Just because I’m a Yenta, and/or a coach, does not mean I don’t constantly frequently have the nag the hell out of myself to do all the many things that while necessary are perhaps not super fun. I nag myself all the time. The drill sergeant in my head is helpful, if a royal pain…
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Because, guess what: you’ll never be ready. There will always be an excellent reason to hesitate and then suddenly, 5 years of your life had passed you by as you were making to-do lists and planing to get started. Meanwhile, someone younger than you, some kid too stupid to be scared, has done what you…
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If you’re embarking on any project, don’t bother asking yourself if you’re sure that it will work because, spoiler alert: of course you can’t be sure. The only things you can be sure of in this world are death, taxes and cat hair. Besides that, you’re on your own, kid; it’s up to you be the…
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So many people love to tell me all the amazing things they’re going to do–which, in my book is awesome–but then some of them will say, “…and if I have to make one or two mistakes, you know”–nervous giggle–“well, I guess, whatever.” Wow, one or two mistakes. I’m frankly jealous. Right because that’s how people…
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It’s January, and if you’re celebrating 2014 with the decision to start improving your resume and/or LinkedIn profile in order to improve your professional opportunities: god bless you people, you’ve made my two-sizes-too-small heart grow. But remember, that it’s your resume, so it’s your responsibility to hold the reader’s interest and give him/her a reason to…
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Oh, don’t give me that look. Listen: no one told you that it’d be 31 days of sexiness, right? Especially given the fact that changing your life, in ways big and small, is a process. The results are exciting, but the day-to-day is necessarily going to get a little tedious. But you have to have the…
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“The only thing we have to fear,” as FDR famously said, “is fear itself,” and since that attitude is a huge reason why the good guys won World War Two, I would strongly suggest that anyone trying to create anything new, should must adopt FDR’s maxim as their own. Fear is your own worst enemy,…
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I used to advise people, “Hey, allow yourself to ask for help in achieving your goals, it’s fine and totally normal.” And then, given how many people seemed surprised to hear that, given how many people were determined to waste their own times and energy, because they, incorrectly, believed that if they didn’t (somehow) change their…
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Hanging up, in a corner of my lair, is a ginormous 2014 calendar, already penciled in with dates, goals and other manifestations of my Type-A personality. That calendar is a testament; a continual reminder that if I want to keep moving forward, I have to build today what I want to experience tomorrow. I have to…
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January 1, 2014: COMMIT Whatever it is you’re trying to get started in your life, no matter how big or small, if you’re not going to commit 100% down the line…if you’re not going to commit both when things are going your way, and when you want to crawl back into bed and cry…forget it. If you’re…
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