Every day, you vote on the kind of person you want to be. There are two ways you can vote: With your calendar. With your wallet. Your calendar + wallet = your priorities. When you claim to be “too busy”, it’s often because your voting is out of synch with who you want to be.…
Imagine two ten-year-olds playing for an all star football team. One player got picked because of his talent. Coaches praised him for his speed, and they saw huge potential in him. The other player loved the game and worked harder than everyone else. The coaches admired his efforts. Can you guess who plays for a…
Let’s put the cards on the table: There are evil trolls out there. Especially on the internet. And they say a lot of stupid, hurtful things. Does that mean you have to listen? Not really. Choose which feedback is important to you. Whose opinion do you value, and why? Listen to those people and learn to…
Procrastination is often disguised as fear. Fear of success. Fear of failure. Fear of looking dumb. Perfectionism is a subtle form of procrastination. It’s our mind telling us we’re not ready. (Hint: We never will be.) In today’s post, I share an episode on how to beat procrastination from Take the Road Less Travelled course. It’s…
You know what stops most people from growth? Perfectionism. The illusive idea it’s not good enough. Or even worse, you’re not good enough. That’s a recipe for disaster. And it keeps many people (myself included) from trying out new things. Amazing things start to happen when you learn to move past your own perfectionist tendencies.…
Is it just me or are you also sick of people chasing likes? Of people showing off their “perfect” lives on Instagram, boosting their all-star profiles on LinkedIn, while sharing obsessive rants on Twitter? We live in a visibility culture where we’re constantly evaluating ourselves and others, based on some silly selfies and well-posed background…