The Waste of “Wrong”

A traffic sign, red with white lettering, announcing "Wrong Way"

“That was wrong” What percentage of your time do you spend thinking about what’s wrong with your performance? With you? Any number greater than zero is waste. This feels counterintuitive. Maybe even “wrong.” Consider – by the time you observe your performance it’s already happened. Therefore, it cannot be changed. The past is past. “Wronging” … Read more

Sprinting Past Your Life

An empty track with a lane of hurdles facing the viewer

Are you constantly managing lists of things to be done? Marking one thing off just to add two or three more? Do your lists ever get shorter? Do you take any time to acknowledge and celebrate completing each item, or just sigh briefly and move on to the next one? Are you often “working” on … Read more

Sounds of Coping

A log lean-to in the deep forest, as a metaphor for the sense of security brought by coping.

What Coping Sounds Like Those and countless phrases like them are ways that we express choosing to cope. We adopt the notion that the problem is “out there” or “in here” and that it’s beyond our ability to do anything about other than live with it. Let’s look at each of these “Can you believe … Read more