Category: Articles
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If Your Bladder is Full, Go To The Toilet
There’s a conversation I have with clients fairly often about seeing the signs and using them as a reminder. Like when your bladder is full, you go to the toilet. When your fuel guage is low, you go to the garage. There is no bargaining with the bladder and the fuel tank…you might keep them…
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Are You Wasting Time and Energy Trying to Change Others?
So, I guess, like me, that you KNOW that if only the world would do as you tell it to, it would be a perfect place, right? Never mind the fact that the attitude is a wee bit dictatorish, and I know that you are a lovely person…if other people would just behave the way…
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Do You Think The World Is Heading to Hell In A Handbasket?
One of the things I am most irritated by in life is the news. It’s always so bloody negative. The news media delights in pulling people down, in reporting ‘facts’ in the worst possible light and in telling us all horror stories about the way the world works. No wonder a lot of people think…
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Embrace What You Love (Even if it’s Deeply Uncool)
What do you love to do? More importantly, what do you love to do that you’re a little bit embarrassed about? Maybe the thing you only do when no one is watching…like watching archealogical programs or reading kids books or listening to classical music or knitting or dancing around to teen-pop boy band music. If…
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Procrastination Is A Symptom, Not A Cause
Many people identify themselves as ‘procrastinators’…they just put things off all the time for no apparent good reason… only that’s not strictly true. There are usually many factors behind the procrastination. Procrastination is the symptom, not the disease. It’s like just throwing pills at insomnia…it might work in the short term, but if you don’t…
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When Do You Get To Take A Break?
There’s something about self-employment they don’t tell you in the brochure. It ain’t easy to switch off! This weekend I had Saturday off, then on Sunday I did a bit of reading and writing and brainiac work. By Sunday evening my brain was so full, I couldn’t sleep. Because it was a Sunday, I ignored…
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Know What Makes Your Soul Sing And Do It
Here’s a little excerpt from the book I’m working on right now…this is for Janet!