“Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching at air,” famous psychologist David Burns warned.” There’s a strong probability you’re a perfectionist if you’ve ever sobbed over receiving a B+ or coming in second place....
By Ray Williams January, 2022 Procrastination is associated with a long list of negative traits, such as laziness, lacking motivation or focus, having a poor attention span and so forth. Is it really all of these negatives and then some? Is it a matter...
By Ray Williams November 6, 2021 Our society worships success and even demands it. Success defines the person and the organization. It is the way we define goal attainments. Success is also defined by its polar opposite, failure. The commonly held view is that failure...
By Ray Williams June 18, 2021 Have you ever had this conversation with yourself, or heard someone else talk this way: “I’ll never get that promotion/job.” “I screwed up again.” “My work wasn’t good enough.” “ Ishould/shouldn’t have…”(fill in the blanks). These are...
By Ray Williams October 21, 2020 “I’ll never get that promotion/job. I screwed up again. I should/shouldn’t have…(fill in the blanks). We frequently hear people verbalize these types of self-critiques to their friends, families and even strangers online. Or you...