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Why You Feel Stuck, and How to Get Unstuck

February 19, 2018 | Renée Fishman

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What causes us to feel stuck, and how can we release ourselves from the stuck feeling?

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: emotions, expectations, feelings, language, meaning, mindset, physiology, stuck, words

Your SMART Goals are Dumb Without This Element

February 12, 2018 | Renée Fishman

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Setting clear goals and measuring your progress will lead you somewhere. The question is whether it will take you to where you want to go. Without this crucial element, your SMART goals are dumb.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity Tagged With: alignment, beliefs, expectations, goals, productivity, shoulds, success, values, vision

How To Rewire Your Brain to Boost Confidence

January 4, 2018 | Renée Fishman

The same wiring that keeps us safe can also keep us small. Learn how to rewire your brain to boost your confidence.

Filed Under: Business, Life, Productivity Tagged With: awareness, brain, champion, coaching, confidence, expectations, journal, mindset, My Daily Recap, personal development, personal growth, productivity, rituals, self-awareness, strategy, success, tools, wiring

How Expectations Sabotage Your Happiness and Productivity

November 27, 2017 | Renée Fishman

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Expectations create resistance. Resistance creates suffering. This blocks us from true happiness and peak productivity. Here’s how it works.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity Tagged With: awareness, change, expectations, fear, mindfulness, presence, resistance, suffering

The Curse of Great Expectations

April 25, 2015 | Renée Fishman

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  I just read David Brooks’ poignant Op-Ed in the New York Times on the epidemic of “conditional love” between parents and children in our culture. The entire piece is a must-read for every person who has ever been a parent or a child (so, yes, everyone). I won’t even attempt to summarize his thesis […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: beliefs, expectations, external, failure, identity, internal, merit, self-worth, should, success, tension

Who You Are vs Who You Think You Need to Be

January 9, 2015 | Renée Fishman

who you are vs who you think you need to be

Many of us spend our lives trying to bridge the gap between who we are and who we want to be. Or, more accurately, who we think we want to be. We never stop to question whether what we are striving for is what we actually want, or if it is just who we think […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: expectations, identity, personal development, personal growth, truth

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