Desirable Difficulty: Learning, Growth, and Change Require Effort
Most of us have a subtle (often unconscious) desire for life to be easy. Where every day is smooth sailing and everlasting happiness reigns. But when we look a little closer, the merits of this don’t carry much weight. Just about everything that’s deeply meaningful and fulfilling in life takes effort. Keeping your worldview the…
Continue Reading...Great Challenges Require Great Strength
The greater the challenges we face in life, the better-resourced we must be to conquer them. T. Harv Ecker shares some great wisdom about you and the size of your problems. It goes like this… Let’s say we can rank you and your problems on a scale from 1-10, with 10 being the biggest. If…
Continue Reading...Unbearable –> Uncomfortable –> Unstoppable
I’m always surprised by how much the first mile of a hike can suck. My muscles feel weak. Breathing is forced and haggard. My mind grabs a megaphone and starts protesting. “This is hard. Is this really how you want to spend the next 4 hours?” “Seriously. This is NOT comfortable. I don’t like it!”…
Continue Reading...Use “The Dentist Appointment Strategy” to Get Deeply Focused Without Distractions
It’s no secret that we get better results in life when we’re less distracted. When we’re fully engaged with a workout, we get stronger, faster. When we’re 100% focused (+ focusing on the most important things at work) we make more progress in less time. And when we’re completely present with loved-ones, we take the…
Continue Reading...Give Your Best Energy to Your Most Important Challenges
A few weeks ago, I shared an article on the MIQ Journal Practice. The gist of this practice is simple: Before ending the day, write down your MIQ, or Most Important Question. This is the #1 question that, if answered, would most positively impact your life. Do everything you can to get an amazing night…
Continue Reading...The Simple Practice of Asking for Support
It’s not always easy to ask for support with the things we need. When a friend, family member, or teammate comes to us asking for help, we’re quick to offer it. And after helping someone out, we always feel good. Yet still, we hesitate to ask for help from others, holding onto stories in our…
Continue Reading...Play Your Roles Well: A 2-Minute Reflection to Make Every Week Awesome
Wanna bring your priorities into focus + make this an amazing week? I’ve got just the thing for you. It’s a short reflection practice. Only takes 2 minutes if you’re feeling fresh. Step 1: Write down all the different roles you play in your life. You might use The Big 3—Energy + Work + Love—as…
Continue Reading...The Pomodoro Technique: Do More of What Matters, Supercharge Your Productivity, and Never Burn Out Again
I used to end almost every workday feeling frustrated, angry, and disappointed in myself. I had some bad habits at the time. Namely, I was a champion procrastinator. I’d put off doing the things that were actually most important to do (since they took a lot more effort.) Which meant completing my work led me…
Continue Reading...Courageous Conversations: Say the things You’re Scared to Say
The most important conversations we need to have are often the ones that scare us the most. Whether we want to repair broken commitments, create new boundaries, or surface something that’s been on our hearts for a while…the most important conversations in life take courage. Which makes sense, because we only feel fear when something…
Continue Reading...A Simple Checklist for Better Nutrition
This is the third installment of my Simple Checklists for Better Health series. It started with A Simple Checklist for Better Sleep. Then I shared 3 Rules for Better Breathing. And in this article, I’m going to share with A Simple Checklist for Better Nutrition. Nutrition is a big topic. And frankly, as a science,…
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