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The Problem With “1 Percent Better Every Day”

February 10, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The idea of improving by 1% a day seems like a great way to make sustainable progress. But a crucial reality of how growth happens is often lost in the idea of “slow and steady gains.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: cycles, cyclical, growth, life, linear, nature, progress, rhythms, seasons, sustainability, weightlifting

Don’t Make This Goal-Setting Mistake

February 1, 2025 | Renée Fishman

When setting goals, don’t overlook the crucial question that determines whether you’ll actually feel good about what you achieve.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: achievement, action, fulfillment, goals, growth, holistic productivity, meaning, mindset, planning, process, strategy

How to Offer Support That Builds Confidence

January 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

True support isn’t about rescuing or taking over; it’s about creating and holding a space in which others feel safe to push their edge and cultivate confidence through their own efforts.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: coaching, comfort zone, confidence, growth, holding space, parenting, personal development, relationships, safety, strength, support

You Have the Right to Reinvent Yourself

November 14, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Reinvention is sometimes shamed as flighty or non-committal, but those critiques say more about others than about you. Here’s what their resistance really reveals about growth and transformation.

Filed Under: Astrology, Navigating Change Tagged With: ADHD, change, growth, Martha Stewart, molting, navigating change, reinvention, Scorpio season, scorpion, transformation

Why Your Regression is a Good Thing

October 27, 2024 | Renée Fishman

When you find yourself regressing in your skills or in a state of confusion or disorganization, your impulse might be to panic and self-shame. Before you go down the hole, consider that your regression is a good thing.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: breakdown, breakthrough, change, CHAOS, developmental regression, disorder, disruption, growth, leap, personal development, personal growth, progress, regression, setbacks, skills

The Unexpected Discipline Required to Nurture Growth

June 22, 2024 | Renée Fishman

We often think of the discipline involved in taking consistent action to nurture growth. But there’s another side, and an unexpected discipline required to achieve true growth.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, Cancer season, cycles, discipline, growth, mothering, nurturing, rest, restraint, seasons, summer

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