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Handling Self Doubt and Battling Inactivity

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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About a month ago I wrote a piece about “Chronic Underachievement” and yesterday the CEO of OpenRain wrote an article about “Handling Self Doubt” that touched on 3 excellent points I skipped over completely and still struggle with today, more specifically: Criticism is a good thing (it means people care) Self-Doubt can cause you to freeze in [...]

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Are You a Chronic Almost-Achiever or a 95% Kind of Person?

Friday, July 18, 2008

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Introduction The purpose of this post is to take a look at a phenomenon I saw in my life and I think some of you might see in yours: chronic almost-achievement. The ability to give every task 95%, but avoid giving anything 100% like the plague for fear of failure and self-disappointment. Outline What’s a 95%-er? Why is 95% Bad? Why [...]

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