Life is not a sprint but an ultra-marathon. In addition, you will also be responsible for plotting your own course, even if you are tempted to let someone else plot and attempted to run your ultra-marathon for you. Don’t let that temptation overtake you. By the way, it helps if you plot the course before you start running your ultra-marathon.
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Always have a backup plan, or at least a few acceptable alternative endings if your first plan goes awry. Make that when you first plan goes awry.
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Pleasing others is important, but not at the expense of displeasing yourself. And while it is important to learn to love and respect thy neighbor, it is even more important to put the oxygen mask on yourself first.
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Setting up February 10-14, the week of love leading up to Valentine’s Day, as Therapy Week from J Cleveland Payne. Ask me a question or give me a situation, as serious or as silly as you want it to be, and somewhere between myself and a few friends and colleagues I call experts, we’ll get you an answer. We can’t guarantee the outcome from that answer, but we will give you somewhere to start.
Want in? Start submitting your questions here, or send them confidentially via email at jclevelandpayne@gmail.com.