Back Up On My Soapbox of Celebrating Progress One of the most useful things you can do for yourself is to learn to celebrate your progress ~ even incremental progress! There are a ton of benefits to this practice. It is a great productivity strategy. Are you more likely to take action after you have […]
Warning Do Not Use Without Adult Supervision
Warning Do Not Use Without Adult Supervision Here’s the problem, we have been using the label gun without proper wise adult supervision. Consequently, we have stuck all kinds of ridiculous labels on ourselves and even worse – believed that they are true. Here’s just a few of these ridiculous labels I’ve recently encountered: I am […]
Wrestling with an Angel or a Demon (you get to choose)
Wrestling with an Angel or a Demon (you get to choose) I talked to a friend this morning. He just had a big unexpected expense show up in his life. He shared that he would notice the negative feelings come up (the invitation to be stressed, worried, and anxious) and then he would let go […]
Free Fish Society ~ are you a member?
Redefining Leadership
Redefining Leadership Old school leadership says that good leaders have all the answers. Wow, what an impossible position. Let’s redefine what it means to be a good leader. What if we can let go of needing to have all the answers already and can instead ask the best questions to elicit the answer(s)! What if […]
I Am Ready
Fear
Fear When we experience fear, we can respond in one of two ways. We can let go (the useful choice). Or, we can twist and contort, doing everything we can to avoid feeling that fear (unsuccessfully I might add). Crazily enough, we’ve decided that avoiding and ignoring the fear is the way to go, the […]
Badge of Honor?
How To Do A Better Job
How to do a better job Do any of the following sound like strategies you would employ if you wanted to do a better job and improve performance, productivity, and efficiency? Decrease creativity Lower resiliency Decrease confidence Decrease optimism Decrease the speed at which you process information Decrease the amount of information you can process […]