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My friend was once telling me how she received stock options from her previous employer. Unfortunately, the ninety day period was closing in. And if she didn’t exercise her options, her shares would expire. She wasn’t sure what to do about the situation, so my other friend, who has a background in accounting and finance, jumped in. Here was his advice to her:L The emotional and psychological burden of…

Do you get lost in fantasies of future events? Are you constantly longing for something better to happen next? You’re not alone. This is a profoundly human trait. We just love avoiding the depth and joy of life right now. And one of the chief ways we do this is by thinking ahead. Trying to extend our certainties further into the future than this present moment. Which can be…

During a particularly depressing low point in my unemployment, riding the subway was dangerous for me. Not because of the poor air quality, germs on the seats, disease carrying rodents, slippery platform edges or potential assault and battery from mentally disturbed passengers, but because of my fellow commuters going to work. That’s what sent my brain into a spiral of unkindness. Some regular guy would be sitting across from…

Here’s a common fear when switching careers. What if you have become so conditioned that you won’t be able to function anywhere else? It kind of makes you wonder if you’ll be able to thrive in your new working environment. My biggest fear of transitioning from entrepreneurship to the corporate world was similar. What if spending the first ten years of my career working alone in my living room…

Ellis’s research on irrational thoughts warns us to beware of the following assumption: Perfect solutions exist for every problem and we must find them immediately. His theory was that if we wait for perfect solutions, we often will miss the whole trip. And doing so will only lead to stagnation and frustration. Have you ever gone down that mental road before? Twisting your guts into knots with this false…