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Whistling In The Dark
I’m having a wonderful time but I’d rather be whistling in the dark – They Might Be Giants In the face of something truly daunting, sometimes whistling in the dark is the only way to keep moving forward. To pretend that we’re not facing the impossible or at least the improbable. To project that the challenge we face is, in fact, no challenge at all. When will we be ready to take action? When we are ready. For an impatient person, ready doesn’t often come as quickly as the desire for change. (whistling) When will you be ready to speak your truth? Present your idea? Drop the habit? Looking in the rearview, we can see…
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The Struggle Is Real
One of our greatest freedoms is the freedom to choose. Regardless of the degree of complexity of the choices, being able to choose is a gift. As with our other freedoms, this gift comes with a cost. In 2011, John Tierney wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine entitled Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? It centered around the idea that we have a finite cognitive budget and each decision we make has a physiological cost. The more choices or decisions we make, the more energy we expend (spend). Now, it doesn’t take one of the several scientists quoted in Tierney’s article to tell us that we have more brain energy at the beginning of the day…
