You could, but it might not help.
All in Self-Effectiveness
If you're trying to spread an idea, consider the coronavirus.
Perhaps this topic is too soon, but hear me out.
Where's the carrot?
If you want people to engage with you, dangle the carrot. Make it easy.
New Year, New Me.
You are in a war. A war between the "you" with beliefs and dreams of a better world, and the "you" that wants you to hold back, is afraid of shame, doesn't feel they're good enough - the "resistant you."
Come Alive.
There are others like you, scared to take the leap. They share your concerns. I know, I've helped many. You're not alone.
On Resolutions
Resolutions for the new year are bets on a future us. We're making a decision based on a "future version of ourselves" that we want to see. If you plan to improve your life, I am all for it - do it!
How Were Your Holidays?
Step into 2020 with a renewed sense of your purpose.
Step knowing that the right expectation is the one you hold for yourself.
The Art of Decisions
The Decision Series has come to an end, for now ;-)
If you found these insights useful to you, please share this blog with others. We need to build a tribe of people who are self-motivated to improve their lives, to create better art, and never to allow "good enough" to be okay.
The Dangers of Hindsight
Realize, in life, the odds are not in your favor. You will lose so much more than you'll win. Like gambling, the house will always win - the house is "life."
Start with Failure.
If you have doubts, leverage them - consider what would happen if your efforts failed.
Contracts with Yourself.
Make a Ulysses Pact with yourself to help with decisions. Sometimes deciding in advance makes all the difference.
See Balance.
Seeing only the long game doesn't help, but seeing only the short can be ruinous.
How powerful is regret to you? Is it so powerful that you'd instead consider that feeling before you've done something that might make that feeling real for you?
Reflect on the past and project your learnings into the future. You'll see the path ahead of you now - in the present, with more detail and clarity.
Meet "Future You."
Break the rules of time travel. Project yourself into the future to meet your "future self." If possible, try to channel "Bob" and see all of your future versions. Then, come back to the present and make a bet.
There is a special place for the Bobs, the Truths, and the Bulls in this world. We offer a useful counterbalance. For those like us, consider these tactics to help you come across better to those you seek to serve.
The skeptics, truth-seekers, in your life want to see you do the right thing for yourself. A skeptic desires you to consider all the facts, operate with integrity, be real enough to admit your faults, and earnest enough to do better next time.
We can meet in the middle when we start telling ourselves the story others are trying to share with us.
I'm not spinning when I say you were 30% right. I'm showing you a way to think about being 70% more right the next time around.
If every outcome has a probability of being a "win" or a "loss" for you, I'll let you define what that means, then isn't the process of how you came to win or lose more critical in determining future outcomes?