Did you know that after her Academy Award nominations for Titanic and Sense and Sensibility, the amazing Kate Winslet said, “Sometimes I wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and I think, I can’t do this; I’m a fraud. They’re going to fire me – all these things. I’m fat; I’m …
Self-care is a great way to prevent burnout! And self-care is always important whether or not we love what we do. However, I will say that when we are not doing something that we love, self-care activities only help up to a point. They can delay burnout for a while, but eventually, burnout will catch …
I used to come home exhausted from a job that was perfectly fine. By all standards, I was doing well. I had done everything I was supposed to do – I had gotten good marks to get into a good school, graduated, gotten a good job, somewhat settled down. It felt I had received a …
When we think of burnout prevention, we usually think of self-care activities, like baths, journaling, walks in nature, and a gratitude journal.While these can be helpful, they are not the whole story. And doing just these self-care activities alone will not get you to stop experiencing burnout. Instead, keep reading for the courageous way you …
Character traits that made you successful often also led to burnout episodes. These episodes of burnout were slowly destroying your self-confidence. While this may have seen worth it to achieve success, now this low self-confidence is holding you back – preventing you from pursuing the life you want and dream of. A couple of years …
By learning how to fail, C-students, now as adults, are able to take greater risks, pursue their dream, and not let judgement or fear of failure hold them back, while A-students – having always been praised for perfection – feel paralyzed to move toward their dream, having never learnt how to fail, but instead learned …
Imagine this: You’re 9 years old, just came home from school, holding up your recent math test to your parent, excited to show them you’re A, gleefully looking up at them, waiting to hear how proud they are of you. Instead you hear, “What happened to the plus?” The test is handed back to you …
From a young age, we’re convincingly sold the traditional idea of how our life is supposed to go. And we follow it. We spend a huge amount of time in school, striving to get the top marks. We get into an undergraduate program, work hard, and maybe continue on to a professional school or a …
You have this idea for your dream side hustle. It makes you so excited, just the thought of it makes you feel fulfilled and energized. But it’s so different than what you are doing now, it isn’t even what you went to university for. Isn’t that strange? What is everyone going to think if I …
Can perfectionism be a good thing? No. Ever? No. The story of the undergrad Why can’t perfectionism ever be a good thing? Because perfectionism is wanting the unachievable. The unattainable. I remember reading an article in Inc. about perfectionism, that tells a story about an undergraduate student. This undergrad pressured himself to get an A …
