Well, it’s January 3rd. Millions of people woke up today to the cold realization their New Year’s resolutions are toast. We had a good run, but after nearly 48 hours it’s time to officially tap out. It’s clear you won’t be waking up at 5 am in order to practice your Spanish while doing yoga and meditating. Now what? Continue reading “So You’ve Failed Miserably at Your New Year’s Resolution”
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Eight Easy Steps to Help You Reach Your Goals
How many times have you been brushing your teeth and had a twinge of motivation about eating healthier, watching less TV, brushing your teeth more, or any other goals that would, in theory, be nice to achieve? If you’re anything like me, most of that motivation is lost somewhere around the time I’m putting my toothbrush away.
What can we do to bridge the gap between twinge of motivation and actually achieving our goal? I’ve been giving a lot of thought into where I’ve missed the mark on goals and where I’ve been successful. I’ve noticed a pattern with the goals I’m able to successfully achieve compared to the goals that don’t ever materialize. Continue reading “Eight Easy Steps to Help You Reach Your Goals”
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How to Turn Your Weaknesses into Strengths and Become the Person You Want to Be
What kind of person are you?
The question itself is kind of ridiculous because it assumes the type of person you are is fixed. We always describe ourselves in fixed ways. I’m not very good at math or I have terrible handwriting or I’m unorganized. These characteristics feel like they’re written in stone. They feel fixed like there is no way to change them.
Really our characteristics are more carved in a glacier than they are carved in stone. The ice is constantly changing but the change feels so slow that we often don’t recognize it. If we change the way we view the question then we can change the type of person we view ourselves to be. Continue reading “How to Turn Your Weaknesses into Strengths and Become the Person You Want to Be”
