The book
How to Handle a High-Stakes Conversation
It can be scary to realize how one conversation may determine the future of a project, a relationship, or even a life. Four researchers spent twenty years studying how to navigate such moments, and distilled their...
Elisabeth Sperling · 12 October 2021 · 8 min read
Take a Holiday from Work, not from Yourself
Well, it doesn’t feel like summer here in London but the calendar says it is and, even more so, my body and my mind are telling me I need a proper break.
Davide Pagnotta · 8 July 2021 · 4 min read
Outgrowing Ambiguity
The tools we normally use to deal with ambiguity don’t really solve the uncertainty we find ourselves in; they mainly help us navigate it. But we can use a more radical approach and outgrow ambiguities altogether.
Davide Pagnotta · 16 March 2021 · 5 min read
A New Perspective on Goal Setting: Put the New You into the Equation
It’s popular advice that, whenever we want to achieve a goal, we should visualise our objective, the destination, and then work out the journey to get there, step by step, backwards.
Davide Pagnotta · 2 March 2021 · 5 min read
Empower Your Values, Free Yourself from the Circumstances
At one of our courses, we recently talked about how we can use our values to guide our choices in every situation.
Davide Pagnotta · 16 February 2021 · 4 min read
If Not-Enough-ism Is Holding You Back, Here’s a Way Out
Anyone who’s on a personal growth journey encounters self-doubt at some point, oftentimes, right from the very beginning of that journey.
Davide Pagnotta · 19 January 2021 · 4 min read
Feel Your Purpose
In our Wise Humanity course last week, we were talking about purpose: how can we find a purpose in life? Can we define one overarching goal that makes life’s struggles worthwhile?
Elisabeth Sperling · 13 January 2021 · 3 min read
Time to Sharpen Your Main Tool: Yourself!
Well, it’s almost Christmas and, I don’t know about you, but I need a proper break and am seriously looking forward to the holidays.
Davide Pagnotta · 21 December 2020 · 4 min read
Seven Deceptively Simple Tips for Better Listening
Do you think you’re a good listener? It may seem easy: if your ears work, you know how to listen, right?
Elisabeth Sperling · 1 December 2020 · 7 min read
For Better Relationships, Rethink These Four Words
If I were you... for real. Even in our closest relationships, we often see each other from an outside view; we feel approval and disapproval, needs and demands. Frustration sets in when love doesn’t arise...
Elisabeth Sperling · 18 November 2020 · 4 min read
Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows?
I’m excited to start the Wise Humanity blog adventure with this story. It’s an old Sufi tale I first heard back in 2009 from Professor Rao, with whom I’ve been working in close partnership since 2017 and on whose teachings Wise Humanity itself was founded.
Davide Pagnotta · 18 October 2020 · 8 min read
My career story, Davide Pagnotta
In this podcast Davide Pagnotta is sharing his career story and personal journey.
Davide Pagnotta · 5 October 2020 · 1 min read