HAVE YOU EVER WORKED AT SOMETHING THAT SEEMED UNREASONABLY DIFFICULT? That took four times the amount of time you expected and was way harder than it should be? But, dedicated trouper that you are, you just kept your head down, nose to the grindstone, trying and trying to get it done. My next words may surprise you: stop trying.
Read MoreIT’S THE CLASSIC PROBLEM, RIGHT? You can’t do what you love because, first, you would have to quit your dayjob. And that can’t happen because: rent and food and shoes! So you’re stuck where you are, hating your life, watching those lucky people who seem to have this all figured out. Here’s the thing. I know this feels reasonable and practical. But it’s really not.
Read MoreTHERE ARE LOTS OF GURUS, MENTORS, AND COACHES OUT THERE. Heaps of them, in fact. Smart, accomplished people with lots of things to say. Important, powerful things even. They want you to listen to them. And they may even deserve to be listened to. But, BUT. So do you.
Read MoreHAVE YOU EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE WEEKS? When every single thing you touch bursts into flames? When each teeny, tiny struggle morphs into a colossal, roaring behemoth that brings all forward movement to an absolute, screeching halt? When you start to entertain the idea that an actual, honest to goodness, Old Testament, bush burning, frog flinging, wrath wreaking divinity may be out to get you (and your little dogs too)?
Read MoreTHERE ARE LEGIONS OF PEOPLE SELLING WAYS TO “HACK” YOUR DIET, YOUR SEX LIFE, YOUR WEIMARENER, YOUR WORK. Equally, legions of people are lining up to buy, believing that this quick fix is the one that will finally work. It’s not. Here’s the thing: there is a reason there are 56,318 million of these overnight schemes. It’s that NONE of them work.
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