I’m not a resolutions person. It seems that too often I make a resolution at the beginning of the year to do something big, set it aside, and never look at it again. For me, resolutions are passive because I don’t act on them. I prefer goals. For me, goals are active. First there is goal-planning …
The following is my blog from a year ago. Although it was relevant then, I think it is even more relevant now because of what 2020 was like. If you survived 2020, that is an accomplishment in and of itself. If you managed to accomplish anything beyond surviving, that is amazing. Give yourself credit, especially …
Another Year Gone. What Did You Do? Probably More Than You Remember. Read More »
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I wrote the following blog last year. Things have changed since then because of the pandemic, haven’t they? I think the basic message, though, is still a very good one. Instead of thinking of “being together” as being physically together, however, think of being together as being connected emotionally. We are still the most important …
There is a great deal of pressure for us to measure ourselves and our success by what others do. To a certain extent, this can be good. It can help us strive and achieve more of what we want. Sometimes, though, it can be detrimental. We might not want what others want. We might not want to make the …
I re-read my blog from a year ago for Thanksgiving, “Thoughts on Thankfulness.” It is still good, still relevant. I’m including it in this blog. I feel the need to make some updated comments, though, before posting. So much has happened in the past several months, hasn’t it? The pandemic has impacted our lives in …
There is so much that can be written about setting and achieving goals. What I would like to do today is to try to simplify goal achievement. Our goals really revolve around the following: What do we want to do? Where do we want to go? Who do we want to be? We answer these …
I am not an avid baseball fan, but I do know a little about the game. Something that fascinates me is that if a player has a batting average of .300 it is considered good. This means that the player gets a hit 30% of the time. This also means that 70% of the time …
Generally, a good rule of thumb is to do what is right. Not necessarily what is easy, or what we want, but what is right. Suppose what is right for another in not right for us, however? If it is something that will harm us, then the answer is easy—do not do it. What if it will …
For me, starting projects is easy. New projects are fun and exciting. The difficulty is in finishing them. Finishing is what matters, however. It is in finishing the project that we get the results we want. There are many reasons we do not finish what we start. We get busy, we get tired, or other things come up. Sometimes we …