Get comfortable being uncomfortable

Get comfortable being uncomfortable

Failure feels like an awful word describing a terrible condition. As a result, most people avoid it at all costs. This mentality influences every decision we make as professionals, friends, spouses and parents. The result is a fearful life full of caution signs,...
Choosing emotions

Choosing emotions

It’s completely normal to prefer one emotion to another. I’d rather feel happy than sad. Joyful rather than frustrated. Satisfied over anxious. However, the problem arises when we teach ourselves that there’s something wrong with us if every step of the path isn’t...
Defeat Self-Defeat with Dr. Mark Goulston

Defeat Self-Defeat with Dr. Mark Goulston

(Download Episode Here) (Subscribe to the Podcast Here) (Connect with CJ) Why isn’t achievement ever enough? Join CJ McClanahan as Dr. Mark Goulston, former FBI hostage negotiator and UCLA professor, discusses how a simple change in perspective will alter how you see...
Certainty is unattainable

Certainty is unattainable

I used to believe that the more information you accumulate (via getting old), the greater the level of certainty you’d feel about everything in your life. Turns out, that’s not always the case. In fact, I’m continually surprised by the number of times I respond with,...
Direction is more important than speed

Direction is more important than speed

“Direction is more important than speed. Many people are going nowhere fast.” – Richard Evans Like most overachievers, I’m wired to feel better about myself if I’m rushing through the day crossing off tasks on my endless to-do list. My brain craves the sense of...
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