I often get in my own way and how I do this is best described by psychologist, Gay Hendricks’ idea of an Upper Limit Problem. Beliefs about myself and my limitations keep helping me to sabotage myself time and time again. https://youtu.be/kM-jdXlrAwk
Category: 🔱 Psychology & Mental Health
My Struggles with Productivity – Intro
I have been doing a lot of thinking and self-reflection on how I consistently struggle with getting things done in my life. I’ve tried many things and dove deep into the productivity sphere for answers, only to keep coming back with the same issues. So, I thought I would go through the many things I……
Relationships aren’t fair
We often expect things to be fair in relationships. We may not consciously frame it this way, but people quite often think of it as if we do something that helps another, then they owe us somehow or at least should reward us in some other way with appreciation or reciprocity. Reality is just not……
Failure of Awareness
We tend to focus most on our strengths and things within our awareness. Whatever is the most developed part of ourselves tends to lead our experience through life. E.g. Someone who has a rational, intellectual view of situations will tend to be rewarded for this awareness, because it worked for them, and do it more……
What Makes Difficult Conversations Difficult
Some conversations are much harder to have than others. I have quite a few books on communication and some specifically on difficult conversations, but I had not quite thought of exactly why this is so. Then, listening to Seth Godin this morning, he hit it right on the head by saying that some conversations are……