Have you ever procrastinated before? Of course you have, we all have. Procrastination is feeling that you know you should do something but you don’t do it. For some procrastination is a minor annoyance wasting their time. For others, procrastination constantly restrains them from leading a life they would truly enjoy. Procrastination – Series Introduction […]
Archives for September 2006
Utilizing Hidden Opportunities
You and I are swimming in a vast ocean of opportunities and possibilities. With your subconscious resources only perceiving a tiny fraction of our environment and our conscious resources processing even less, chances are you barely even notice these opportunities that brushing past you. Yet, you may feel your life has become boring, routine and […]
The Confidence Myth
You stand up to speak in front of the audience. Your palms begin to sweat and your feet tremble. For some reason you forget what your opening line was. At this point your self-talk begins to shift. It begins to doubt your ability to perform. It makes up fantasies about the crowd booing you or […]
How to Overcome Fear
We live in an age of fear. Terrorist attacks, identity theft and threats of nuclear war rule the headlines. In an age of rapid and discontinuous change, where the only certainty available is that the future is impossible to predict and we are either headed for a glorious utopia of human achievement or nothing short […]
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