High-Performance Environments Don’t Bend. You Do.
High-performance environments don’t adjust to you. The question is if you’re willing to adjust to them, and what builds in you when you do.
Entries by lori
The Pink Elephant Problem: Why Your Goals Don’t Stick
Your brain can’t act on “stop,” which is why goals built around quitting fail. Here’s what to focus on instead.
Why “If Only” Keeps You Stuck (And What to Say Instead)
I thought running my own gig would silence the “if only” voice. It didn’t. Here’s what works instead of waiting for perfect conditions.
Fear of Aging: 10 Reasons I’m Not Freaking Out at 55
After doing all this work, you’re still stuck. Learn why insight can become its own avoidance strategy, and what to do instead.
How to Stop Paying for Staying Stuck
Awareness of what’s wrong doesn’t change anything. The hidden trade keeping you stuck, and how to actually start moving instead.
How to Get Unstuck Without More Self-Work
Here’s what’s keeping you stuck, and what to do instead of trying to understand yourself more.
Be Careful, Little Mind: Discernment in a Season of Deception
The outrage machine hopes you’re too busy to know the difference between conviction and manipulation. A Sunday School song has the plan.
The Smartest Way to Stay Stuck and Why It Feels Like Progress
After doing all this work, you’re still stuck. Learn why insight can become its own avoidance strategy, and what to do instead.
The Saul Trap: Stop Trying to Improve on God’s Plan
King Saul always had something to add to the plan. Here’s why that cost him everything, and what it means for the rest of us.
Don’t quit before you quit
A 2008 journal entry surfaces a lesson that still holds: when you’re stuck, focus on the work in front of you and let God handle the rest.