Getting Beyond Procrastination

Procrastination is a funny thing. It can take many forms. Some may even seem like you’re making progress. That’s the trickiest type of all. The most obvious kind of procrastination is just putting things off. Pushing start dates from today to tomorrow to next week, month, year – or never. This is the type of procrastination

Just One Tiny Step Forward

I was chatting with someone recently who was at a crossroad. He could go all in on a new career path. Or, forget about it and stay where he has been for more than several years. I just didn’t see all in or all out as the only options. At first, my friend strongly disagreed.

Tiny Stepping

When I was growing up, it was pretty obvious that only the big things really counted and were valued. I wanted to be loved and accepted, so I set large goals – which was good. I followed through and completed many of the things I set out to do, which drove my education, career, and

Victories with One Tiny Action

Many people believe that success requires herculean efforts. Although I used to think this way, today I respectfully disagree. My path to most goals was to set the actions required way above what I was ready, willing, and/or able to do. It wasn’t that I didn’t aspire to those big leaps, I just didn’t achieve

Tiny Is a Great Start

There are times when I want to take ginormous actions. It is my wish, hope, and self expectation. Even though I know that this could set me up to not succeed, there is something inside that drives me to want to accomplish something really big all at once.  Yet overtime, I’ve come to realize that

Compassion Starts Within Yourself

There was something that I needed to do that made me more than a little uncomfortable. For some people it wouldn’t even faze them, but for me it made me procrastinate. Yet, I knew it was something I truly wanted to do. At first, I was kind of harsh with myself and highly critical. Then,

Pause to Choose What’s Next

Have you ever felt that you have too many things in front of you and decide to do nothing? Okay, I will admit that this is me at times. I look at my interests and the options open to me and I get overwhelmed  and stuck. Is it fear in general, not wanting to miss

Small and Mighty

I have a hard time “counting” actions that I don’t think are big or important enough. Wow – is that a loaded statement. The way I just set up things – I can’t win . . .ever. I know I am not alone. You may do the same thing. Here’s my pivot on this –

Before You Limit Yourself

Placing limits on yourself. This is something I do almost without thinking. I set out something I want to do and almost immediately let doubt creep in. This self-doubt drives me to automatically making a list of the reasons I won’t achieve my goal, along with cataloging my limitations.  This may make me sound like

Life-Changing: Good or Not So Good?

Many things can be life-changing. Yet, in the end, are you better or worse after whatever you experience? A friend of mine, tells whomever will listen, that the specifics of what happens are not nearly as important as the value you create from them. This sounded a little overly optimistic, but made sense in principle