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Talking truth to fear

by Havi Brooks | Sep 11, 2008 | not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits

A few years ago I took a course with some semi-famous biggified chick on getting over the fear of cold calling. To be honest, I could not care less about cold calling. I was there for the fear. Cold calling just isn’t really my style. And at this point in my...

The art and science of pricing

by Havi Brooks | Sep 4, 2008 | biggification, stucknesses & stuckification

Okay, so one of the big themes on this blog is biggification — the art of putting yourself out there and growing that cool thing you do (or want to do) — and how to do that mindfully. And one of the scariest parts of mindful biggification is pricing....

Why the stuff you hate is useful

by Havi Brooks | Sep 3, 2008 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits

And why you still don’t have to do it even if it is. Some people hate incredibly tacky Christmas decorations. Some people hate cherry Coke. Or, you know, things like racism and war. Me? I hate charades. Not “people pretending to be something they...

When habits go bad …

by Havi Brooks | Aug 21, 2008 | not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits

There’s this thing — yes, a thing, don’t make me get all specific — that invariably comes up when you talk to people about habits and how their habits work. And this thing annoys the pants off of pretty much everybody. Here’s what...

Giving birth to a blog (oh, the pain)

by Havi Brooks | Aug 11, 2008 | biggification, stucknesses & stuckification

Life before blog There’s this funny thing that’s actually not funny at all that happens when you write a blog. You start writing posts in your head. All the time. It’s not you. No, no. Not you. It’s just that all sorts of semi-random concepts,...

Recovery from criticism hit and run

by Havi Brooks | Jul 22, 2008 | noozletter, not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification

When you keep getting knocked down.It’s that truckload of criticism again. Criticism — the unasked-for kind that’s chock full of hurtful judgments — is no fun, to say the least. That’s not exactly news. But aside from the unpleasantness...
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