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Part 1 of 3: The Story
This is the first in a three-part series about taking the leap into self-employment and what it taught me about resilience, support systems, and leading through uncertainty. In this piece, I share the deeply personal story of how I made the toughest decision of my life.
Continue readingThe start of a new year often brings the pressure to set resolutions, aim for change, and hit reset. But here’s the truth: waiting for the perfect time—like the beginning of the year or the next Monday—to start making progress can be a trap. It creates unnecessary pressure and often sets us up for failure. The best time to start is right now, no matter what day it is.
Continue readingWe were talking on an earlier post about schemas and the effect they can have on making you feel guilty because you forget about all the brilliant, spectacular things you have achieved. Well, a to do list that you have vanquished can be just the thing to set you up to achieve more, it helps you feel satisfied and productive in your day. that vanquished to do list is tangible proof that you are capable of accomplishing anything you want to – given enough time and ability to focus. So celebrate it!
Continue readingYour to do list is exactly that – Yours. You need to be evaluating your list on a regular basis to make sure it fits what you can actually achieve and to account for any slippages or unexpected events/meetings that crop up that need adding to your time.
Continue readingTo do lists can become an overwhelmingly long list of to do’s and chores you have to do. They are this long long list of everything you need to remember and that can be a complete turn off. Why should you look at your list if all it does is grow and remind you of everything you need to do? It also doesn’t have the ability to pick and choose what is urgent, what is a priority and what is a good thing you need to do to treat yourself and wind down.
Continue readingIt doesn’t matter how much you think you are one of these people who remembers everything, doesn’t like to be bound by structure or time blocking, how it doesn’t work for you to have these detailed to do list; your brain NEEDS structure.
Continue readingLearn to love your to-do list.
Seriously.
Make a conscious effort to love your to do lists and the wonderful freeing sensation you get when you have every task you need to do written down in one place. You know, if it is written down, you don’t have to take up valuable thinking space trying to remember them!
Some people think having a to-do list is a huge burden. It is a full list of tasks, and actions you HAVE to do; long overdue projects, mundane household chores that you have to write down otherwise you forget them – yet you still manage to put off.
Continue readingSo, a huge shout out goes to Greg McKeown in this post, His book on Essentialism helped me in the past deal with difficult coworkers, especially the ones who love to dump stuff on you at the last minute. I think at some point in life, we all have an experience of one of those, and they can make us or break us.
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Dead.
Self-doubt gives me the opportunity to step back and evaluate choices before I take action;
Self-doubt provides the opportunity of a pause, to change plans to better fit with needs,
Self-doubt provides the thrilling sweetness of success when I achieve something despite having previous self-doubt.
Why would I want rid of that?
What about you?
The Art of Stupidity 