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Not enough willpower? This seemingly crazy thing could fix it!
Willpower is often considered the magic quality that separates winners from losers – the thing that makes you stick to your goals and help you say yes to hard work and no to those cookies. In order to succeed we “just” need willpower. But what is it really, and how can we get more of it? I’ve recently discovered that willpower seems to have little to do with character or mental training – and a LOT to do with what we eat. But the solution is not about following a calorie depraved, supposedly “healthy” diet, as you might expect. The depressing cycle It’s funny, isn’t it, how those goals…
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Is this why you’re not taking time for your creative projects?
Have you ever wondered why it’s so much easier to help other people with their problems than to fix your own things? You just can’t help lend a hand when someone close to you – or even a stranger – is in need. You spend hours and hours listening to other peoples problems and trying to help them out – but when it’s time to work on your own projects – whether it’s painting that painting, cleaning your desk or working on your website – you mysteriously lose both focus and confidence. You start questioning yourself, you start looking for something else you’d rather do. In theory, you know you…
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How you can find strength behind your fear
Is it possible to find strength or even peace and love hiding behind your fear? Actually yes, that´s what I discovered today, and I´m excited to tell you how! There are many kinds of fear, of course. The person who is not afraid of a raging bear will not stay alive very long. Fear is there to protect us, to make sure we don´t do anything stupid that will risk our lives. But, if you´re like most people I know, it´s not the fear of heights or wild animals that is mostly present in your life. It´s something much more subtile – very often you might not even be…
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Why dreamers and doers desperately need each other
You know that one about “opposites attract”? What if that is not just a cruel trick by nature, but it actually serves a purpose? Dreamers and doers, for example, often run into communication problems, ending up in despise of each other. But can they really live without one another? The last week I´ve been working on writing and sending out invitations for the workshop I will hold this summer. Since one of the lessons I´ve learned from Barbara Sher is that “isolation is the dream killer” I´ve engaged two friends to help me on this project. So before I sent out that invitation I asked them for feedback. One of…
