As a child, the only standard my mom held me to was that of doing my best. She never compared my efforts to anyone else’s or asked if I’d made an A. She asked, “Did you do your best?” I was simply ...

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Recently I wrote a post on how to speed up your tasks. One of the points demonstrated how to reduce the emotional weight of the task. Doing this can help you experience less urge to avoid the task. It ...