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...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 20, 2008 | biggification, book reviews
So I read about three nonfiction books a week, mostly biggification and self-work (what regular people call business and self-help). Rated on a scale of ducks: 1 duck = Stephen Covey (yawn) and 5 ducks = Malcolm Gladwell (do a little dance). Books worth reading are...
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...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 13, 2007 | noozletter, not hating on yourself
News flash: self-mastery is a big ol’ waste of time As the new year approaches and resolutions start piling up, it’s easy and tempting to slide into “self-mastery mode”. You’re determined to do it right this time and beat your bad habits...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 10, 2007 | calm techniques, noozletter, working on patterns & habits
Gee, thanks for the paradigm shift Hanging out in the waiting room of my doctor’s office the other day, I meant to catch up on some work. Instead, I got distracted by a handout called “The Top Ten Ways to Calm Down and Get Rid of Stress”. Or...
