Pat Bennett is the founder and President of Pat’s Granola, Inc. As a food producer, she creates products and services for consumers who strive to eat delicious and nutritious food to help support an active and healthy lifestyle. Pat is passionate about feeding the bodies and souls of consumers through education, mentoring and advocacy. Her work extends to fostering collaborations between small businesses to build and sustain strong communities.
Columnist: Pat Bennett
Can Food Affect Your Mood?
Put simply, what you eat directly affects the structure and function of your brain and, ultimately your mood. Like an expensive car, your brain functions best when it gets only premium fuel. Eating high-quality whole foods that contain significant amount of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants nourishes the brain and protects it from oxidative stress—the “waste” […]
How Deep Work Improves Productivity
In a world full of digital diversions, how are some people able to achieve a higher level of productivity than others? In the book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport demonstrates how you can develop the skills necessary to focus on an optimum level and reach […]
Going The Extra Mile?
“One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.” – Napoleon Hill If you want to get ahead, the answer is to go the extra mile. Going the extra mile means surpassing expectations – not just by ticking all the boxes, but by completing additional goals that can […]
Why Some People Succeed and Others Don’t
“Successful people start before they’re ready.” — James Clear Imagine you’re looking down a corridor. It’s long, dark and disappears into the distance. Without a guarantee of what will occur, you proceed down it. You’re willing to risk uncertainty and the normal fears that accompany such a feat, for the sake of adventure. As you […]
The Science Behind Habits
Have you made New Year’s resolutions? The estimate is that less than 10% of New Year’s resolutions are achieved according to University of Scranton Psychology Professor John C. Norcross, Ph.D.). Not surprisingly, if your resolutions include eating better, exercising, recycling more, stopping smoking, reading books, spending more time “unplugged” or any number of other “automatic” […]
The Keys to Emotional Regulation
Emotions can sometimes be hard to control. You’ve reached the end of your rope at a colleagues continued missed deadlines and you erupt to say things only to regret all. Your emotions are controlling you rather than you control them. Psychology Today defines emotional regulation as the ability to exert control over one’s own emotional […]
How to Build Credibility with an Audience
credibility n. The quality of something capable of being believed or relied upon or that is worthy of confidence. See also veracity. (Webster’s New World College Dictionary). Based on Aristotle’s concept of ethos, speaker credibility can be defined as “the extent to which the audience believes you and your message.” In other words, speaker credibility […]
The Wandering Mind
Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop thinking about it, take some deep breaths, and let your mind wander. “If a problem has built up in your mind and you need to find a solution, letting it go into the background for a bit probably helps,” according to a new study […]
Keys to Being Mentally Tough
As a former gymnast and runner, performing well when it counts is what it’s all about. It’s safe to say that almost all athletes want to reach the level where they’re competing to win. But what does it really take to become competitive at the very highest level? There’s one factor that all the greats […]
The Importance of Gratitude
Gratitude is a powerful experience that will change your life for the better. The word gratitude is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means grace, graciousness, or gratefulness. It will shift your focus towards the blessings that you do have rather than focusing on what you don’t have. As a result, you’ll feel happier […]