Where do the expectations you set for "what you should be able to do" in a day or week or month come from?

I bring news!

If you've:

• Been overscheduling yourself lately
• Or crossing off 1/10th of your To Do List every day for the past year
• Or find yourself constantly disappointed in today's performance because "back in the day" you could do things faster
• ...Or worse: Sheryl over there is coping just fine, so why are you struggling?...

You might be suffering from "Realistic Expectation Syndrome," which is a condition I just made up but is completely real.

Too often, we idealize our capacity and capability to the point that our plans (and To Do Lists) would only be achievable by 6-armed superhumans who don't require sleep.

Be honest: How many times have you looked at tomorrow's jam-packed schedule and said, "Well, if I focused enough or had the right energy, I should realistically be able to do all this"...?

That right there is why today, we're differentiating "realistic" from HONEST.

In the episode, I explain why adopting the latter perspective will not, as you fear, doom you to utter failure and ruin — and why it is, in fact, the KEY to being able to ramp up your productivity and focus when you need to!

LINKS!

• NEW! Decision Mastery Week is coming! Are you in?
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Want to work together? Book your free consultation!

It seems like the more adulting we do, the harder it gets for FUN to be an effortless part of everyday life.

But when you think about "fun" being a choice available to you - kind of all the time - that can change.

Especially when "fun" doesn't have to mean what it might have for the past few years. (What comes to mind? Vacations? Day trips? Isolated periods of time that are separate from "regular life"?)

Today I invite you to consider the kind of person you want to be and the kind of life you want to have.

Where does FUN fit into that?

With your answer, you'll learn how to make the decision to have fun more often - even in boring meetings! - and you'll understand the value and impact that will have on the life you create!

LINKS!

• NEW! Decision Mastery Week is coming! Are you in?
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Want to work together? Book your free consultation!

Today, we're solving an issue I see costing a lot of people unnecessary time, energy and ANGST.

You're going to assess if the standards and expectations you're setting for today are current...

Or if they are, in fact, holdovers from a previous season.

For many high-achievers who've done amazing, very hard things in life and work, it's super common to almost "cement" those times as permanent reference points for "how I should be" and "what I should be able to do."

So if you lived in hustle-mode for years building your business, or survived on 4 hours sleep in grad school, or produced amazing reports at the last-minute in your 30's...guess what. Your brain remembers.

And part of you might be trying to hold yourself to those same standards today!

This isn't just about getting older, though. MOST people experience "season changes" throughout the year - and things that worked well and felt easy in April suddenly don't in August.

If you're making this a big, personal problem - this episode is for you.

Because you may just need to recognize that you're not a robot who's supposed to reach a certain level of productivity / efficiency / happiness / energy / etc...and "stay that way."

Let's update your standards and make everything easier, shall we?

LINKS!

• NEW! Decision Mastery Week is coming! Are you in?
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Want to work together? Book your free consultation!