Tag Archives: frustration

4 Venoms That Kill Your Motivation (and Their Antidotes)

Here’s a short story that may or may not sound a little familiar. One day an enticing and fresh idea knocks on your door, you welcome it into your life and soon it blossoms into an exciting new project you … Continue reading

5 Steps to Get You Through a Terrible Feeling and Into Feeling Good Again

Next time You start to feel frustrated, discouraged, disappointed or angry, before you try to talk yourself down or out of what you’re feeling go through these 5 steps: Continue reading

Yes, but does it work? How to Avoid Frustration and Get Things Done

This article is based on a simple question and an even simpler premise. Is what you are doing working? No? Then you can just stop it. And do something else. Continue reading

4 Ways to Unlock Yourself from Chronic Frustration

There have been many times in my life when I thought I was angry, only to discover that it was really frustration. Frustration, at its core is wanting something to be other than it is: A different time; a different place; a different color; a different job; a different feeling; a different person. It doesn’t matter what it is, you just want it to be different. Continue reading

5 Ways to Stay Motivated to Finish What You Started

Image courtesy of andrew_mo There must be a reason why many people quite often start projects or tasks, big or small, and at some point while working on the tasks they feel overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed, so much so that … Continue reading

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How to Deal With Call Centers

I spent over a year working in the call center for a bank. Just the other week, I used my knowledge of these strange beasts of the modern economy to save over $200 on a phone bill. And this wasn’t … Continue reading