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CHALLENGE NEGATIVE THINKING
Stop Noise Pollution
My mind is like a bad neighborhood; I try not to go there alone.
—ANNE LAMOTT
“I’m not good enough, not fast enough, not smart enough.” That’s what I hear from some of the CEOs I coach! On the outside they appear so contained, so in control. On the inside there are days they’re a simmering mess. Same goes for the seemingly confident hipster entrepreneur who just opened his third Brooklyn coffee shop. He tells me, “I can’t keep up. Everyone’s copying my ideas. I’m always one step away from foreclosure.” The way people talk to themselves isn’t pretty. Often the most destructive dialogues at work ...
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