Conquer Procrastination & Get It Done
Dusting The Baseboards In The Ballroom
Art Before Housework Mug by samanthabennett222 Make customizable steins on zazzle Sometimes you get all involved in the little things that are wrong, bad or need fixing. You obsess. You are blind to what's good, what's working, what's excellent, even, and all you...
Dear Sam: I Have So Many Ideas
Dear Sam, I have a million ideas in my head and I get excited every time I think of another one. I want to act on that idea right away and then I have half-finished projects. A lot of them do come to fruition and that's exciting and I'd like to make more of them a...
The Patron Saint of Change
"Oh, I HATE change!" she said. And she shook her head and she closed her eyes and shuddered again. "Hate it!" "Really?" I said, "Because change sure loves you." Change loves you. Look at how change is always present in your life, swirling around you and taking you...
Disagreements Mean You Need More Information
Have you ever heard a conversation like this? He: OK, it's 3:30 - let's go pick up my car from the shop. She: I'm not ready to go right now. Let's go later. He: I don't want to go later. I want to go now. She: Why does it always have to be about what you want? He:...
Don’t Apologize; Say, “Thank You”
Apologies are to be reserved for times when you have transgressed and are truly sorry. But for times when you are, in fact, not sorry, consider this strategy: don't apologize; say, "Thank you." I got this advice from my friend Adam and it took a while to sink in for...
Cross It Off The List
Consider the art of Selective Neglect. We know we're not going to get everything done today that we would like to get done. We know that we're probably not going to get it done tomorrow, either. So rather than walking around feeling bad about all the stuff we know...
Are You Juggling Boulders?
Here's an email I got recently that I thought might speak to you: Hello Dear Samantha, I listened to the recording of the Procrastination tele-seminar last night, woke up this morning and walked straight to the bathroom to pee, but before I brushed my teeth or put...
Prepare To Be Uncomfortable
Recently a client asked me how to tell the difference between the natural anxiety a person has when they're moving forward into something new and the gut instinct that something is truly wrong for them. Good question, right? And the answer is: I don't think you can...
Easy vs. Hard
Some things are easy and some things are hard, but not always in the way you might expect. Fast food seems easy, but in the long run, it is very hard on your system. Not saying, "Hi" to clerks, colleagues, acquaintances and strangers might seem easy (the rationale...
Life Does Not Move In One Direction
We love the story of life as a road. Success is a ladder. Time is ever marching forward. But we know it's not true. We are forever on shifting sands, sliding forward and backward and sideways and diagonally in our thinking, our feeling, our learning and our lives....
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