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Setting goals that counter the “what-the-hell effect”
I came across the “what the hell effect” today. Say you have a goal to limit your intake of sweets to no more than two per day. If you slip up one day and have three or four, the “what the hell effect” kicks in. This is our irrational reaction to missing a goal where…
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Make some impossible magic
“At times like these, we need to find people who can believe in impossible things.” Re-posting a story from a recent edition of Lucian James’ remarkable Kō Strategies newsletter. This is about an ambitious plan to levitate.
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Goals and how I want to spend my days
My wife and I have been thinking about longer-term goals and direction lately, and the indomitable James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) has come up a few times in the past couple of days, as if on queue, with some sage advice.
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What I learned from professional coaching
I highly recommend that everyone work with a professional coach no matter where they are in their life or career. Through my coaching experience, I’ve been able to discover things about myself that would have been either impossible or taken a really long time to discover on my own. In other words, working with a…
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Talk to yourself
I found this video today (courtesy of Underthink) on how much NFL players use positive affirmations to give themselves any little competitive edge they can. It’s a fun watch and a good reminder that we are already talking to ourselves constantly anyway, we might as well be saying good things.
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Things that a professional coach should do consistently
My first-in-a-long-time professional coaching session is this week and I’m feeling nervous. I feel like I need to do some “prep” so that I show up well. I don’t know why exactly, I guess some of my favorite fears are cropping up. What are we going to talk about? Am I really just not good…
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Questions to prepare for starting a professional coaching partnership
Here are some questions (and my answers) for preparing to start working with a professional coach. These questions would come in handy after making the choice to work with a specific person (see a list of questions on how to make that choice).
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What I learned last week (#106)
Learned last week: I miss my kids before they’ve gone, the creative process is hell, projects versus tasks, and more!
Writing and drawings by Nick.
