Abolish All Trace of Toxic Small-Mindedness

Set your goals high [bctt tweet=”Thinking too small, we miss the juiciest opportunities and fail to engage our creative fire.”] What poses as prudence or basic fundamental wisdom or practicality is often the precise thing that keeps us from getting what we want. People say not to set your goals too high or to “underpromise… Continue reading Abolish All Trace of Toxic Small-Mindedness

Writing Isn’t Fun Anymore: 6 Ways to Squeeze Delicious Nectar Into Your Life

It’s not even “writer’s block.” You just don’t care. Writing no longer fuels you. Stacks of boring papers. Stacks of boring books. Boring letters on the screen. Unclear writing. Annoying mistakes. Blank, dead mind. Zero drive. Someone please come distract me. How to bring vitality back to your writing process Every writer I know goes… Continue reading Writing Isn’t Fun Anymore: 6 Ways to Squeeze Delicious Nectar Into Your Life

Is It Bad to Set Really High Goals?

You’ve heard about the placebo effect, yeah? When people are given pills that do nothing yet they miraculously start to feel better? The key part of the placebo effect is that the people taking them don’t know the pills do nothing. The placebo effect is about believing that they’re receiving the medicine they need. Despite… Continue reading Is It Bad to Set Really High Goals?