Courage
New mistakes are the key to lifelong learning
Learning from your mistakes isn’t so you stop messing up. It’s so you can go out and have fun making new mistakes.
Decisions
Do it yourself? Or hire someone? Four questions to help you decide.
You can do it yourself, or you can hire someone to do it for you. Here’s how to decide. PLUS: free self-publishing class
Decisions
How not to fall off the identity cliff
When change happens, people often fall off an identity cliff. Here’s how to build identity resilience to thrive through change.
Decisions
What gets attention grows; what gets neglected withers
What gets attention grows. That is, put your effort where you want results, not where it’s easiest or most convenient.
Career
Stuck in a web of bungee cords: ambivalence in decision making
Three ways to clarify your decision making when you feel like you’re stuck in a web of bungee cords pulling you in different directions.
Conflict
Right or Wrong
“Right or wrong” is more complicated than it seems. Here’s how to break it down to help you pick the best way forward, or overcome conflict.
Communication
Agree on the problem before solving it
A lot of team conflict comes from a failure to agree on the problem before everyone starts getting attached to their own solutions.
Courage
Don’t say “no” for them.
You will never get what you want if you don’t ask for it. Don’t stop yourself from asking just because you’re afraid of a no. You’re only saying no for them.
Communication
Critical thinking in the little moments
We are easily manipulated by those who understand our biases and can exploit the way our brains fill in the gaps. Practice truth in the small moments so you can better discern truth when it really counts.
Decisions
How not to jump to conclusions: ask what else could be true
To avoid making rash decisions on incomplete information, it’s important to pause and ask yourself what else could be true.