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Laziness is dead. Long live Laziness.

by Havi Brooks | Mar 5, 2008 | noozletter, working on patterns & habits

It’s never about lazy (although we always think it is) When people talk to me about their habits, and especially about the big, frustrating “why am I not doing the thing already” procrastination cycle, there’s one word that invariably comes up:...

When thinking big is the worst thing you can do

by Havi Brooks | Feb 20, 2008 | biggification, noozletter, stucknesses & stuckification

A true story I want you to know that it took me over a year to get around to reading Michael Port’s book “Book Yourself Solid”. Yes, I’m a procrastination expert, and yes, and it took me a year to read a book I actually wanted to read. It...

The little-known self-work practice of watching TV

by Havi Brooks | Feb 6, 2008 | mindful time management, noozletter

Article: Working on your ‘stuff’ even when you’re watching TV Something I love about leading workshops on procrastination (how NOT to do it, not HOW to do it) is the reminder that (a) there is just no end to all the wild things we can come up with to...

3 steps to dissolving that mental roadblock

by Havi Brooks | Jan 23, 2008 | noozletter, stucknesses & stuckification

Three steps to dissolving that mental roadblock When you know what to do but don’t want to do it, chances are good that something deceptively simple is getting in the way — a word. Words can be healing. And words can be roadblocks. This is because they are...

The ‘wrongest’ question and what to do about it

by Havi Brooks | Jan 9, 2008 | mindful time management, noozletter, stucknesses & stuckification

Ask a stupid question, get a wrong answer I know, I know. “There are no stupid questions”. And yet, it turns out you and I are probably asking questions every day that are getting us into trouble. I’d hate to write one of those boring articles about...

Resolutions that actually work

by Havi Brooks | Dec 26, 2007 | noozletter, stucknesses & stuckification

New Year’s resolutions that don’t involve beating yourself up I love New Year’s. Not the whole party thing of course, which is not at all my cup of tea. My cup of tea is a hot, steaming … well, cup of tea. Preferably with yerba buena leaves...
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