What Constrains Us

This post was written (and published earlier this week) as a guest post for Positive Workspace, a wonderful site replete with useful and thoughtful information and resources on developing a positive relationship to work.  I hope you like it. It’s funny how sometimes...

Move Toward the Task

Always, as much as possible, move toward the task.  I mean with all the parts of yourself — physical, spiritual, emotional, and cognitive.  All these different components of you are part of your capacity to work towards your goals.  It does not suffice to come...

What If?

Be careful about using these two words — What if?  Very careful.  I have learned to brace myself when I hear these words because I know I’m about to go on a rollercoaster ride through the fantasy land of rampant worry (my favorite summertime...

Choosing to Move Forward

When we stop doing what we need to do for an extended period of time, a general malaise results.  Our stress is no longer about the one thing that got us started procrastinating; it develops into a broader sense of dread and stagnation.  Possibilities and options seem...