If you’re having trouble getting stuff done, then you need to figure out if you need more patterns or if you need to break a pattern. Some people are so overwhelmed by life that they need something simple and repetitive to calm them down enough to accomplish their goals. Other people are so hypnotized by…

There are two ways to deal with procrastination. Try harder or do something smaller. If you need to dig a hole and you can’t get yourself to do it, you can either decide it’s going to be hard, become more disciplined, and get it done that way. Or you can decide that all you need…

If you’re trying to make a dream come true but your sad all the time try focusing on the simplest aspects of your day-to-day life. If we spend all our time trying to make the thing in our imagination we’ll have less respect for the real world and the capabilities we already have.Having a vision…

If you’re struggling with self doubt don’t waste time trying to believe in yourself. Just do something that gives you a clear positive result. The way to do that is pick an action that’s smaller and humbler than you think you should do. If you have self doubt and feel like you’re running against things…

Perfection isn’t real. It’s an idea we hold in our imagination as a navigational beacon. If we move closer to the thing we call perfect, then we have something we can call good. But that doesn’t mean we need to be the idea. Or get stuck and sad because we aren’t like the image in…

Every fear can be overcome. But not every amount. So if something feels impossible to deal with, it’s not because you’re afraid of that specific thing. It’s because you’re afraid of that thing in that amount. So if you can break a fear into smaller pieces, even if it’s your greatest fear, it becomes something…

If you have an addiction, then when you decide to quit and you go through the actual process of quitting, it’s not likely that pride is going to be what you feel. It’s possible. But it’s more likely that you will feel grief. Bad habits, even if they’re damaging, are generally coping mechanisms. They’re crutches…

A large portion of our perfectionism is risk management. We don’t want to mess up and be kicked out of our tribe and starve to death. But the reality of that actually happening is very low. And the cost of the perfectionism slowing you down is often higher than the risk of being seen. In…

If you’re struggling to improve your life and it’s not working you might be looking down on the simple things you need to do. For example, reaching out to a new person is a simple idea. But it’s hard. And it’s easy to run the numbers and think you’ll need to meet ten people before…

If you’re having trouble with procrastination, then here’s a solution. Right now, you’re doing nothing, wasting your time, trying to get yourself to do the thing you can’t. But there are five other things you know you also need to get done. So give up on the thing you’re having trouble with and finish the…