In Tuesday’s email, I talked about a mentor who challenged me to “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Attempting to do that led me to see some deep fears driving much of my hurry and busyness. If I want to be less busy, I have to say “no” to more things. But saying no terrified…
When I was in the busiest time of my life; I was getting my business going, I was raising some teenagers, I was struggling with figuring out how to get everything done and do this “life thing” in a way that felt at all successful. In the middle of that time, I asked an older…
On Tuesday, I told you how my screen time was up 170% over the prior week! I don’t have that kind of time to spend worrying. I’ve got a life to live! When faced with one of these problems, the first thing that I do is notice and pay attention to what’s happening. And so for…
This weekend, I was a little disturbed when the screen time alert popped up on my phone, telling me how much time I had spent on it over the last week. It said, “Your screen time was up 170% from last week.” A hundred and seventy percent!?! That seems a little extreme. Last week, there…
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about how you could Marie Kondo your to-do list. Later that day, I met with a client of mine, and he was skeptical. “I can’t knock things off my to-do list just because I don’t want to do them. I have clients that need me to get stuff…
So you’ve got just a few goals for this year, and you must accomplish them. You want to increase your commitment, but you feel resistance. Even though these goals are critical, you’re not sure that you will follow through. What’s that about? Commitment is scary Going all in on your goals means that if you…
When I was a kid, my dad would frequently tell me, “The time to rest is when all your work is done.” It was a good lesson for a teenager prone to lying on the couch reading a book all day! But as an adult, I’ve found that the reverse is true. The time to…
I’m going to take the next couple of weeks off, so you won’t be hearing from me again until after the holidays. I used to be anxious about taking time off at the end of the year. Now I know, that there’s nothing more important than some time off; baking cookies, sitting by the fire,…
Do you ever stop what you are doing and listen to the chorus inside your head? I just took 10 sec, and this is what I heard: What do you notice about this list? How do you think I would react if someone walked into my office and started blurting that stuff out to me?…
Sometimes my head can get into a bad neighborhood. Does that ever happen to you? It could be a regular Tuesday, but something happens, and I can’t see straight. Everything looks dark or tilted against me. If I try to get something done, I see nothing but bad outcomes. My resourcefulness and creativity plummet. The…