Category: Critical Thinking

Are You Ready?

Knowing When to Splurge

And there are other times when you want to be prudent and not splurge on something self-indulgent or extra. I would argue that true prosperity is about choosing that things that really matter in your life.

The Hour of the Rat

Success comes from confidently making decisions and acting on them. It’s a good formula to follow. But every now and then, you’re going to experience the hour of the rat, when something you’ve done (or not done) just keeps gnawing at you…

Your Inner Dialogue…

What is the inner dialogue you tell yourself? What is your default setting? And how can you improve that dialogue, to manifest better results in your career and life?

Being Inspired versus Being Demoralized

People become demoralized because they lose the idealized version they have of themselves. Everything in your life depends on how you represent it to yourself. Meaning, the “inner dialogue” you use with yourself.

The Learning Justification

This is when you buy into the excuse that the reason you’re not doing something, is because you don’t know enough to get it done successfully. I’d estimate that at least 90 percent of the time, this is a lie we tell ourselves.

The Case for Compassion

It’s easy to start thinking you have enough issues of your own to deal with, and think you don’t have any energy leftover for this additional suffering. Even if you don’t watch the news, your Facebook and Twitter feed will send you such a steady diet of tragedies, calamities and heartbreak, it can seem that the world is falling apart.

The Language of Perpetual Victims…

They like to think they’re just being clever and self-depreciating when they say things like this. But in truth, they’re wallowing in victim-hood, and avoiding taking responsibility for their own life.