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Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?
When someone pays you a genuine compliment, do you feel guilty or ashamed? When you think about your accomplishments, do you worry that you won’t be able to live up to them in the future? Do you ever feel like … Continue reading
Posted in Strengths
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How Do You Treat Your Future Self?
I’d like to start with a simple exercise this week: take a few seconds to close your eyes and imagine yourself at this time next year. What do you see? Is your future self calm or harried? Sitting in a … Continue reading
Posted in negative patterns, Procrastination, Self-Sabotage, Time Management
Tagged baby steps, chores, cleaning, clutter, continuous improvement, delegating, future self, Future You, gradual change, kaizen, kaizen plan, optimism, overestimate how much time, pessimism, procrastination, small steps, stress, task, task list, time, time management, to do list
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Three Minute Success Technique – Do It Right, Get Results
You’ve probably already heard that visualization can help you achieve your goals. Maybe you’ve even tried it: you imagined yourself at your target weight, or tried to see yourself signing copies of your first novel at your favorite bookstore. Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Focus, Goal setting, Planning, Positive Thinking
Tagged 3 minute success technique, achieving your goals, affirmation, break a habit, continuous improvement, diet, dieting, exercise, fitness, get in shape, get what you want, goal-setting, goals, gradual change, kaizen, kaizen plan, manifestation, meditation for success, personal growth, positive thinking, quit smoking, self-help, self-improvement, the secret, three minute success technique, visualization, visualization doesn't work
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Hard-Wired for Clutter–How to Overcome Ownership Bias
Have you ever cleaned out your garage (or attic, or closet) intending to pass on your never-used possessions, only to find that you can’t bear to part with most of it? Some of those items had sentimental value, and others … Continue reading
Posted in Clutter, Get Organized
Tagged baby steps, clutter, continuous improvement, Dan Ariely, declutter, decluttering, gradual change, hard-wired for clutter, hardwired for clutter, hoarding, how to overcome ownership bias, kaizen, kaizen plan, letting go of stuff, lynn johnston, overcome ownership bias, ownership, ownership bias, possessions, predictably irrational, psychological effects of ownership, small steps, stuff
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Cure Your Clutter Blindness
I’d like you to take a moment to think of a spot in your house that’s cluttered. It can be anything–a shelf, your dresser, a section of a closet. Don’t go there and look. Close your eyes and try to … Continue reading
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Do You Have Boiling Frog Syndrome?
Have you heard of Boiling Frog Syndrome? It works something like this… If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will immediately try to jump out. But if you put the same frog in a pot … Continue reading
Posted in Clutter, Diet, Exercise, Health, negative patterns, Procrastination, recurring problems, Self-Sabotage
Tagged adaptability, adaptable, are you in hot water?, baby steps, bad habits, boiling frog syndrome, clutter, continuous improvement, cupcake, diabetes, evolution, flexibility, frog in hot water, frog kaizen, gaining weight, goal-setting, gradual change, heart disease, hot water, kaizen plan, motivation, motivators, negative adaptations, negative habits, new habits, positive habits, setting goals, small steps, weight gain, weight loss
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Teaching Yourself to Stay Focused
Do you have trouble staying on track? Do you often find yourself letting interruptions keep you from finishing what you started? I do, and that’s why I was excited to read this post on training yourself to focus at zenhabits.com: … Continue reading
Posted in Focus
Tagged ADD, attention training, baby steps, continuous improvement, distracted, distractions, focus, gradual change, kaizen, kaizen plan, Leo Babauta, small steps, train your brain, zen habits
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