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This week's post is a little different. It's an invitation. June 20th. Open house. Not a webinar. Not a pitch. Just us, hanging out, hearing what's actually going on in your life. https://t.co/wFigZxHsaF
Rare Online: People Figuring It Out In Public.
June 20th, open house. We'll play with your survey ideas and see where they go. No perfect model, just listening.
This is how we Untangle Procrastination.
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This week's article is a little different. It's an invitation to an open house on June 20th. Not a webinar, not a pitch, not a coaching call. Just us, hanging out, hearing what's actually going on in your life. https://t.co/wFigZxHsaF
Neither of us has ever solved a stuck place in our lives by "crushing it" or “dominating our day.” The Productivity Industrial Complex sells force. We're in a different camp, and our latest piece is about why. https://t.co/NlAafSyduv
A knot isn't something you beat, crush, or destroy. Pull harder on a tangled ball of string and you don't get a straight line. You get tighter knots. Behavior change works the same way. https://t.co/NlAafSxFEX
We Don't Use "Beat," "Crush," or "Destroy." Here's What We Say Instead. "Beat procrastination."”Crush your day.” “Destroy your bad habits.” These are words of violence, built on the idea that you're the enemy. You're not. You're a knot. https://t.co/NlAafSxFEX
Some seasons aren't procrastination. They're the pauses, the detours, the slow formation of what comes next. You're not falling behind. You're untangling. https://t.co/e9Y0gcK0ka
Eat That Frog doesn't help when the frog is your whole identity. The productivity world has no framework for the quiet kind of transition. https://t.co/e9Y0gcK0ka
Andrea closed her gift shop after 18 years. Her 10-year-old asked why she was crying if she'd chosen to close it. The grief wasn't about the decision. It was about what it meant. You're not falling behind. You're untangling. https://t.co/e9Y0gcJsuC
The tools that help you get unstuck are downstream of something more fundamental.
Habits built around goals that don't fit who you are won't stick. That's not a motivation problem. It's an alignment problem.
Nancy's most personal piece yet. 👇
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Nancy worked with someone for over a year before that person learned she had advanced degrees in art curating.
She presented her professional self, keeping the rest out of sight.
The split was expensive. It's connected to why habits fail.
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Nancy has spent her career as an entrepreneur in sales leadership. She never led with her advanced degrees. She stopped mentioning her Buddhist practice entirely. She stopped editing herself. She explains why here.
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The productivity trap doesn't catch lazy people. It catches the ones who tried hardest—read every book, built every routine, followed every system.
And still ended up exhausted. The tools didn't fail them. The theory behind the tools did.
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Andrea bought the right suit. Got called back to 2nd and 3rd round interviews and sat there secretly hoping she wouldn't get the job.
She had been handed a map for a place she didn't want to go.
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Cue the confetti! 🎊 We're CELEBRATING our first month of Untangling! Thanks to everyone who saved, shared, commented and liked our posts. We’re so happy to have you on this journey with us. Tell your friends! 😉 https://t.co/3h1IzA0Zeo
The most capable, driven people followed every system, every app, every five a.m. routine, and ended up more exhausted than ever. Not because they lacked discipline. Because they were handed a map for a place they didn't actually want to go.
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Nancy was a top sales performer who couldn't accept a compliment. Celebrating big wins=>hard. Small ones=> impossible. But in Untangle Procrastination™, those small moments are exactly when it matters most. Emotion is how new behaviors stick. Learn how: https://t.co/mHuNSZBhxB
We made something for you. If you've been working through the Untangle Procrastination™ framework and wondering why new habits still won't stick, this is likely the missing piece. Free guide: Finding Your Natural Celebration and Making Your Habits Stick. https://t.co/mHuNSZBPn9
Procrastination is an emotion problem, not a time management one. The fix has to work on the emotional level too. Research shows emotion is how your brain encodes new habits. Use that deliberately, and everything changes. New article + free guide: https://t.co/mHuNSZBPn9