by petris@petrislapis.com | May 30, 2023 | Choices, Personal Growth, Strategies
Why do you eat unhealthy food when you are trying to be healthy? Why do you seek out arguments when you are striving to find peace? Why do you choose the wrong person when you want a loving relationship? And … if you are like most of us, you don’t just do it once. You... 
by petris@petrislapis.com | May 29, 2023 | Communication, Difficult People
Whoever we are, whatever we do, we’re going to come across difficult people … and occassionally we will be one too. We can let difficult people occupy our thoughts, keep repeating stories about how unfair they are and stay upset … or … we can... 
by petris@petrislapis.com | May 26, 2023 | Time Management, Uncategorized
When it comes to time, there are two types of people in the world: those with a clock in their head (time watchers) and those without (time enjoyers). I am a time watcher. Which one are you? Time Watchers Time watchers are people who seem to have a clock in their... 
by petris@petrislapis.com | May 25, 2023 | Distractions, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management
Here I am scrolling through a meaningless FaceBook feed while a work deadline looms … and then a text text distracts me from the distraction and I cannot help but smile. Trying to focus on work some days is like a asking a toddler to eat broccoli in a candy... 
by petris@petrislapis.com | May 24, 2023 | Efficiency, Multitasking, Productivity, Time Management
When you feel overwhelmed with how much you have to do your brain panics. It is obvious to your brain that doing one thing at a time isn’t going to get it all done, so it makes what it believes to be a brilliant suggestion … “Let’s do more than one thing at a time!”...