Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

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My Resting face is a Smiling Face

Your resting face (aka neutral face or default face) is simply the natural, relaxed expression your face settles into when you’re not

A person holding a stylized iceberg graphic labeled “hard skills” above the surface and “soft skills” below, illustrating that soft skills are deeper and less visible.

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A Curious Reluctance

I am by training an accountant and an attorney, and worked briefly as an auditor; all hardheaded professions, grounded in hard skills.

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Sliding v. Deciding

Are you paying attention to your life? The difference between sliding v. deciding is usually awareness. Sliding is like being on a

Hand drawing Preparation Luck Opportunity diagram concept with marker on transparent wipe board. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

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Swimming in a Sea of Serendipity

It has been said that luck lies in the intersection of preparation (hard, smart work) and opportunity (Seneca, 4 BC-65 AD). While

Two hands holding up a sign that says "Today's preparation... tomorrow's success" against a colorful background

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Get Momentum on Your Side: Situational Scaffolding

Situational Scaffolding is changing the conditions around you to make success more likely. It’s making what you want to do easier to

3 sticky notes (one says "body", one says "spirit" and one says "mind") on a chalkboard with curved arrows drawn between them to make a circle. The word "healthy" is written inside the circle.

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Creating Change That Lasts Throughout the New Year

The life expectancy of most New Year’s Resolutions can be measured at best in days, some even mere hours. So how to

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Choiceless Choices

We see the world not as it is but as we are. In life we tend not to choose from the entire

A corkboard with a note pinned on it using 2 red push pins. The note says "You will make mistakes... learn from them."

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Consider Increasing Your Error Budget

We all understand, the more at bats opportunities you have, the more hits you can have. A major goal of increasing your

6 post-it notes arranged in a star shape. A blue one says "growth mindset", a yellow one says "goal setting", a white one says "personal development", a pink one says "positive thinking", a green one says "good habits", and an orange one says "self discipline"

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Do You Have Akrasia?

Akrasia (ἀκρασία) is from Ancient Greece and refers to a “lack of self-control” or a tendency to “act against one’s better judgment.”

This image shows an ostrich standing outdoors in a fenced, grassy area under a bright blue sky. The ostrich has its entire head and neck buried inside a blue metal barrel labeled “SAND.”

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Deliberate Ignorance aka The Ostrich Effect: Friend or Foe?

We live in an era of incredible access to… Information? Data? Misinformation? We are ceaselessly bombarded, messaged constantly… often with meaningless content

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Your Life Is Your Delivery System

Every day you ship a product called You: your energy, clarity, focus, presence, and standards. The question becomes: how reliable is your