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- IF my team grumbles or pushes-back because I’m not working on the weekends anymore,
- THEN I will forward them Leslie Perlow’s Harvard Business Review article about how ‘Predictable Time Off’ improves both work quality
- AND quality of life, even in client-oriented businesses.
Fear is the thing that in truth makes actions hard, not the action that we think we are afraid of.
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Legitimate fear tends to make us want to get the heck out of whatever situation we are in.
Not-helpful fear makes us hesitate rather than bolt.
We are afraid of looking stupid, and so we don’t ask a burning question. We fear failing, and so we don’t even try.&...
It doesn’t work to say to yourself, “I have to stop being afraid.”
- If you notice yourself having a thought that undermines your attempts at bravery, simply label it as such: “Oh, there’s a fearful thought.”
- Actively fill your mind with courageous thou...
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Our brains are wired to:
- Discount the cost of inaction,
- Overestimate the probability of things going wrong and
- Underestimate ourselves.
However, researchers have found that bravery is a skill, and like all skills it can be l...
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Your fears will never completely disappear, and you will never win the battle against them.
When you can finally accept fears and invite them in, it makes courage more accessible.
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Sometimes, “I don’t have time” can be a smokescreen for: “I don’t want to” or “I’m afraid.” When it comes to pursuing life goals, it’s easy to cite lack of time as a reason to not get started. But what if you dedicated just 10 or 15 minutes a day to start work on your next big goal?
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