When Things Break Down, We Think We Need to Try Harder
You know that moment when things break down – it’s frustrating, you panic and you start to re-think all the decisions you made leading up to this moment. Let’s put a pin on this exact inflection point – this is where you give up, you end things too early, you beat yourself up or you compare yourself to someone else’s journey. Negative self-talk takes over: "This was never a good idea". "I need to try harder". “I can’t do this". For most of my life, I believed intensity was the answer to...