Is your mood lying to you?

Your mood is lying to you, and if you let it run your day, it is costing you money.

You wake up not quite feeling it; perhaps a bit flat or a bit tired. Instead of doing the thing that actually matters, you adjust your day to match how you feel. You grab another coffee, answer a few easy emails, and tell yourself you will do the “big” task when you feel ready.

That isn’t a strategy; that is the chicken talking.

Every time I have pushed through when I didn’t feel like it, the mood eventually changed. The energy came, and the momentum built. But every time I waited to feel “ready” before starting, nothing happened. The moment you let how you feel decide what gets done, you have already lost the day.

When you feel yourself slowing down today, do not negotiate with yourself. Just ask one simple question: Chicken or fox?