Your Life Is Better Than You Think

development books, listened to podcasts, or participated in coaching or therapy just to end up right back where you started? No amount of willpower can unlock this dilemma for you. Our “hustle until you die” culture that applauds those who work themselves into an early grave would peg you as weak-minded. They would say, “You’re just making excuses!

Hobbies: use decompression. Hobbies, remember those? Running, hockey, perusing the used bookstore for first editions . . . those fun things you used to have time for? When you return from your run, take your skates off, or put down your new favorite book, you feel refreshed. Your face shows it, and so does your attitude. Your hobbies aren’t just fo

In our busy lives, we use Common-Hour Thinking, relying on circumstances to make decisions. “Looks like it’s going to rain. Better take an umbrella.” “The project deadline got moved up. I’ll work late tonight and get someone else to pick up Annie from soccer practice.” Common-Hour Thinking is essential.