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3 Ways to Silence Your Inner Critic When Trying Something New (at Success Magazine)

September 11, 2023 by Jen Zamzow Leave a Comment

Have you ever wanted to try something new, but as soon as you started thinking about it, that nagging voice in your head started telling you that you can’t—or shouldn’t?

If we’re not careful, our inner critic can keep us stuck right where we are. Without trying new things, we might never discover that we love piano or poetry or Portuguese. We might never feel the exhilaration of windsurfing, laughing until we cry and falling in love.

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Why Do Lottery Winners Go Broke? (at Common Good Magazine)

July 6, 2023 by Jen Zamzow Leave a Comment

Three lessons about money and happiness from people who got one but not the other.

We often think that our feelings should track with our circumstances. If our life is good, we should be happy, right? But life is more complicated than that. Things that seem good from the outside can end up destroying us.  

Just ask Jack Whittaker.

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I Keep Telling My Kids It’s OK To Be Bored. Somehow, I Can’t Follow My Own Advice (at Insider)

June 19, 2023 by Jen Zamzow Leave a Comment

The sounds of summer are all around — the splash of the pool, the sizzle of the grill, and the two words parents dread hearing: “I’m bored!”

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up? (at Success Magazine)

May 24, 2023 by Jen Zamzow Leave a Comment

When you hit a wall, should you quit or channel your inner grit to push through? Sometimes, you can do both; sometimes quitting is the gritty thing to do.

You just started a new job and it’s not going very well. You’re overwhelmed and you’re not sure the job is a good fit for you.

Or your team has worked for months on a new project. You’ve just encountered a major obstacle, and now completing the project will be a lot more expensive and take much longer than you initially planned on.

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