Some people love novelty and variety. They seek out things that are new and different. Yet, others prefer the same ol’ same ol’. They like life to be predictable and known and avoid anything new or different. You drive through life in a rut if you avoid novelty and variety. You navigate down the same […]
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If you want a deep awareness of your commitments, look at your identity and behavior. Both reflect your commitments. With that knowledge, you can then choose new commitments that better serve you. Consider this: If you often spend quiet time in nature—a behavior, you are committed to spending quiet time in nature and consider yourself
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When you make a choice, do you stick with that decision? Or do you waffle? If you change your mind repeatedly, then you haven’t really decided. Or you’ve chosen to not choose. So, how do you make a choice and stick to it? Good question, and one I grappled with recently. But I found a
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For the last few years, I’ve focused on my personal freedom. I wasn’t in jail, but I felt as if I was. And here’s the irony: I was keeping myself captive. That meant I also held the key to my cell. The world’s most successful people value personal freedom. Therefore, they place a lot of
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For years, I felt like I was wearing a muzzle. No one had tried to silence me. I chose to wear it, so I couldn’t speak up. But these days, there’s no muzzle to be found. I tossed it in the fire and burned it. And now I speak up for myself…always. What about you?
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You know what it’s like when you are preoccupied. You have time to do what needs to be done, but your busy mind keeps you too occupied to accomplish much of anything. As a result, your productivity plummets. You can interchange the word “distracted,” but the reason distraction keeps you from taking action is better
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No one really likes to struggle. That’s why we are told to reframe struggle as something positive. I prefer, however, to stop using the term altogether. I suggest we simply replace it with the word challenge. I can accept a challenge or take a challenge. A challenge stretches and pushes me to become a better
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While most of us would love things to be easy, we don’t believe it’s possible. Instead, we believe everything is hard or has to be difficult. Relationships are hard. Earning money is hard. Staying healthy is hard. Losing weight is hard. Finding work is hard. Marriage is hard. Many of us also believe we have
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Achievement of your ambitions requires sustained motivation. So, if your motivation level regularly waxes and wanes, you’ll make slow and inconsistent progress toward your goals. However, a consistently high level of motivation means you can move quickly and consistently toward whatever you aspire to have or do. So, how can you sustain your motivation long
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We all have fears. Even if you claim to be super courageous, it’s likely that, somewhere in your life, something frightens you…even just a little. Do you ever: hesitate? resist? procrastinate? overthink? avoid? remain silent even when you have something to say? keep your thoughts or feelings to yourself? avoid doing new things? refuse to
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How you do one thing is how you do everything. Think about that for a moment…and your behavior. How you do ONE thing is how you do EVERYTHING. This adage is frequently tossed around in personal growth circles. These days, I often hear it repeated in a coaching program I participate in. Still, I’d heard
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Remember those projects you started…and didn’t finish? I bet you do. They have a tendency to nag at you constantly, don’t they? “I’m undone…incomplete…and need some attention!” Every day, they remind you of their existence, right? And, as long as they are undone, you feel unable to take on new projects that feed your soul
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