Tag Archives: Success

Pod #258: EFT For Feeling Dissatisfied With Progress Being Made

February 15, 2017 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

There is an odd phenomenon that happens when we make progress. Even though we are working towards our goals, there is a part of us feels dissatisfied with the progress. This can even happen when we have reached our goals. There is a part that still ...

What To Do When The SUD Scale Doesn’t Work For You

September 12, 2016 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

In Podcast #236 I answered four listener questions. Below you will find the audio of all four questions and the transcript for question #3. Please bear in mind that I speak in a slightly more informal fashion than I write, which you will notice in ...

Pod #147: Is It Possible To Be Comfortable With Good Enough? (w/ Tap-Along)

November 19, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

We live in a time of exceptionalism. Everywhere we turn we are presented with the biggest, the best, the greatest, and the most important. And it is not just coming from marketers. If you spend any time on social media you see people ...

Pod #128: EFT For Fear Of Failure And Fear of Success w/ Annabel Fisher

March 26, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

On the surface it might not seem like an obvious connection, but in many ways fear of failure and fear of success are the opposite sides of the same coin. Fear of failure is concerned about what goes wrong when things don't work out. Fear of ...

Knowing Good Enough Is Good Enough OR The Myth Of Excellence

June 4, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 15 Comments

I have been spending a lot of time working with the idea of perfectionism lately. We all want to be the best, but sometimes that can get the better of us. Recently one of my clients, "Jane", bumped into this issue when building a website for her ...

Pod #69: What Google and Zappos Know About Emotions That You Should Know Too w/ Paul Zelizer

January 11, 2012 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

The history of business is a history about how companies and organizations can be more efficient. Much of this work is about how companies and organizations can create an environment where they can get their employees to be more productive. For ...

Deserve v. Worthy

October 12, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 7 Comments

photo by Annette Pedrosian [In this series we examine the importance of the words we use and how changing our vocabulary can change our mind giving us opportunity for transformation. More articles can be found in this series @ Tools:Words] "I ...

The Stories We Have Been Told About Success

July 25, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

photo by Jen Watson Many times we are making choices and responding to the world based on the expectations that we have received from friends, family, and cultural norms. These expectations might not be useful to who we would like to become. In ...

Being Able To Receive

May 28, 2010 By Guest Author 1 Comment

There are a number of goals I would like to achieve, but I feel like there is so much to do. I would like to ask others for help, but I am having a really hard time asking. Is there a way I can use Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping to help ...

Limiting Beliefs About Money

January 29, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

I would like to be more financially successful, but for some reason I just keep making really poor choices. It is almost as if a part of me wants me to stay poor. I don't even know where to begin with this issue. Do you have any ...