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Something Big Is Happening — Change Is No Longer Optional

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 23, 2026

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If you haven’t read Matt Shumer’s February 11 LinkedIn post, Something Big Is Happening, I strongly recommend you do.

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Topics: change, Artificial Intenlligence (AI), Change Your Culture, Change Your Mind Create New Results, AI, Something Big is Happening

WHAT CAUSES STRESS?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 16, 2026

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Why It’s Silently Limiting Your Organization’s Performance

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Topics: productivity, stress, Change Your Culture, Neuro Change Solutions, Change Your Mind Create New Results, Neuroscience

REPETITION - HOW TO REWIRE YOUR BRAIN

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 9, 2026

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You’ve decided to change something in your life.

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Topics: change, Change Your Culture, Neuro Change Solutions, Change Your Mind Create New Results, cultural change

Why Your Brain Resists Change—and How to Rewire It

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 2, 2026

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Recently, I’ve become even more aware of how powerfully my thinking shapes my results.

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Topics: change, Change Your Culture, Change Your Mind Create New Results, cultural change, River of Change

Christmas Wish – The Elevated Emotion of Gratitude

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 22, 2025

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How can you feel elevated emotions before what you deeply desire arrives?

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Topics: Merry Christmas, Change Your Culture, Neuro Change Solutions, Change Your Mind Create New Results

A Scary Thought – You Create Your Life!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 15, 2025

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When I was five or six years old, I remember standing in my kitchen while adults talked in the other room about my starting first grade that fall.

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Topics: Responsibility, Change Your Culture, Dr. Joe Dispensa, Change Your Mind Create New Results, NCS Training, Create Your Life

Leading with Awareness: How Attention and Intention Drive Results

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 15, 2025

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What You Trade Your Attention For Is What Your Life Becomes

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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast - Why Change Must Become Your Strategic Advantage

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 1, 2025

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Peter Drucker is often credited with saying, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” While some debate whether the phrase was truly his, there’s no question Drucker emphasized the power of culture. As a Forbes article, Why Does Culture 'Eat Strategy For Breakfast'?, explains, his work highlights three timeless lessons:

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CHANGE – Begins with New Thoughts

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 19, 2024

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On August 1^st I wrote My Thoughts Gave Me Cancer.

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, change, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose, Cancer Cured, Change Your Culture, Neuro Change Solutions, Dr. Joe Dispensa

Change Your Organizations Behavior

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 26, 2024

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We’re going to share points to help change your culture and your organization’s behavior.

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Topics: strategy, human behavior performance, Company Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Strategy Decision, Change Your Culture, Uncommon Service, The Four Service Truths, Frances Frei Anne Morriss

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