Jan 24Member-onlyAlways finish with something left in the tank.Whether you’re running a marathon or writing a book. — Training for any long-distance event takes getting up repeatedly and running longer and longer distances. When I trained for my first marathon, I used a plan I found on the internet. The program included the advice you should always feel like you could keep running at the end of your…Self Awareness3 min readSelf Awareness3 min read
Jan 22Member-onlyWhy do I find gratitude so hard?I’m going through the motions but not making connections. What am I doing wrong? I spent some time today researching gratitude. I have been practising writing three things I’m grateful for each day. I often find this challenging. I end up repeating similar types of statements. I did some research this morning on gratitude. …Gratitude3 min readGratitude3 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyI’m choosing to be a writer.Life is about choices. Choices allow us the opportunity to move forward in life. I made a choice several years ago to become a writer. Since I write most days, I now call myself a writer. My next objective is to get paid to write. — So why write? I enjoy writing, and it’s something I can do to achieve flow. When I get into a story, I lose myself, and my brain creates all the details. I find it easy to get lost in the world and character creation.Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Jan 20Member-onlyWhy bother persevering when people say you suck?How I ignored those around me, who said I was not good enough and did it anyway. — This week I have been looking at some of my negative traits. The ones I’ve worked to eliminate but was never able to do so. I’ve begun to make peace with them. I no longer want to remove them. Instead, I want to use them as a source of strength. …Self Doubt3 min readSelf Doubt3 min read
Jan 19Member-onlyDark WhysWhy do we do what we do? And when we can’t be bothered, what can get us to do something? — Motivation Motivation is different for everyone. At our core, we are either scared of something or looking for a reward. Neither is wrong, but once we know which works better for us, we can be more effective at influencing others. Purpose When we look at our internal motivation, we also…Motivation4 min readMotivation4 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyNot all negative emotions are wrong.We view them as unfavourable because we’re told they are. — In my article “ Why being bossy is a good thing,” I shared a trait some people might consider negative and how I use it to my advantage. Further reflection had me thinking about what other negative behaviours I have that are intrinsic to my being. …Emotional Intelligence4 min readEmotional Intelligence4 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyWhy being bossy is a good thing.Sometimes people need to be told what to do! — Sometime around grade one or two, the little boy who sat next to me in the classroom called me bossy. I was devastated and vowed to myself to get better. I would have been eight or nine at the time. Over the next however many years, I tried not to…Self Awareness4 min readSelf Awareness4 min read
Jan 16Member-onlyWhy do we fail to achieve SMART goals?New year new you, and all that guff only happens when you have an objective with an action plan — a plan with easily defined next steps. — The above statement is super easy to do, but delivery is more challenging. My goals for the first 100 days of 2023 are every day, I will: Read with intention Meditate Write and publish one article on Medium I set these up as SMART Goals, created an action plan and…Smart Goal Setting4 min readSmart Goal Setting4 min read
Jan 15Member-onlyIt turns out I’ve been reading incorrectlyHow is that even possible? — If I had slowed down for more than five minutes and asked myself, I probably would have found the answers. But I didn’t. I stated I would read intentionally every day, and I bought a book a read it. My university student knew how to read, learn, retain and retrieve…Reading5 min readReading5 min read
Jan 14Member-onlyI’m going to try and read with intention.To learn not just to relax — I love to read. I read a lot and, for the past decade, have predominantly read for leisure. I believe this is because, during my thirties, I did a Business degree. I had read to pass my classes. This took some of the fun out of reading, so I went…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
