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...
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...
To Begin And To Begin Again
Starting over can be so dispiriting, you know? Even just the phrase, "starting over" implies that one is going back to the beginning. And from...
Because We Trust in the Rightness of the Timing
I got this AMAZING email to day from Patti, who first got the "home study" Overcoming Procrastination Toolkit and got so much out of that that she's...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Take The Easy Way Out
Here's my new mental discipline: for each idea or project, I'm asking myself, "What's the EASIEST possible way to do this?" As a natural-born...
Will This Make Me Money?
I've started to look at my to-do lists (although you know I like to call them "could-do" lists because to-do feels a bit dictatorial to me and...
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