Do you have someone to remind you that “you can do it” when you’re up against a hurdle. If not it would be worthwhile to find someone. Most people have a natural and evolutionary survival skill of cautiousness. Not surprisingly our ancestors who were less careful have fewer descendents.
Some people naturally underestimate themselves. They may minimize their abilities or magnify the barriers they face. The perspective of a trusted ally can produce more accurate thinking and confidence in our abilities.
Your strategies are the kinds of things you do to achieve your goal. Each strategy employs a number of actions or tactics. Of course you can’t use every possible strategy and all feasible tactics within each strategy. Your tactics usually are action oriented. That is you have to do something and as you do that [...]
It is smart to recognize which bits of change are evolutionary and which are revolutionary and act accordingly. Tune your change. Evolutionary change ought to be gradual and steady. Revolutionary change ought to be absolute. Either done wrong dilutes the value of the change and may be stressful. Here are some examples: Choosing to exercise [...]
How often have you heard someone say “I hope this works out”. When we rely too much on hope we give up too much control. And it’s feeling out of control that is the number one reason people feel stressed. We need to be able to identify what we control, even if it’s just a [...]
I got this wise advice: Staying Up(beat) in a Down Market, from Mark Maraia a coach in Denver. Here’s an excerpt. Another way to stay “up” is to channel the fear into something constructive. Let’s say your practice has come to a grinding halt because of the current marketplace dynamics. The work in your area [...]
A common time management principle is to do one thing well at a time. For example, every so often you’ll stop into someone’s office who only has one item open on their desk. They seem so organized and productive. Well it’s quite possible that these people are living the rule ‘do only one thing at [...]
