In this post, we talked about procrastination, and how it prevents us working towards our goals, dreams and ambitions. Instead of creating a ‘how to’ containing practical tips and suggestions, we’re looking at the core beliefs and resistance that feed procrastination. It’s not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add your own below. [...]
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Procrastination is a hard lesson. We’ve all experienced it at one point of another, and some us deal with it on regular basis. In minor form, procrastination is something that can be overcome with will power and rousing internal pep talks. In more chronic forms, however, it prevents us working towards or achieving goals, dreams [...]
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As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what has been, and what could be in the future. The Becoming Who You Are advent calendar is an opportunity to take a break from Christmas shopping, Turkey preparation and Slade for some personal time to evaluate the last 11 months and [...]
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Picture Credit: Open Letters This article leaves me feeling both inspired and sad. Inspired because I agree with a lot of the author’s points. Sad because it highlights a pretty big issue in the personal development world. The concept of ‘self-improvement’. I don’t like the phrase ‘self-improvement’. I’ve used it in the past but as I [...]
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Last week, I wrote about giving positive and not-quite-so-positive feedback (hope that’s been going well!) This post is about the hardest feedback of all: unsolicited feedback. In other words, when we really, really want to give someone feedback about something (usually less-than-awesome feedback, otherwise it’s a compliment) but they haven’t asked for it. It’s tricky [...]
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So someone you know comes to you and asks you for feedback. Which is great, except, if you’re being honest, it’s not all unicorns and roses. If hearing not-quite-so-awesome feedback is difficult, it’s just as hard for even semi-nice people to dish it out. After all, we don’t want to come across as mean, critical [...]
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Last week, I wrote about the importance of feedback, and how it can make a huge difference towards improving our relationships. This week (it’s still feedback week!) it’s all about giving feedback. This is a huge area, so I’m going to break it up into: Awesome feedback Not-quite-so-awesome feedback, and Unsolicited feedback (i.e. When you [...]
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Last week, I bought MacJournal from Mariner Software. I haven’t used it enough to get a good idea of how it works yet (review coming up!) but I’ve heard great things about it from other people. I did the transaction quite late at night. By the time I woke up the next morning, I had [...]
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After this post at the weekend, we’re continuing the theme of happiness! *celebratory dance* In the video below, Srikumar Rao delivers an inspiring talk on this emotion, describing one of the common thought patterns that stop us from just kicking back, smelling the roses and enjoying it. A business professor and Columbia graduate, Srikumar says [...]
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Daniel Mackler is a filmmaker and ex-psychotherapist from New York. I’m currently reading his book, Toward Truth, and have experienced an interesting ambivalence about some of the points he raises. On the one hand, part of me wants to agree with everything he says; on the other hand another part of me thinks ‘Yeah, but [...]
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