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Balance Rx for DaVincis: Simple Pleasures
You’re a creative, multi-talented person. To what extent are you enjoying your life? If you’re feeling more burdened or stressed than delighted these days, ask yourself: what simple pleasures can...
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Why You Might Just Be a Perfectionist
I understand. You’re not a perfectionist. You’re just picky. Or ‘hard on yourself’. Or you ‘have high standards’. Or you like things to be done properly. Guess what? * If you’re emails, tweets...
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Baby Steps, Baby!
No matter what you’re doing — regardless of how many talents you’re wrangling or how many projects you’re juggling — baby steps can help you get things done. Breaking down big tasks into smaller...
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How to Boost Your Energy: A Mini-Workshop
Creative, multi-talented people have a lot going on so it’s important to keep our energy up. It’s difficult to be creative or productive or happy when you’re drained or fatigued. The first step to...
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It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now
I know from personal experience that midlife crisis can hit at any age. I earned my Ph.D. at 29 and have gone through midlife crises about every five years ever since. Now I prefer to frame them as...
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Regret – it’s all relative
Taking Stock Department – I recently passed a big birthday with a zero after it, which prompted me to play the “woulda coulda shoulda” game even bigger than I normally do. Like a lot of other DaVincis,...
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Re-Label Yourself For Fun & Profit
How do you describe yourself? How do others label you? The words you choose shape how we think about others — and how others think about us. The most powerful words on the planet are the ones we use...
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The Power of Gratitude
As a DaVinci – a creative person juggling many ideas, projects and talents — you have a lot of reasons to be grateful. Are you someone for whom gratitude is a daily practice? Or is it more something...
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How to curate your thoughts
Choosing your thoughts can seem so artificial. We’re told by all the self-help gurus that we can and should direct our minds. But when thoughts of worry, fear, regret and negativity seem more...
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If Only…
Regrets. You’ve probably had a few. Do you dwell on them? Do you avoid thinking about them? Try this instead: try translating your past regrets into something positive in the present. Consider...
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Gratitude 2.0: An Easy, Effective Daily Gratitude Practice
Do you practice daily gratitude? Or perhaps you’ve tried it in the past but soon got bored with activity of jotting down a daily ‘laundry list’ of the things you appreciate. In either case, there’s...
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Get Over It!
Are you dwelling on past regrets, disappointments and perceived mistakes? Do you berate yourself for things you did (decisions you made, actions you took, opportunities you attempted, your perceived...
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Doing What Works
What works well for you? Over the years, what practices, habits or activities have you found that make you happy, healthy and/or more productive? Just for giggles, make a list. Jot down at least five...
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Make the Most of 2015
December is a wonderful time to look back at the preceding year and make decisions about how to live the next twelve months. New Years can be a pivot point to do more of what you love and less of what...
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The New “Normal”
What’s “normal“? Anything you want it to be. These days — thanks to technology, globalization, and the waning of past cultural or societal traditions — you have the potential to live and work...
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A Good Day
Ever had one of “those” days? You wake up in a foul mood and have to drag yourself up and out the door, dreading the day…and lo and behold, the day is dreadful. Icky things keep happening. Conflicts...
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Wanna Play?
image via commons.wikimedia.org Every morning, my Labrador prances into the kitchen with his favorite toy in his mouth. He pounces up and down, wiggles his butt and wags his tail. Without words, he is...
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Why You Might Just Be a Perfectionist
image via commons.wikimedia.org I understand. You’re not a perfectionist. You’re just picky. Or ‘hard on yourself’. Or you ‘have high standards’. Or you like things to be done properly. Guess...
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Coulda Woulda Shoulda – PART ONE: Costs & Benefits
image via commons.wikimedia.org Everyone has some regrets in life. What differs is how people deal with them. When you regret something you did – or didn’t do – in the past, do you engage in wistful...
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Coulda Woulda Shoulda – PART TWO: How to Overcome Coulda Woulda Shoulda Thinking
image via commons.wikimedia.org Regrets often take the form of Coulda Woulda Shoulda thinking. Part One of this article described the costs of Coulda Woulda Shoulda. Today, we’ll continue by...
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