Business Life
Fear of Success: Do You Have One Of These 6 Symptoms?
I saw the bright yellow headline: “Are you afraid of success?” It irritated me so much that I slapped the magazine back onto the waiting room table. Who is afraid of success!? I thought. I’m sick of people inventing anxieties and then foisting them upon the rest of us! Well. (:: scuffs shoes ::) Funny thing that I’ve…
Read MoreDo This Before You Set Any More Goals
Kicking off a new series of posts today, called Get What You Want This Year. Because it’s about time, isn’t it? “Only rich people actually travel,” she said. “Oh really? Why’s that?” I asked. “Because it’s expensive.” “Huh. If you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?” “France.” “Okay, just for fun, let’s figure…
Read MoreDon’t Look At Facebook Again Until You Understand This Principle
Today is more of a personal post – for me and for you. Let’s have a chat. When I was a child, I had some really cool friends at school. They lived in newer houses, took vacations to Yellowstone, Disneyland, and Hawaii (the “cool” destinations when you grow up in Idaho). They even had brand new…
Read MoreHow To Be Assertive (Without Feeling Bad)
Ever heard from a tired parent, “Trying to clean a house with toddlers in it is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos”? Haha. (Bless those little curious little havoc-wreakers.) Last time we talked about two habits that help maintain self-esteem (which itself was a follow-up to our chat about what self-esteem is and what it most definitely is…
Read More2 Self-Esteem Habits You Should Start Building Now
Last week we talked about what your junior high textbook forgot to tell you about self esteem – that it’s not a single, internal thermometer, it’s actually made up of multiple components that can shrink or swell independently of one another. So today, when we talk about “raising” self-esteem, we know that it isn’t a simple proposition.…
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