Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

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Observation, Evaluation, Decision v. Judgement and Attack Thoughts

Excessive judgmental thoughts can be toxic to your mental health and your peace of mind. To be clear, let us draw a

A hand holds a card labeled “Discipline,” beside cards reading “Consistency,” “Focus,” “Self-Control,” and “Commitment.”

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Hacking the Spectrum of Willpower: Akrasia to Enkrateia to Sophrosyne

Enkrateia translates from the Greek literally as power over oneself or inner sovereignty. Enkrateia stands in direct opposition to Akrasia or weakness

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What a Book Can’t Tell You, What You Can’t Learn in a Classroom

We are talking about Tacit Knowledge: intuitive, unwritten ‘know-how’ acquired by personal experience, practice, and trial-and-error. The unwritten rules, implicit problem-solving methods,

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What Would You Do With a 25th Hour?

And how could you possibly find a 25th hour? True, there are only 24 clock hours… however, there is a tremendous variance

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How Well Can You Read the Room?

Can you sense the atmosphere? Catch the vibe? Feel the energy? Pick up on social cues, subtle body language, social context in

Keep it simple. A yellow paper note with the phrase Keep it simple on it with some colorful crumpled paper balls around it.

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Out of the mouths of babes…

The phrase is from Matthew 21:16 (and Psalm 8:2) and refers to the often unfiltered, direct nature of children’s speech. Adults usually

Choice and decision, businessman standing with arrows in three different directions, pathway selection dilemma

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There are No Costless Choices

I lead an organization where I am responsible to many stakeholders and I take duties that come with the mantle of leadership

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10 Ideas We Accept Too Readily

Without being fully aware of the process, we have absorbed norms from the world around us; unquestioningly inheriting assumptions from family, class,

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Self-Regulatory Failure

Self-regulatory failure is a fancy phrase for procrastination: putting off what we KNOW we would be better off getting over with. There

A yellow sticky note reading “Be Kind” is clipped to a string against a bright pink background, with small paper heart cutouts scattered below, symbolizing kindness, compassion, and positivity.

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Acts of Microkindnesses

One of my favorite mantras is ‘My Resting Face is a Smiling Face’. I find that keeping a smile on my countenance

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Casting Spells

“The English word ‘spell’ comes from the Proto-Germanic *spellą, which simply meant ‘to speak’, ‘a story’, or ‘a narrative’. To spell a