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Articles tagged "taking action"
Is Your Skepticism Holding You Back?
Sometimes we feel we need reasons, promises of payoffs, and cold hard evidence. But we might be missing something.
5 Tips to Get Your Rituals to Stick, or How I Finally Managed to Start Exercising (Finally.)
When a million little things always seem to get in the way, here are some tips for establishing a new ritual.
How You Get the Puttylike Snowball Effect
A single click on a curious link led to a whole lot of awesome.
On Dream Jobs and the Importance of Being a Self-Starter
What if we approached our careers from a place of design, rather than discovery?
Reflections on Two Years of Puttylike
It’s hard to believe that two years ago I was nervously pacing around my studio apartment in Copenhagen, preparing to bring this thing to life.
Help! My Goal Is Too Big: How to Get Started When Your Project Is So Massive It Scares You
If someone’s called your dream “impractical”—don’t give up quite yet.
My Very First Interview on Live Radio! (or How to Boost Your Confidence before a Nerve-Wracking Event)
I’m sitting in a fancy studio, speaking into a large microphone. This is my first live radio interview and it’s being broadcast to the entire province of Quebec.
Why You “Lose” Your Personality when You’re Feeling Insecure (and How to Get it Back)
It’s not just that I was afraid to share my opinions, It was more like I didn’t have any opinions at all. My identity had simply dissolved. That inner voice that normally told me who I was and what I thought, had gone silent.