Do you treat a setback like a stop sign?
How many times does something not happen when you want it, the way you want it and you act like it’s the end of the story? You didn’t get the promotion. It doesn’t look like the trip to Europe is going to happen. Another month passed and the house hasn’t sold. Your new business idea […]
It’s not the job market that will get in your way. It’s you.
I was talking to a great guy recently about his job search. He has an impressive resume of top jobs with organizations familiar to all of us. He’s smart, articulate, a master problem solver, and someone who doesn’t just say the words “team” and “collaboration”, but truly lives these concepts. His skillset is impressive, and […]
Will you take the energy challenge?
Often I hear someone say they wish they had more time. Maybe you’re someone who says this. But time isn’t always what people are really looking for. More than time, I think most of us want more energy to do the things that matter most. Wishing for extra time Recently a client said, I wish there […]
It’s been a year. 10 thoughts about downsizing.
It’s been a year since Hans and I moved from the hotel where we lived for six months into our current apartment. All in all, we went from a house of 1400 square feet to a hotel room of 300 to our current abode of 733. What a journey it’s been. At the one-year mark, […]
Time is not the enemy. Priorities are the problem.
I used to live a time-starved life. My days were endlessly structured around time–and there was never enough of it. Time was the enemy. I approached time from a place of lack and martyrdom, uttering daily: I never have enough time. There’s not enough time. I perpetuated the habit of being up against time by repeatedly […]
Not everything in life can be equally important
There’s a movement underway to get back to the basics. To move away from possession-cluttered, debt-overloaded, work-burdened, and time-starved lives. To make lifestyle choices that minimize the “more is better” mindset, and maximize the reality that simplicity means more time, balance, and satisfaction. It means less not more Simplicity is clarifying what matters most and […]
Do you have a scarcity mindset about time?
There’s never enough time. I’m so busy, but always behind. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. I have too many things to do and not enough time. With this scarcity mindset, you cut yourself off from this possibility and clarifying principle: There is enough time for what really matters. Quite simply, your mindset […]
Making time for what matters most
You’re living a busy life. Caring for children, caretaking elderly parents. Working and making ends meet. Running errands, marking off chores, doing what needs to be done. And if you’re like most women, time feels in short supply. I wish I had more time. There aren’t enough hours in the day. I’ll get around to it […]
Do you live in the land of lack?
Dearth. Deficit. Deprivation. Deficiency. There’s never enough. Enough time. Enough money. Enough connections. Enough knowledge. I’ve encountered this scarcity mentality a lot lately. In fact, oxymoron that it is: Some people seem to thrive on lacking something. They seem to have a surplus of deficiency. What’s your filter? It’s one thing to be aware of a gap […]