My Scoutmaster is often good for a topic to share here. At our meeting last night, he talked to the Scouts about how to deal with a stressful situation using the acronym STOP: Stop, Think, Observe, and Plan. In the woods, he said, it’s easy to lose your way and panic; but instead of running […]
If you’ve ever created anything, you know what it’s like to feel like it’s not good enough. As you’re outlining and typing, or taping and painting, or cutting and hammering, or chopping and measuring and mixing, or lining up the shot and checking the lighting, there’s a voice in the back of your head going […]
Too often, we decide we can’t do the things we need to do in order to make our dreams a reality. And we go to great lengths to make sure we’re right. Status of my goals: Marathon: On Track. More or less. I’m missing three workouts this week, but I’ll get back to it next […]
Courageous Action — Daily Acts of Courage — Medium. Stop thinking of reasons why it can’t be done, otherwise it won’t be done. Dan Pedersen says just I want to say, only much more succinctly. It’s easy to talk ourselves out of trying, because how could we ever possibly accomplish the thing we’re dreaming about? […]