Category: Choice & Decision

The Real Story Behind Procrastination

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Lindsey Elliott The Cambridge dictionary definition of procrastination is: ‘the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring’. I would also add to that, ‘something we believe is hard or we won’t be able to achieve or complete’. Almost all of us will have

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I’m Not Brave

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Becky Gagnon The other day, I went paragliding. It was spur-of-the-moment decision. While traveling in Switzerland, I took a bus to Chamonix for the day, just to see the cute little Alpine ski town. I figured they’d have good chocolate or something. I got off the bus, and breathed in the

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Urgent Thinking

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Lindsey Elliott You know the kind of thinking I am talking about….it whirls around, and around in your head, and demands that you do something about this situation/behavior/person NOW! You feel compelled, uncomfortable, angry, resentful, anxious… and it all looks so urgent, demanding action now. It can be very hard

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Squashed Illusion

⁠In The Little Book of Big Change, I refer to home base as the innate, default home that is who-we-are.⁠⁠It’s our natural set point. The home to which the momentum of life naturally bounces us back.⁠⁠But more than “within us”, home base is us. It’s everything. It’s the only thing there is. ⁠⁠There’s often some

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