The Bane of Akrasia: Four Ways to Make Yourself Listen to Your Better Judgment
Published: Tue, 03/20/18
The Bane of Akrasia: Four Ways to Make Yourself Listen to Your
Better Judgment
If you've never heard the term akrasia, don't be surprised: it's an ancient Greek term for a specific state of mind, coined by Aristotle himself. Also spelled as acrasia, it's not often used in everyday English; however, it's a wonderfully compact term for acting against your own better judgment. Anything you do that you know hurts you—but you do anyway—is akrasia. A diabetic having a large latte with extra whipped cream, a cancer patient smoking,
or an alcoholic “having just one”—all akrasia.
Announcing the Publication of Laura Stack's 8th Book! FASTER TOGETHER: Accelerating Your Team’s
Productivity
There are more roadblocks to productivity today than ever before. Everyone who works deals with countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings. These can be managed efficiently, or they can be a huge time suck. When you’re surrounded by slow-moving co-workers, you’re stuck in a traffic
jam of sorts. What makes the difference isn’t individuals working harder or faster or smarter, but “teaming well.”
Change is anything but
predictable and it’s moving more rapidly than ever before. One of the most valuable job skills to excel at today is knowing how to change. Some changes we can control, others we can influence, and some situations we simply can’t. So we must get more agile in not only adapting to change, but also embracing it. By better understanding the change process and applying key strategies, you will be able to more effectively manage reactions, increase effectiveness individually and within your team, and
become a more influential change agent in unstable times. Discover how to inspire your teams to take accountability for dealing with change initiatives and adopt new tools for managing the challenges related to communication, productivity and resistance throughout your organization.
Expect rich content with learning delivered through self-assessment, group activities and discussion, interactive polling, and skills practice—with targeted application to day-to-day work.
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM MST Location: The Curtis Ballroom at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, CO 80111