Name It Before It Names You
The warehouse guy went home and wrote four names on a cash receipt from the office canteen. The CFO. His father-in-law. Two others he didn’t want to sit with for long. His breathing changed while…
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Fear changes when the CFO walks in
The guy from the warehouse turned pale. He didn’t need a psychologist to diagnose him. The guy was falling apart in real time. He was doing okay, on a roll, until the CFO entered the…
Public Speaking Isn’t One Fear. Ask Jackson
I would not be able to stroll casually through some parts of town for fear of getting mugged. Great comment, Anonymous — I agree. Fear levels change depending on context. If I walk safely through…
You’re Not Afraid of Speaking
“Fear nothing, except public speaking.” That would be an honest tattoo. You could get it in cursive, slightly obscuring the last part. I once had a debilitating fear of heights. Through conditioning and obstinacy I…
Before You Type: A Commemorative Bench and an Ugly Shitbox
You commented. Yet again! Do you enjoy watching the sheep go nuts while you stir the pot? Years ago, our little tour group disembarked at a super-scenic spot. I wandered over to a commemorative bench,…
Stop Waiting, Start Now: Beat Procrastination.
Permission was never coming. Somewhere, right now, someone is fully prepared to start. Is that person you? Did you purchase the full kit? The gym bag before the gym. The cookbooks before the cooking. The…
The word they gave me crumbled
There’s a very specific brand of silence that lives in a classroom. You’re called to the front, and you already know—before the chalk even connects with the blackboard—that this is going to end badly. It…
Finish the Sentence or It Finishes You
People keep asking the same question: “What’s the point?” It’s that incomplete questions mindset: It sounds deep, so profound, but it still remains incomplete. And that’s the problem. Because incomplete questions don’t disappear.They sit in…
Noise Is Only Alive While It Moves You: Cut the Digital Static
Noise is only alive while it moves you. “Noise.” That’s a song from the Kinks’ 80s album State of Confusion. It’s jarring in some places. It was intentional. But that audio fragment is relevant. Now,…
The Words Your Family Gave You Are Still Making Your Decisions
Inherited language limiting beliefs Someone regurgitated phrases when you were young. You didn’t sign for it. But it became gospel. Truth. It arrived with the furniture, between meals, in the painful silences between family fights.…