Patron Saint of Overstuffed Cars, pray for us. I am no Kardashian. I don't think I've ever had anything I've posted on social media come anywhere close to going viral. But this photo I posted a few weeks ago of me, my daughter and mother-in-law as we set out on a long road trip came pretty close.

Our brains are wired for novelty. We know this because we are alerted each time a stimulus in our environment feels out of the ordinary.

One of the most important skills you could develop as a leader is self-awareness—continuously being aware of your thought process and your reactions to those thoughts.