Life & Business Coach
This is my Canada. It was 1980. My parents had gathered me and my three brothers into our family station wagon to go see Terry Fox run. He ran past us on Highway 2, east of Toronto, as we gathered roadside. Thirty-seven years later, the sound of rubbing metal, followed by a grunt, a scrape and a thump as his prosthetic leg hit the ground lingers in my mind. Last
Have you ever felt burned out because you’ve been powering through? Just do it. Feel the fear and do it anyways. Pretty much every marketing message in the self help industry We live in a culture that glorifies forcing ourselves through perceived physical and mental limitations. There are times when it makes sense to dig deep and get stuff done. Focused, purposeful action is necessary to create winning results. But
Do you struggle to get things done because you’re trying to achieve perfection? You may be spinning your wheels because you’ve fallen into a Perfection Trap. In today’s episode, you’ll find 2 stories that illustrate how the Perfection Trap affects each of us. Both stories – and their lessons – come from an experience I had that forced me out of my comfort zone in the pursuit of creative self
Your Inner Critic Seeks Perfection How does your inner critic respond when you try something new? There is no better way to explore how your inner critic shows up than to try something new in a creative pursuit. You can use your creative outlet as a peek behind the curtain. Your inner critic is responsible for keeping you small. What happens when you get out of your comfort zone is
We were at a crossroads in The Subway. We could either try to climb out without the trail, or stay within our comfort zone and re-trace our steps. I was not comforted by either option… Memories of a day I took a journey outside my comfort zone washed over me while I scrolled through my Instagram feed. A friend had shared a photo from his recent trip to Utah. I
Do you struggle to get things done because you’re trying to achieve perfection? You may be spinning your wheels because you’ve fallen into a Perfection Trap. My first lesson in the down side of perfection was at my first workshop with Canadian landscape photographer Freeman Patterson many years ago. I had my camera and tripod painstakingly arranged to take a picture of the bottom corner of a barn window. As
