Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
If there’s the option to help someone feel involved in a project, it’s best to lean into it. The lizard brain in us will say that we should let them be; they’re busy; they won’t care like we care; they’ve got enough on their plate… and so on. But the reality is, many people leave […]
The magic number for trying something new is a month. 30 days is enough to see if it sticks; it’s long enough to toy around with adjustments and improvements; it’s long enough to feel committed to it. It takes 30 days for habit to form – and the same can be said for a meaningful […]
To start something new is fresh, it’s exciting; we’re inspired and motivated and enthralled by the possibilities. All these good vibes stop the lizard brain from speaking up to tell us all the reasons we shouldn’t. Of course, after awhile down a project, the sizzle of starting fizzles out and the lizard brain starts getting […]
A friend of mine says she has five seconds to make a decision before her lizard brain speaks up with all the reasons to avoid the the feeling of risk and all the reasons to play it safe by sticking to the status quo. Five seconds to act, trust her gut and keep moving forward. […]
There’s not much more debilitating than self criticism, the lizard brain, the little voice in your head that tries to rationalize all the reasons why you’re not good enough, won’t succeed and shouldn’t even try. They key to overcoming it isn’t an external force, however. It’s not more praise from others or a guarantee or […]
The chances of you forgetting all the words to your speech is pretty slim. The potential that the meeting you scheduled will go horribly wrong isn’t much of a potential. The likelihood of your project completely failing isn’t all that great. When the lizard brain speaks up and fills your head with all the things […]
In your head, you talk to yourself 500 times faster than you talk out loud. And just as quickly, your lizard brain fires up. That’s what you’re up against every time an opportunity presents itself. In the past, I’ve written about you having 30 seconds to act before the lizard brain starts feeding you reasons […]
