You and I are swimming in a vast ocean of opportunities and possibilities. With your subconscious resources only perceiving a tiny fraction of our environment and our conscious resources processing even less, chances are you barely even notice these opportunities that brushing past you. Yet, you may feel your life has become boring, routine and […]
The Confidence Myth
You stand up to speak in front of the audience. Your palms begin to sweat and your feet tremble. For some reason you forget what your opening line was. At this point your self-talk begins to shift. It begins to doubt your ability to perform. It makes up fantasies about the crowd booing you or […]
How to Overcome Fear
We live in an age of fear. Terrorist attacks, identity theft and threats of nuclear war rule the headlines. In an age of rapid and discontinuous change, where the only certainty available is that the future is impossible to predict and we are either headed for a glorious utopia of human achievement or nothing short […]
Wade or Dive
Anyone who has ever been swimming can tell you that there are generally two strategies to transition from your comfortable spot on the shore. The first is to slowly wade in. Slowly wading in involves taking small steps of gradually increased depth until you are almost completely submerged. This process takes a long time as […]
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