Often “doing nothing” is associated with procrastination but that is not what I see in my coaching practice. The people who come to me are very active and ambitious individuals – they just don’t seem to be able to overcome procrastination on their own.
Instead of doing nothing or too little, they actually do too much. How is that possible? In order to avoid tasks that evoke negative feelings...
April 15 in and of itself is not a magic date – unless it’s your birthday. How governments pick their deadlines for tax returns is rather arbitrary. If you don’t like April 15, move to Germany, you’ll have until May 31 to file your taxes. Still need more time? Australia – a bit far from the United States – but its tax department is kind enough to give you until October 31, 2010,...
It’s that time of year again – the taxing season. For some, filing their taxes is no big deal even though it can be irritating. For others, the effort to file their returns is an annual visit to hell. Even people who would receive a refund – $1.3 billion in 2006 tax refund money is still waiting to be claimed – struggle with getting those forms in on time. Some have given up on the effort...
