Productivity for procrastinators: how to focus

An elaborate to-do list

Know what you need to do but can’t make yourself get to work? Here’s how to beat procrastination, get things done, and start enjoying your work.

What’s worse than lizard brain, and how to keep it from holding you back

iguana chillin' in a tree

Some think fear comes from our lizard brain, but my lizard was intrepid, determined, and bold. I say fear comes from our second grade brain. Here’s what to do about it.

New Ebook: How to be Happy (No Fairy Dust or Moonbeams Required)

Do you wish you could enjoy life more? Do you feel like something is missing, like there has to be more to life? At the same time, do you feel guilty for being dissatisfied when you could have it much worse? You need to know this stuff!

Seven ridiculous fears I had last month and how I kicked all their asses

Our chances of going hungry, being eaten by tigers, or falling off a cliff are vanishingly small. So are we happy? No, we get busy fearing smaller things instead. Even when the things we fear are excruciatingly tiny and ridiculous, the fear can still stop us if we let it.

Wait, don’t jump out of the plane after all! (an alternate view on fear)

Everybody’s talking about confronting your fear head-on and jumping out of planes. What to make of someone advising the opposite?

10 Tips for Getting Out of Your Own Way

You want to do something, but… you put it off, you think about all the things that could go wrong, maybe you talk yourself out of trying at all. If you would just get out of your own way, imagine what you could accomplish! Here are 10 tips to help.

How to rock 2011

After the holidays, returning to work and all the ordinary routines can feel a year’s life force is sucked away every morning you walk in the office door. That feeling sucks, but it can be channeled into a good opportunity to re-evaluate your life.