Good morning, You’ve been staring at that blank document for three days now. Waiting for inspiration. Waiting for the perfect opening line. Waiting for your brain to feel sharp and creative and ready to produce genius-level work. Meanwhile, that project deadline is getting closer and your anxiety is getting louder. Here’s what nobody tells you …
The direction of our lives is decided more by the daily choices we make than anything else. And these choices are more influential to the person we are becoming than we often realize. Habits become ingrained, automatic, and often slowly creep into your life so subtly that they become routine. So if you want to …
Think about the ideal version of yourself: the one who reads every day and sticks to a perfect morning routine, and maybe even completes big craft projects or writes novels. When you have lofty goals like these — ones that require a lot of work or a major lifestyle overhaul — they can seem impossibly far …
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I’m a big believer in the power of setting ambitious, long-term goals. Not so big or unrealistic that they’re demoralizing, but significant enough to stretch us a bit beyond what logic might lead us to think is possible. Big goals draw things out of us that we would not otherwise achieve. And in a faith …
January often brings nothing more than a huge sense of pressure, combined with residual festive fatigue. It’s not the best combination for becoming your best fitness self. So, if your January didn’t quite get off to the start you intended, fear not. February might just be your time. “January always comes with the stress and …
At some point, many of us will take on a goal where the odds of success aren’t great. Everyone starts with high motivation, but completion is low. Think: selective careers like becoming a doctor or pilot, or personal goals with high attrition like language learning. Imagine you’re setting out to try to get into medical school, knowing …
With holiday ornaments packed away, Christmas trees chipped and New Year’s champagne guzzled, Islanders from Port Hardy to Victoria are setting resolutions in the hopes of improving their lives. But as January edges on, pricey gym memberships will undoubtedly go unused, strict diets will be broken and lofty goals will fall by the wayside ignored, …
Surprisingly few people have a clear idea of where they want to go in life and who they want to be. Even fewer people have spent some time actually laying out their vision and creating a system to help them work towards it consistently. To many, mapping out their life vision may seem a little …
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A business owner I know reads 50 books per year. He can barely remember the titles, let alone apply anything he learned. Another reads just 12 books per year but each one directly influences a strategic decision in his company. The difference comes down to intention. Most professionals approach business books like they’re collecting stamps. …
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I walked into my mom’s kitchen and saw a 24 by 24 whiteboard on the fridge, covered in writing in nearly every color of the rainbow. The days of the week were written across the top, and down the side were meals and snacks. Each space had a meal plan plus the calorie count. Three …
