Miles has a tough meeting at 2pm. It’s tough because his department has missed its Q1 target by 30%. And it doesn’t appear next quarter will be much better. Miles knows that the targets set by his boss late last year were based on a mix of faulty assumptions and borderline delusional optimism – and his boss has confirmed this. But now Miles and his team are paying the price by way of constant failure and lost bonuses. At 2pm, Miles has to convince his boss to reforecast. The

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I spend a lot of time talking about the dangers of an overattachment to our needs for certainty (which manifests as fear) and significance (which manifests as ego). And that’s for good reason. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with either of these needs (certainty is the need to feel safe and secure, and significance is the need to be validated as worthy of love), when we become overly attached to them, we can g

Marta plans to leave her corporate job for a more exciting one at an early-stage start-up. She’s been planning to leave for four years. And yet she hasn’t. Dean wants to take his real estate practice to a new level by becoming the de facto agent for an up-and-coming neighborhood. He’s wanted to do this for six years. And yet, he hasn’t. Jenn wants to create a financial plan that will allow her to retire comfortably at 60 years old. But instead, she ignores her monthly budget