SHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here before, welcome! And if you’re in your fifth year with us, welcome! What do we mean when we say Q-T-P or “Question the Premise” around here? Find out today! Important Links! Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question for the Dear Becca newsletter column here: https://forms.gle/mx8Jt1jgmyS28mn66 Support this…
DetailsI was giving the Vertical Platforms talk last night, describing some of the changes that were happening at the BFA, and someone made a comment about how cool it was to see us editing our business. And I thought that was the most brilliant way to describe the process of sustainability. So many of us…
DetailsSelf-care is a skill set. If you’ve never heard of re-parenting before, a lot of the work in that area of psychology is focused around the concept of skill chains and the way we were not fully parented as kids. (And it’s not a “fault” on parents, because when they don’t pass skills along, it’s…
DetailsI apologize for this rant, but… The presence of an element in your story does NOT mean it CONTAINS that trope. Tropes are architectural. Just because your book has a grumpy person and a happy person does NOT mean it’s a Grumpy Sunshine trope. As much as I adore the use of tropes as a…
DetailsSHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here before, welcome! And if you’re in your fifth year with us, welcome! What exactly do we do here? What’s coming? Find out today! Important Links! Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question for the Dear Becca newsletter column here: https://forms.gle/mx8Jt1jgmyS28mn66 Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/beccasyme This podcast…
DetailsIn my personal development work, I’ve been reading this “step-by-step” book for how to deal with this fear I have of disappointing people or having people not like me. And I was struck by something. I write in a five-year journal every day. Today’s date has one page, and there are spaces to write for…
DetailsWhat if I fail? vs. What happens when I fail? Those two questions are not the same. One is rhetorical, and you know the rule around here. Don’t ask yourself rhetorical questions. “What if I fail?” is a rhetorical question, which means it’s primarily meant to be used to engage rhetoric… which is DIALOGIC. Rhetoric…
DetailsAt the beginning of the month, I threatened everyone that you would never stop listening to me talk about sustainability or this project, and instead, I’ve barely talked about it. Which is par for the course. But here’s a bit about why I did this deck in particular and why I’m going to be a…
DetailsFear is my friend. It reminds me something is at stake, and I care a lot. But the presence of fear does not validate the thing we’re afraid of. If anything, it’s a signal of importance. A friend of mine, yesterday, likened a particular situation to being on a tightrope, and I responded that we…
DetailsJust Clear Your Mind. If you know me at all, you know how much I struggle with “just” sentences. And having five Thinking Strengths in my Top Ten, there’s nothing that frustrates me more than “Just stop thinking” or “Just clear your mind” as a directive. (It’s fine for other people, but it definitely does…
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