Completing your project, task, or initiative is reason enough to stop, celebrate and give thanks. I didn’t set out to write a holiday themed post. Honestly, I didn’t. Yet here we are. I think the topic at hand is more…
Tag: Journal About This
Knowing When You Have Reached the Limit
Recognizing increasing stress levels is the first step in restoring sanity. Recently I found myself in the throes of Overdrive – overdoing things and becoming over stressed. Stress impinges on productivity, effectiveness, and quality of life so if we learn…
Becoming a Stress Junkie
Stepping back from the stress and working your plan. I have been known to wade pretty far into the deep end of the Taking on Too Much Pool. In case you don’t venture down to that end all that frequently,…
Polar Opposites
The upside to getting down with other people’s working styles. In a job interview nobody ever says they don't like working with other people. That's generally a clear warning sign that they might be anti-social, selfish, or generally unable to…
Buyer’s Remorse Strikes Again
The importance of understanding the implications of your decisions. One winter evening, I was lighting a fire when I noticed the little wiggle in the fireplace door had become more like a nasty lurch. Not long after that it fell…
Tattoos, Timecards, and Task Lists
Get past how things look and focus on what you need. Oh no. Someone had to go and do it. They had to stir the pot. They had go there. Now I have no choice but to drag it out,…
When Wait and See Backfires
Read the warning signs and act decisively to manage your project to plan. This past spring I woke up with water in my ear. That feeling of pressure. I looked like a Three Stooges routine whacking the side of my…
