated on April 15, 2020April 15, 20200

Who knew that Sharon Stone and I would have so much in common? Back in December, 2019 Sharon Stone’s profile on the dating app, Bumble, was shut down due to reports of it being a fake. Just a few weeks prior, I had been on Tinder for fewer than 24 hours and was banned for LIFE. What?? At least Sharon got her profile back up and running again – no such luck for me. Tinder was never my “thing” – the profiles are too short and people have the attention span of a flea. But when I heard that my …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

DITCH YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION AND DO THIS INSTEAD

by Joanne Newbornupdated on January 18, 2020January 18, 20200

It’s that time of year when people start to take stock of what they accomplished throughout the past year. Upon reflecting on the year, many realize that they didn’t achieve their goals and dreams for yet ANOTHER year. So, what happens? People will make the same or very similar New Year’s Resolutions year after year – which NEVER come to fruition. What is a New Year’s Resolution anyway? According to the Cambridge Dictionary it is a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year. And that usually lasts, how long? A week, a month, tops? …

Leadership Transformation

I Volunteered at Ground Zero—Now My Office is Moving to the World Trade Center

by Joanne Newbornupdated on January 4, 2020January 4, 20200

Several months ago, my company had a Town Hall announcement about where our offices will be moving. Rumors had been flying around for months, with much speculation. I wasn’t really that concerned. However, when our CEO announced that our new office space would preside at the World Trade Center in New York City, my head started uncontrollably shaking “no, no, no, no, no, no”—I was aware it was doing this, yet I couldn’t seem to stop it from moving. After the announcement, we all headed back upstairs to our desks, and the floor was buzzing with everyone’s chatter around the …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

HOLIDAY STRESS – ONE UNUSUAL PRACTICE TO REDUCE IT

by Joanne Newbornupdated on December 22, 2019December 22, 20190

The holidays are upon us and along with decorating, shopping and baking cookies comes a tremendous amount of unwanted STRESS! It’s the most beautiful time of the year and we are filled with STRESS!!! Some of it is about getting everything done in the time we have to do it; but there is a much bigger, silent cause of stress going on that we may not even be aware of. We are all playing the “comparison game” in our minds. The game is going on all the time and it is absolutely exhausting. We are silently comparing ourselves to others …

Leadership Transformation

STOP SPINNING IN CIRCLES & GET OFF THAT HAMSTER WHEEL!

by Joanne Newbornupdated on November 16, 2019November 16, 20190

I was driving home from work the other night at 5:30pm and suddenly a bird smashed into my windshield. Of course it shocked me and then I felt terrible for that little bird. The clocks had turned back one hour and it was the first evening that it was dark at that time. A friend explained to me that the bird’s internal clocks would still be the same, so he wasn’t used to as much traffic being on the road at that time. Perhaps. Or…. As many of you know I love symbolism; and if a bird smashing into my …

Leadership Transformation

TRANSITION FROM “PEOPLE PLEASER” TO “LEADER” IN 6 EASY STEPS

by Joanne Newbornupdated on October 19, 2019October 19, 20190

“If you want to make everyone happy don’t be a leader – Sell Ice Cream.” – Steve Jobs I love Steve Jobs and he wasn’t always liked – in fact the company he started fired him. He wasn’t portrayed as a very “nice” person in the movie about his life. So why do I like a person who wasn’t very nice? Well, he had courage and he was a Leader and he didn’t worry if people liked him or not. Lots of people love reading inspirational quotes and imagine themselves stepping into their leadership potential and being powerful. But making that …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

LISTENING TO YOUR “MIND CHATTER” IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO

by Joanne Newbornupdated on August 17, 2019August 16, 20190

I have desperately needed new bedroom furniture for years, literally YEARS. I still had my childhood chest of drawers that followed me from Brooklyn to New York City to Los Angeles to Westchester. It was falling apart (although furniture was much better quality back then – it was my mother’s before it was mine!) and I had a few other pieces that had followed me around to both coasts. My bedroom didn’t feel like a place of soft luxury; it felt like it was just holding place for my stuff. It didn’t feel relaxing to go to bed; it just …

Leadership Transformation

SYNCHRONICITIES – HIDDEN POWERFUL LEADERSHIP GROWTH LESSONS

by Joanne Newbornupdated on July 19, 2019July 19, 20190

Recently three people showed up over an hour late to different appointments with me – a business appointment, meeting a friend for dinner, meeting someone for a cocktail. The strange thing was…it happened all in one week. It got me wondering…when people are late it is not as huge a trigger for me as it is for others. I usually have something else to do with me, so that I am not sitting there idly just staring into space. Or I use the opportunity to make new friends. I always have something to do or work on. However, when an …