There’s a difference between being in motion and taking action. It’s subtle, but matters to the way we spend our time and where we invest our energy. In my personal experience, finding the “right” balance between motion and action impacts my...
Do you have a massive list of to-dos? I do, and rely on it heavily. I always have one on the go because my task list helps me: get things outside my head with prioritization and accountability create order get things done Though I am a to-do list enthusiast, I also...
Here’s a tool to help manage your imposter “syndrome” when it shows up in your career. Which, as research suggests, is often, especially if you have perfectionistic characteristics, which many academics do. In fact, because all people, regardless of...
Are you an ambitious perfectionist? Some of us don’t even have to contemplate the question, we know the response is “YES!” Others need to think about it. And another category of folx will initially respond “no” and then review this list...
Procrastination, writes James Clear, is a force that prevents us from following through on what we set out to do. Given this force [I love his choice of that word], we need something equally powerful to counteract and resist procrastination. Enter the use of a...
Here are 12 tips to help you get unstuck from your perfectionism when it shows up, slows you down, is annoying, or sucks you into its vortex. There are no easy-peasy solutions to “overcome” perfectionism (I don’t believe in overcoming perfectionism...