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There may be hidden steps hindering your initiating tasks
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The Hidden Hazard of Work to Do Work

Sarah Kesty on August 21, 2024

If you dread a task, chances are you’re facing an unseen enemy: work to do work. Often we have many hidden steps to complete before we start a task, and that can be exhausting.

If you dread a task, chances are you’re facing an unseen enemy: work to do work. Often we have many hidden steps to complete before we start a task, and that can be exhausting.

The process of developing executive function can feel messy
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Getting Help With Executive Function

Sarah Kesty on August 9, 2024

Growing your executive function skills requires some executive function, leaving many of us in a challenging cycle of wanting to change but feeling stuck.

Growing your executive function skills requires some executive function, leaving many of us in a challenging cycle of wanting to change but feeling stuck.

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The Perfectionism Trap

When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.

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