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8 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Have Trouble Achieving Your Goals
Lots of people set goals. Very few people actually achieve them. Why is that? What separates the quitters from the achievers? It’s probably not what you think. Many people think the difference comes down to willpower or sheer persistence. Those are important...
Mental Tricks to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed
I was reading a list of goals from a client and nearly laughed out loud. I work with a lot of overachievers, but I thought this was perhaps the most ridiculously overambitious list yet. But I didn’t want to say that directly. I wanted him to figure that...
The Hope Effect: Giving Orphans (And Yourself) a Brighter Future
Everyone deserves a chance. A chance at health and happiness, love and community. A chance at deeply meaningful work that you can be proud of. A chance to start over, at any age or circumstance, and pursue your curiosity and passion wherever they may take you. These...
What Holds You Back Can Propel You Forward: An Interview With Tim Lawrence
There's something that's holding you back, isn't there? Maybe your parents weren't kind or supportive, and you're still trying to prove you're worthy of their affection. Maybe you were bullied or abused, and a part of you still believes the taunts. Maybe you made some...
5 Unexpected Challenges of Financial Freedom
Editor's note: The following is a guest post by Tara Schiller. Although most of us aren't anywhere close to financial freedom, I think you'll find these suggestions make sense no matter how much money you currently have in the bank. We all want to be financially...
The Best Way to Get Perspective on Your Problems
I thought I would break. I felt overwhelmed. Over my head. I thought the pressure to deliver on my own promises would engulf me. I don't even remember what I was working on at the time. All I wanted to do was curl up in bed until everyone forgot about me and what I...
10 Nifty Ways to Beat Procrastination
You're stuck. Again. You've been trying to make yourself work on that book/your fitness/decluttering the house for what seems like ever, but the harder you try the harder it is to resist the siren call of Facebook or Twitter. Before you know it, you've run out of time...
Are Your Goals Making You Lonely?
You’ve wondered, right? You thought setting and achieving big goals would make you feel better, happier. If we’re being honest, maybe even a little invincible. There’s more to it though. Behind the thrill of setting big goals is also a little anxiety. You don’t talk...
Self-Care Sucks: Confessions of an Overachiever
Maybe it was because an awful lot of family members died before I’d even graduated from college. Or maybe I believed my anxiety was really some sort of sixth sense. But I always suspected I would die young. So when my doctor asked me to schedule a follow-up in person...
The 3 Secret Sources of Indecision
One week you're dead set on cooking for a living, the next you want to be a librarian. The problem isn't coming up with something you might want to do for a living, it's committing to it. And the indecision is driving you crazy. It's not like you haven't...