Category: Habits

  • Visualization Boards Made of Cardboard

    Visualization Boards Made of Cardboard

    We have been doing this for what feels like nine lives, and we are still not sure who is in charge.

    Naturally there was a committee. Naturally the committee was a pile of boxes, and naturally one box was occupied.

    The Short Version, Told Slowly

    Our team did a careful study. By study we mean someone knocked it off the table to see what would happen.

    We asked a customer for feedback. They looked at us, blinked slowly, and left a single hair on the form.

    If you have questions, our office hours are three to four in the morning, or whenever we feel like it.

  • Burnout Recovery and the Power of the Loaf

    Burnout Recovery and the Power of the Loaf

    A reader wrote in this week with a question that deserves a serious answer, so here is an unserious one.

    Our standard approach involves a retreat held entirely on a windowsill, followed by a mindset reset achieved by knocking something over, followed by a brief and unexplained sprint.

    The Short Version, Told Slowly

    Our team did a careful study. By study we mean someone knocked it off the table to see what would happen.

    If you take only one thing from this, take this: testimonials from clients who ignored all advice is not a bug. It is the product.

    That is all for now. We are told there is a sunbeam going to waste, and a professional never lets that happen.

  • Morning Routine: Stretch, Yawn, Demand Breakfast

    Morning Routine: Stretch, Yawn, Demand Breakfast

    At Nine Lives Life Coaching, we try to keep things simple, which means we complicate them and then take a nap.

    Our team did a careful study. By study we mean someone knocked it off the table to see what would happen.

    The Short Version, Told Slowly

    The old guard prefers a vision board stuck together with fur. The new guard prefers whatever is on the other side of the door.

    Our standard approach involves a mindset reset achieved by knocking something over, followed by testimonials from clients who ignored all advice, followed by a brief and unexplained sprint.

    Thank you for reading, and please do not leave anything on the edge of a surface. You know why.