What If Hard Work Finally Felt Like Enough?

About this episode

The episode discusses how to retrain your mind to appreciate your efforts and end the week feeling satisfied.

What if hard work finally felt like enough? You've given everything to your week. And yet Friday arrives and your mind is already cataloguing what didn't get done, what went wrong, what still needs doing. That's not a productivity problem. That's your brain doing exactly what it's designed to do — and it's stealing your satisfaction. Woohoo Friday is a one minute practice to retrain your mind to notice the good, feel it in your body and end your week feeling like it was genuinely worthwhile. ...

People in this episode

Host: Heidi Marke

Topics covered

• hard work
• productivity
• mental satisfaction
• self-improvement
• mindfulness

Keywords

• hard work
• productivity
• satisfaction
• mindfulness
• self-improvement

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