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Schedule Important Client Appts. In The Morning | Decision Making Fatigue

Did you think shoveling down chocolate chip cookies was about spoiling yourself with flavor? Probably not. More likely it’s a loss of willpower from decision fatigue. What is decision fatigue? Research shows that making decision after decision after decision has a biological price. It drains your mental-energy savings account. After a long period of decision [...]

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Have A Decision To Make? Here’s A Way To Check With Your Gut

I’m thinking of moving to Northern Virginia, the DC beltway area. It’s 4 hours south of where I am, where I’ve lived most of my life. It’s where my younger son, daughter-in-law and only grandchild live. Who “Should” I Listen To? I want to be closer to family, but friends tell me I’m nuts. Women [...]

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Reframing Dandelions Or Stop Killing Yourself To Be Someone You’re Not

Dandelions are your friend. Really. Reframe the subjective definition(s) you accepted as a child that dandelions are bad: something you should get rid of; something you don’t want in your life lawn. Life made easier Think how much easier your life would be if you stopped believing someone else’s definition of what’s bad or good [...]

5 Steps To End Energy Sucking Niceness

Paradigms. Everyone has them. They’re mental models or belief systems from which you operate and make decisions. They’re good to have. Except when they’re not. If you believe you always have to be nice that’s not good – “always” being the operative word. What’s wrong with being nice? There’s nothing wrong with being nice except [...]

Take This 1 Step To Get On The Path Of Increased Confidence

Take This 1 Step To Get On The Path Of Increased Confidence

I love true stories. Especially ones with happy endings. My socks go up and down as a woman tells me about increasing her confidence and becoming strong. It totally rocks when she relays the story of accomplishing something that she wouldn’t have done previously because of fear that use to have a stun gun impact [...]