In 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…
DetailsSHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here since 1.01 (or you haven’t watched every video of all seasons of the Quitcast), you might be wondering about some of the words we throw around. Welcome to the Quitcast Primers series, where we do short videos describing the concepts that can sometimes become “insider language” when we…
DetailsWhen people ask how to make Energy Pennies, I often find myself saying something along the lines of, “pay attention to what feels good” when we’re deciding what should be an energy penny for us. And someone challenged me on that this week, as we were discussing what would bring energy pennies for burnout. If…
DetailsSHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here since 1.01 (or you haven’t watched every video of all seasons of the Quitcast), you might be wondering about some of the words we throw around. Welcome to the Quitcast Primers series, where we do short videos describing the concepts that can sometimes become “insider language” when we…
DetailsFor the first 14 years of my life, I never made eye contact with another person. I wasn’t shy. I didn’t lack self-confidence. I just couldn’t see. In fact, no one who knew me likely knew I wasn’t making eye contact, because I could look in the general direction of their eyes and appear to…
DetailsSHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here since 1.01 (or you haven’t watched every video of all seasons of the Quitcast), you might be wondering about some of the words we throw around. Welcome to the Quitcast Primers series, where we do short videos describing the concepts that can sometimes become “insider language” when we…
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