Most of the time, you think your thoughts are facts, so you don’t question them. This is fine when your thoughts make you feel good. But the built-in negativity bias that evolution embedded in the human brain for survival can lead you to think the worst. For example: Fact: Jennifer made a typo Thought: My

It’s a natural human desire to be liked and accepted. But if you say things you don’t really mean in order to get that acceptance, you’re paying a high price. I’m not talking about basic politeness. It’s more about being inauthentic when you’re thinking: I have to get this sale. I want them to like

Holding people accountable is one of the most mature things you can do. It requires having an adult conversation. The reason it feels hard when it comes to your team is: You worry they might quit. You don’t want to hurt their feelings. You think it’s your fault they didn’t perform. There’s one way to

One of the mistakes entrepreneurs make is we say, “Here’s this thing I need done, please figure out how to do it.”Sometimes we aren’t sure how to do it ourselves, but secretly think we should know and feel a little inadequate about that.Sometimes we think if we do it and it doesn’t work, then our

In every situation there are things you know and things you don’t. When you’re doing something new, there are lots of things you don’t know. By default your brain goes on high alert to amplify the importance of these unknown things in order keep you “safe.” The sneaky way it does this is by hyperfocusing

Your past did not cause you to be where you are in your life. Where you are in your life caused your past to exist. This is because it is always now. The past is like the wake of a ship. When a ship is moving, there will be a wake. But the wake does