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Is It Complicated — or Just Hard?

December 23, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re feeling stuck, it’s crucial to identify whether the thing you’re trying to do is hard, complicated, or both. Here’s why it matters.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: complicated, hard, productivity, simplify, skills, strength, support, systems

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Personality Assessments

December 1, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Personality and behavior assessments like DISC or Myers Briggs promise better self-understanding if you use them correctly. Here’s what most people get wrong.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: assessments, behavior, coaching, DISC, Myers Briggs, personality, self-assessment, self-awareness, self-examination, self-image, self-improvement, skills, tendencies, traits

The Only Way to Become Fluent in Anything

November 16, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Fluency in any language or subject doesn’t come from learning or studying. It comes from putting what you learn into practice in the real world.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: fluency, language, mastery, skills

All Training is Specific

October 3, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The internet is filled with advice on how to get stronger or develop your skills. Which advice is best? That depends on your goal.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: fitness, productivity, skills, strength, training, writing

Virgo Season Teaches How to Get Things Done in Unpredictable Times

August 22, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Virgo season brings unpredictable weather and unsettling energy, making everything feel harder than it should. But the challenges of Virgo season also open us to its greatest gifts and can help us find more ease and flow where it feels lacking.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, craft, mastery, productivity, skills, structures, support, systems, uncertainty, Virgo

The Skills of Motherhood

May 11, 2025 | Renée Fishman

We live in a duality in which the same skills that get highly compensated in the corporate setting are taken for granted in the family context. That doesn’t mean they aren’t valuable.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: coaching, habits, mothers, Mother’s Day, productivity, skills

The Mis-Labeling of “Soft Skills”

May 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In the AI era, “soft skills” will become the future of work — and they’re harder to master than you think.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: artificial intelligence, compassion, empathy, future of work, holding space, holistic productivity, intuition, listening, skills

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