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#88 The Comfort of the Checklist: Practicing Productive Avoidance
Learn why you engage in productive avoidance by choosing easy tasks over impactful work. Uncover the psychological drivers that keep you busy but stagnant.

Francois Esterhuizen
Oct 272 min read


#85 The One Question That Frees You From Past Failures and Perfectionism
Learn why fixating on past mistakes is the reason you feel stuck. Discover a simple mental shift to foster personal growth and do things differently.

Francois Esterhuizen
Oct 63 min read


#84 Why You Should Stop Trying to Solve Conflict and How to Start Learning From It
Stop trying to win or avoid arguments. Discover a more effective way of handling conflict by understanding its true purpose: to reveal crucial information about your own inner world.

Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 293 min read


#80 Why You Need to Walk Through Uncomfortable Emotions and How They Lead to Clarity
Most of us avoid uncomfortable emotions, but this habit keeps us stuck. Learn how to use physical sensations as a doorway to clarity and personal responsibility.

Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 13 min read


#79 Why You Avoid the Emotions That Could Help You Succeed and How to Use Them for Growth
Francois Esterhuizen reveals why resistance isn’t logical but emotional — and how embracing discomfort instead of fighting it unlocks clarity, freedom, and real progress.

Francois Esterhuizen
Aug 253 min read


#73 Why Waiting for the Perfect Answer Keeps You Stuck and How to Move Forward
Feeling paralysed by a lack of clarity in your career or life? Discover why "I'm not sure" is a trap and learn the practical steps to take responsibility, break the loop of inaction, and create your own momentum.

Francois Esterhuizen
Jul 144 min read


# 70 What languishing offers
Guest post by Quest Guide and occasional podcast co-host, Dr. Marietjie Smit I have been telling my children for years that “angry” and...

Dr. Marietjie Smit
Feb 23, 20242 min read


#65 Safe and comfortable fear
Do you occasionally feel like the current chapter of your life has run its course? There has to be more to life — more risk, more...

Francois Esterhuizen
Dec 1, 20234 min read


#56 Don't crush on the future, fall in love with the process
Getting what you want is the easy part. You have the life that you have now because of the person you have been up to now. Read that...

Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 22, 20232 min read


#48 The obstacle is the way
(Title with apology to Ryan Holiday’s book “The obstacle is the way: the timeless art of turning trials into triumph”.) From where you...

Francois Esterhuizen
Jul 28, 20232 min read


#45 Evil Genius
Let’s play another game today. The game is called Evil Genius and is based on a technique called inversion thinking. Our brains are...

Francois Esterhuizen
Jul 7, 20232 min read
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