When doing something new, difficult, and/or very public, it’s easy to get discouraged. To let the voice saying “You’re not enough” convince you that it’s true. To let the fear talk you into playing it safe. To hide. To keep that magic that’s inside you locked away. Or, you can […]
Category: trust
Shipping Expectations
My wife was told her package was late, and she was pleasantly surprised when it came a few days prior to when she was expecting it. It was still later than initially planned, but quicker than her most recent expectations. I ordered something online and was told due to warehouse […]
Experts
There are experts who have spent years studying, researching, and devoting a majority of their lives to a certain subject. We often assume these are formally (ie. university) educated people, and a lot of the time, they are. Virologists, rocket scientists, theoretical physicists, brain surgeons – these are all experts […]
Clay Softener
Polymer clay is a clay that requires baking to harden. However, if you leave it out for a long time with baking, it can get brittle and much harder to work with. There is also a clay softener that allows you to restore the brittle clay and make it more […]
Cavities
Running a team or an organization is difficult. Often there will be many small problems that get ignored or pushed to the side in the pursuit of the greater goal. And while this is understandable, you don’t want to let these issues fester. Especially if they’re things that don’t often […]
Trusting Yourself
No one wants you to trust yourself more than I do. But there’s a difference in trusting in your inherent capabilities, and trusting that you’re right. Trusting in your inherent capabilities means that you can trust yourself to figure things out. To navigate uncertainty and act despite fear. It means […]
The Perfect Time
We always hear about the perfect time. We fear being too early, but also fear about being too late. Whether we’re talking about when to arrive at a social gathering, when to invest in something, when we should launch something new, or whether or not to jump on a new […]
Toilet Paper and Electricity
Toilet paper, running water, and electricity are all things that are easy to take for granted. Often, we don’t even really think about them until we realize their absence. The same goes for trust. While it’s easy to take it for granted, once it’s gone, the absence can quickly grow […]
Lessons Learned From A Year Of Daily Writing
Today marks the 365th post of blogging/writing daily. Hold up. Sorry, I shouldn’t conflate the two – let me clarify. I started writing daily in April of 2020 and wrote every day for six months. I’ve since laxed a bit on the daily writing, as I’ll occasionally write a few […]
Justification as Self Doubt
When we’re confident in our decisions, actions, or speech, we don’t need to tell ourselves that we did well. We know that everything makes sense and we don’t give it a second thought. When we over explain our decisions, actions, or speech to others, and we have that need to […]