I’ve been listening to the iprocrastinate podcast and they talk a little about increasing self awareness. Then the other day I was thinking about how most of the coaches and athletes I know keep detailed workout logs. They track eachContinue reading

Expectations

Most of our conflicts with other people have a very few root causes. The one thing that magnifies these conflicts is our minds constant desire to predict the future, at least in the short term, so that we may control that future.

Where this gets us in trouble is that we try to predict the behavior of those around us and we develop expectations for how they should behave.

These expectations are at the root of most conflicts. Continue reading