by Mario Sikora | Jun 3, 2020 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Humans are tribal creatures and at a deep, non-conscious level we often associate “different” with “bad.” This innate bias served our ancestors well. To them, a stranger was likely to be a threat—a competitor for territory, mates, resources; a risk to their very...
by Mario Sikora | Apr 2, 2020 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence, The Enneagram
Basic principle number one is that during a dual health and financial crisis, we are all going to be Preservers. Have you been focused on how to stockpile and conserve resources? Have you been mindlessly (or even mindfully, for that matter) cleaning and organizing...
by Mario Sikora | Mar 26, 2020 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora, The Enneagram
I was recently asked about an approach to coaching Eights; particularly, how to help them access the “high side of Two.” I’ve coached quite a few Eights over the years and, as I am an Eight myself, I have a few thoughts on the topic. This blog is a slightly...
by Mario Sikora | Mar 5, 2020 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
In life, there are problems and there are conditions, and they are not the same thing. Here is an example of what I mean: My 16-year old son is 6’3” with an excellent vertical leap. He plays on a local club basketball team and, being the tallest player on his team and...
by Mario Sikora | Jan 29, 2020 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, The Enneagram
People tend to view the three instinctual domains as three discreet and specific “instincts”: self-preservation, social, and sexual (or one-to-one). This is an archaic and outdated view of biology, which is far more complicated. It is more...
