What Would Your Cat Do?
Simple Steps to Overcome Overwhelm

Are you stuck at the bottom of the slippery slope of overwhelm?

Is there a way to get out of overwhelm — and then stay out?

Like most successful businesspeople, you’re familiar with overwhelm. In fact, it seems to have moved in with you as a constant companion. You’ve considered setting a place for it at the dinner table — on those rare occasions when you actually have time to sit down to dinner, that is.

You keep working harder and harder and longer and longer and faster and faster. Social engagements are the first to go — you’ve got to find more time somewhere. Time with your family goes next, as you keep working away on crossing things off your list.

When you’re not in overwhelm, you try not to think about it. You’re sure there isn’t any way to avoid it. Just the thought of it is stressful and makes you feel worn out and panicky.

Working harder and harder and longer and longer and faster and faster just gets you tireder and tireder — and tireder and tireder.

Cancelling your social engagements and cutting back on your family time creates frustration, resentment, and anger on all sides. It also decreases both your productivity and the quality of your work.

Meanwhile, ignoring the potential for overwhelm during those rare times when you’re not living with it is like ignoring your sunscreen because you’ve gotten up while it’s still dark: not very sensible, since overwhelm arrives almost as reliably as the sun rises.

Fortunately, there is a way to get out of overwhelm — and then stay out

Overwhelm seems insurmountable because even trying to think of other options only makes you feel worse.

That’s why having a guidebook is so useful. In five clear steps laid out for you, the first half of What Would Your Cat Do? Simple Steps to Overcome Overwhelm can lead you out of the overwhelm trap.

Once you’re out, you can take advantage of the second section. That’s where you’ll learn the surprising truth about what actually causes overwhelm (it’s not what you think it is!), and find out how to catch yourself before you start sliding down that slippery slope.

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At first, to be honest, it all sounded very straightforward stuff. So I found it interesting to observe the, “Oh, I know that,” response in myself, followed by the realisation that, “If I know this already, why am I not doing something about it?”

And then, in listening more closely, to realise that I know only some of what I’m hearing.

To hear that other people experience the same things, and then to hear their variations on that experience was very instructive. I found it quite effective to listen to the discussion and question and answer in the recording. It has its own power to engage attention and consideration and understanding. Quite different from reading a page of text and thinking you’ve understood, while really you’ve just skimmed it and didn’t really get it. I think the realisation that you’ve not really taken something in is more obvious for the spoken word. It isn’t just a gimmick — the spoken word really complements the written word.

So it woke me up to the fact that I might need to pay closer attention to how well I am reading and listening. And thank you for putting in the work and organising these things. I’ve been learning more than I expected from just these few things of yours to date. Thank you!

- Alistair Langford, Canberra, ACT, Australia (after listening to the recording of a free teleclass on office politics; he also has a copy of What Would Your Cat Do: Simple Steps to Overcome Overwhelm)

What Would Your Cat Do? includes:

A two-section, PDF-format workbook with detailed steps (including worksheets with examples) for getting out of overwhelm — and equally detailed steps for determining what puts you there in the first place. Armed with that knowledge, you’ll find that on the rare occasions when you do get overwhelmed, you’ll know how to get out quickly and stay out.

A 35-minute recording teaching the concepts, from a teleclass on the subject. This recording is especially useful for understanding the second section of the workbook, which covers how to recognize your unique triggers for overwhelm. (Premium offering.)

Part I: Out of the Frying Pan — Getting Out of Overwhelm

This section focuses on giving you what you need now, when you’re down there in the middle of overwhelm and wondering how you’re ever going to get it all done.

• Learn a surprisingly simple technique for controlling your body’s physical reaction to stress, so you can defuse your “fight-or-flight” response and make choices more calmly.
• Discover why “what would your cat do?” is actually a reasonable question to ask, so you can free your creativity and discover viable alternatives.
• Understand your reluctance to stop and review everything on your list, so you can really see what you’re dealing with (it’s probably less than you think).

Part II: Banking the Flame: Staying Out of Overwhelm

Once you’re out of overwhelm, it’s time to learn how to stay out!

• Learn the surprising truth about the cause of overwhelm, so you can figure out your own individual ways to keep from sliding down that slippery slope.
• Identify the causes of past overwhelm experiences and learn how to use that knowledge to create preventive measures that keep you out of future overwhelm.
• Understand what key action steps you need to take to help you develop anti-overwhelm habits.

Bonus: Worksheets packages

The processes described in both Section I (“Out of the Frying Pan”) and Section II (“Banking the Flame”) are designed to be repeated whenever you find yourself in overwhelm, or are seeking deeper understanding of what overwhelm really means to you.

Therefore, I’ve extracted the worksheets into two PDF packages (one for each section) that you can print as many times as you need — without wasting paper and ink on pages you don’t want.

The Details: What’s included, the Guarantee, how to order, and how to find out more.

What’s Included	Standard	Premium
What Would Your Cat Do? PDF-format workbook, over 30 pages of content, worksheets, and examples Value: $30.00
Bonus: Complete PDF-format sets of the worksheets for Section I and Section II, including the examples Value: $10.00
What Would Your Cat Do? MP3 audio, about 35 minutes long Value: $15.00
Total value: Your price:	$40.00 $15.00	$55.00 $22.00
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The Simplicity Guarantee

Simplicity guarantee? Yep. It means neither you nor I have to worry about things that don’t work or aren’t right for some reason!

If, after you have the workbook and (if you choose) the recording, you aren’t happy with them for some reason, I offer a complete and generous guarantee.

1. Is it something I can fix?
   Sometimes technology trips us up — so if you have trouble with the MP3, or if there’s something amiss with the PDF, just let me know and I’ll make sure you get a corrected version. And there may be a way I can fix something that’s not technology-related, too.
2. If I can’t fix it, I’ll refund your money in full.
3. On your honor, if you ask for a refund I’ll ask you to pass the materials on — electronic and any physical copies you make — to someone you think might like and use them to their benefit. You get your money back, simple and straightforward, and you get to give someone else a gift.

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