To some people, the whole idea of “willpower” is vastly overrated. Some believe there’s no such thing as “free will.” I’ve also heard arguments that…

It’s totally natural to avoid rejection and seek out acceptance, just as it’s natural we prefer to eat sweetness and spit out bitterness. Unfortunately, rejection…

If you search the entries in this series or simply read them as they go public, you’ll find I write quite often about consistency. The…

For most of us, feeling uncertain about situations, events, and possibilities creates a lot of stress. This is unfortunate, because we live in an inherently…

Most of us are familiar with the process of inwardly talking to ourselves. We do it silently, sometimes in abbreviated words, phrases, or our own…

The open secret of successful meditation is simple: you can’t stop your “monkey mind” from pushing lots of irrelevant thoughts and feelings forward into your…

There’s an old joke about two people hiking in a forest who encounter a hungry bear. One person immediately says: “Let’s run.” The other person…

It’s not my job to point you toward scientific studies about productivity and success. You can fairly easily find them yourself on the internet. But…

It’s natural to shy away from tasks, projects, and goals you fear. They may legitimately be too demanding, too far outside your zone of competence,…

I remember listening to someone explain the importance of systems vs plans, and she said something that stuck with me: “In your car, would you…

We’ve all heard the common criticisms of perfectionism, including: Standards that are impossible to meet, A tendency toward black-and-white, either/or thinking, Too much emphasis on…

As a goal-oriented person, I had to work through a lot of experience and mistakes to learn the importance of the beginning and middle parts…