Many of us grew up with the story of the Titanic — an unexpected and tragic encounter between an elegant, state-of-the-art, transcontinental luxury ship and… ice. Here’s the thing about large, unsupervised chunks of floating ice — what you see is not what you get. The part at the surface is only a small part of the whole. Apparently it’s the part that’s not visible that creates disaster. [Tweet “Apparently it’s the part that’s not visible that leads to disaster.“] Isn’t that a lot like certain…
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Sea Monkeys in the Sewer
When you were a kid did you ever order sea monkeys from an ad in the back of a comic book? Advertised as a “bowl full of happiness” and “instant life” I was intrigued. Maybe obsessed. I must have managed to talk a parent into ordering them because I have this vague and disappointing memory of tiny brine shrimp in a bowl. Not only did they not look anything like the little cartoon characters in the ads, they weren’t very interesting and they didn’t live long.…
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Shut the Door on Your Inner Critic
Are you still trying to decide how to shut the door on your Inner Critic? Have you figured out what to do with that noisy Inner Editor? How to manage a Monkey Mind? Perhaps you have learned how to love your Inner Critic. Maybe you’re looking for a way to break up with it, once and for all. [Tweet “Have you shut the door on your #InnerCritic?”] These are all valid ways to deal with that confidence-sapping, pain-in-the-butt, voice-in-the-head. I’ve been fortunate to hear about lots of Inner Critics…
