Perfection develops as an adaptation or a survival strategy for a number of different reasons. The most common one is to compensate for a sense of inadequacy and not being good enough, and over functioning to meet external standards is one way to offset those feelings of inadequacy Deany Laliotis, LICSW in the National Institute […]
Bob Mould’s Lesson in Optimism
It’s hard to look at things sometimes. Even harder to see the good in the things we see. Beyond the polarization. Beyond the systems that are “working as designed” and chewing up people in the process. Beyond the busy and the projects and the distractions and the demands. One of my favorite musicians, known for […]
Tracking Achievement Goals and Habit Goals
Transcript (edited from Temi.com) Whenever I’m making a change, I want to keep track of both the lag metric or achievement metric towards my goals and the lead metric or habit metric and whether or not I’m practicing those habits towards my goals. When we work together, we’re going to define an achievement metric. In […]
Meaningful Flow Lab – Status Report August 1, 2018
Thank you everyone for the feedback. I’m leaving this post here for archive. ———————————— Cross-posted to Medium. This is a call for feedback and an introduction to where I am headed with this lab. I feel like I’m taking a risk — showing my work in progress. That’s what labs are for, right? In the […]
