Monthly Archives: April 2014

Fight procrastination: breathe

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Chris

A short tip for fighting procrastination: just breathe. Inhale and count “one.” Exhale and count “two.” Continue to ten. This gets to the fact that so much of procrastination is an effort to escape from anxiety or bad feelings surrounding … Continue reading →

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Three Strategies to Get and Stay Inspired

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Chris

This is a good set of rules for performing any activity: act, start small, work with others. These are three very important principles because, as the author says, inspiration doesn’t strike very often and not very reliably. The first is … Continue reading →

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Improving performance: Know why

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Chris

There is a story about the actor Sir Laurence Olivier that speaks to improving performance. Olivier, one of the greatest stage performers of all time, had invited a friend to watch him on an evening that turned out to be … Continue reading →

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Performance tips from Sesame Street: you have to put down the ducky

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Chris

Sesame Street: Ernie Puts Down The Duckie – YouTube. Often when we have a goal we hold ourselves back from achieving it because pushing for change is scary. We may strive for a goal half-heartedly because we don’t want to … Continue reading →

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Ambition and “Fire in the Belly”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Chris

The term “fire in the belly” is an old term for someone who has a huge amount of drive and ambition. In general, people think of “fire in the belly” as meaning a kind of inner force, a kind of … Continue reading →

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