by Christine Li | Dec 5, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Social, Techniques
Procrastination is a very elaborate way to prevent ourselves from taking risks. We get trapped in our fearful thinking. We obsess about everything that could go wrong and everything that already is wrong. We imagine how humiliated we might end up feeling. We decide...
by Christine Li | Apr 18, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social
Procrastinators are known to have problems with getting work done. I wonder, often, if there is something more to Procrastination other than the actual work. In my experience working with clients who are trying to recover from chronic Procrastination, the root of...
by Christine Li | Apr 11, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Social, Techniques
One of the most useful techniques I learned while training to be a psychologist was to avoid starting questions with “why” when addressing my patients. You ask, “Why why?” It is a great, easy way to start off a question or conversation, and it is very direct. It...
by Christine Li | Mar 17, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Techniques
Lately, I seem to be feeling stuck every day. Whether it’s an e-mail I don’t want to reply to or an uncomfortable interpersonal dynamic I don’t want to address, it seems I am in a bad run kind of way. There are so many reasons we can get really stuck. So stuck that:...
by Christine Li | Jan 30, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Techniques
I’m really pleased to introduce this guest post by my new friend and kindred spirit, Susaye Rattigan. I discovered her ultra-informative post on LifeHack — 25 Incredibly Useful Websites Every Entrepreneur Should Bookmark — and then found another...
by Christine Li | Jan 12, 2015 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Social, Steps of the Day, Techniques
One of my personal specialties is pretending I don’t have real problems with Procrastination. One of my oldest tricks in getting people to believe this and in actually getting some work done is partnering with a friend or colleague (or total stranger) in order...