Author: Rachel Hanson

Boredom is both terrible and uniquely awesome. We humans hate boredom so much that we will literally inflict pain on ourselves rather than be bored. There's a study on this where participants, after being bored for a bit, would literally seek out the only source of stimulation in the room which was an electric shock. … Continue reading Boredom

Failing to follow through on or complete your productive actions will happen. Life will get in the way. An emergency, sick, you simply forget. Not a problem. It's a problem when it becomes a pattern. If you allow one off week to be an excuse for a 2nd, or for future inconsistency...big problem. Get back … Continue reading Problems and patterns

Kids can't raise themselves. True. And at a societal level we've somehow managed to over-raise and over-function for our kids. Also true. I saw the results of this first hand as a college coach - panic over failure, struggle to face hard things head on, lack of ability or desire to have difficult conversations. Not … Continue reading Fear less

I love pain. More precisely, I love when people (including myself) take on pain for a purpose. I don't love pain for its own sake and I don't want to cause pain in order for the other person to stay in it. I get so much joy out of the process of diving into pain … Continue reading Pain

You have an identity. We all do. What we don't all have is an identity by design. For many of us, we have an identity by default. Life has informed how we view ourselves - outside views, hardships, good times, friends, bosses - and we've drifted along, content to default to the identities that life … Continue reading Default or design

Curiosity is a (perhaps THE) powerful tool for leaders. The more curious you are, the more you deeply understand your people, your problems, your performance. The more curious you are, the more clear your people become. Rather than telling them what to do, you're discovering the path forward with them. You're equipping them to make … Continue reading Get curious

"All the fear in the world doesn't prevent death. It prevents life." - Unknown A finely tuned dosage of fear is not a bad thing. It can even be a good thing. Fear of walking down a dark alleyway in a crime-ridden part of town - healthy fear. Fear of toddlers playing unsupervised near a … Continue reading Get busy living

Slow down. Not to do less but to do more of the right thing. It's not the going fast that's the problem. It's the going fast on the wrong things and in the wrong direction. If you don't know who you are, what you value, why you're doing what you're doing, what/where the end destination … Continue reading Speed