Good intentions aren’t enough to ensure the achievement of your New Year’s goals. If they were, more people would make good on their intentions. But, instead, only about eight percent of those who set goals in December actually achieve them. And the reason why is simple: On January 1, they possess the same identity as …
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This year has not been great for achieving my goals. I feel as if my goals got derailed between January and July. Now I need to get them back on track. It’s been a messy six months that required me to take a close look at where I’ve been focusing my attention and time, and …
Decisions. You either love or hate them. Without them, however, you never make a choice—about how to live, what to do, how to behave, or how to move forward toward your desired future. You stay stuck in place. No Decision is a Decision Many of us avoid decisions. We are afraid of the potential outcome …
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Goals. Lot’s of people set them at this time of year—right before or after the New Year. But few people—only eight percent—achieve the goals they set. Call them resolutions, intentions, or commitments—it doesn’t matter, writing them down and aspiring to these new behaviors, mindsets, or habits represents a significant and positive practice. But wanting to …
You have two months to complete your goals before New Year’s Eve rolls around again. Then this year is over, finished, kaput, gone! And here’s the big question you must answer (drum roll, please…): Have you achieved last year’s goals? Remember those goals you set back in December or January last year? Like most people, …
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When you look at your goals from last year, do you realize you still have work to do? In some cases, you know no way exists to complete that goal in the next four days. In other cases, you know you could buckle down, down some serious work, and still mark that goals as “done” …
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If you are like most people, you make resolutions and never keep them. It’s no wonder. No one likes to resolve to do anything. And that’s why most people don’t keep their resolutions past six months, and, according to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, only eight percent of those who make resolutions say they succeed …
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Weather vanes turn to indicate the direction the wind blows at any given moment. For that reason, they don’t provide a good tool for directing your life. Yet, all too often the wind—or the next distraction or interesting thing—can change your course. You may set out with a map to get from where you are …
If you are like me, you have dreams of success. Maybe you dream of succeeding at work or in your career. Maybe you dream of a successful relationship or marriage. Or maybe you dream of a successful life, in general, including your health and finances. It’s possible for you to succeed in all the area …
For most of my life, I felt the need to bolster my weaknesses. After all, that’s what you are told to do, right? Work on strengthen the areas of you life or work in which you are not as proficient or adept. Then I was at a conference and heard a speaker tell me to …
It’s easy to lose perspective, especially if you are too close to a situation, project, or person. Getting some distance helps you see things more clearly. When you remove yourself—in time or space—you see things differently or more objectively. So often things are not as they seem. From our viewpoint, we only see one reality. …
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If you want to succeed in life—personally or professionally—you have to know how to move yourself forward. You can’t just do what you’ve always done. You have to do something different, something more. Think of it this way, if you just walk in place, you don’t move forward. Equate walking in place to managing your …
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