The Only New Year’s Resolution That Ever Worked
New Year, New Goals? New Year, New You? New Year, New LIFE? Oh, Brother. Let’s try again. This is the ONLY way […]
Tag: mental health
Focus on the Habits, not the Goals
For years, I have belabored the overarching agreement within the coaching and leadership industry around goal-setting and especially “SMART” goals. As discussed […]
Why Can’t I Motivate Myself to Exercise?
Our brains. They can help us think, respond, react, create, innovate, and amaze. They can also inhibit us from doing what we […]
Ego Traps Part 9: Right or Happy?
So do you want to be right? Or do you want to be happy? Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash It’s an […]
Ego Traps Part 8: Othering
One of the best ego traps the ego loves to play on is “othering.” The thought that there is an “other” is […]
Ego Traps Part 7: Shyness
Shyness? Isn’t that humility? Not quite… Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash Consider a baby. Is a baby shy? When first […]
Ego Traps Part 6: Judgement
Judge not, lest ye shall be judged – Matthew 7:1 Yeah yeah yeah, judge not. Heard it before. I don’t judge. Or […]
Ego Traps Part 5: I am what I do
Are you a human DOing? Or a Human BEing? Photo by Hunters Race on Unsplash In our society (speaking in the western […]
Ego Traps Part 4: Achievement and Perfectionism
Achievement is success, right? And perfectionism is an admirable trait? That’s debatable. Photo by Fauzan Saari on Unsplash The Achievement Trap Achievement: […]
Ego Traps Part 3: Mine!
As we move along in the ego series, let’s address abundance and scarcity issues. Photo by Phil Goodwin on Unsplash As the […]