Fear of Relaxing: Are You Obsessed with Productivity?
Fear of relaxing? That sounds like a strange concept, doesn't it? What might cause some of us to want to avoid relaxing? In the next few posts,...
Has Your Fear Become a Habit?
Has your fear become a habit? Are you afraid to try something new even before you’ve considered that maybe you can handle what comes your way? How do...
Watch Your Language! (When you talk to yourself)
When something you do doesn’t turn out as planned, do you scold yourself, reminding yourself of what you should have done? How often do you tell yourself...
Beware of Your Biases
When was the last time you experienced the Dunning-Kruger effect? For me, it was one month ago when I unreservedly expressed an opinion to someone and quickly...
How Do You Manage Uncertainty?
Fear and uncertainty often go together. As Dr. Mithu Storoni writes, when we’re uncertain, our negativity bias might cause us to expect that the worst is around...
Flounder or flourish? It depends on your attitude towards your fears.
Take fear of failure, for example. You might allow your fear of failure to hold you back from taking action towards your goals because you don’t want...
Want to learn quickly? Be vulnerable.
How are vulnerability and learning connected? Being vulnerable, making mistakes and learning all go together. Being vulnerable means relinquishing control over outcomes. It means taking action towards...
Challenge Your Self-doubt
Once you’ve decided to work on your important goal, it’s normal for self-doubt to plague you along the way. If you want to make progress, you need...
Feeling Overwhelmed?
When you’ve decided on an important goal or dream, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the steps you need to take to accomplish it. You...
Fear of Getting Started
Have you been putting off working toward a goal or a dream? Have you already convinced yourself that your goal is worthwhile but you’re having trouble getting...