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Last week I had the opportunity to lead an exciting workshop as part of Leaders Connect. It focused on Developing a Personal Leadership Plan, the video can be found here. We focused on Identifying Your Blind Spots. One of the participants, Larry, described his challenge of being flooded by many thoughts when trying to do his writing. I described a process, which I invented a few years ago. I call it IAN, which stands for I AM NOW (fill in the blank). I am also one of …

Much unhappiness in life derives from overreacting to small slights and inconveniences. When you are distressed by something, and you cannot determine whether it’s a big deal or not, ask yourself this question: Does This Really Matter? Very often you’ll find yourself determining that it’s a small thing and it really doesn’t matter that much to you at all. If so, let it go and spare yourself from getting upset over small shit. What methods do you use to not …