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 …
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 …
In medicine, it is critical that an accurate diagnosis be made so that the disease can be treated and not just the symptoms. For example, if you go to a doctor with stomach pains and she simply gives you something to make the pain go away, it will not do you any good if you have …
We have the right to feel everything that we do. Along with that right is the responsibility to express those feelings appropriately. We have the right to feel all the positive emotions: happiness, joy, excitement, accomplishment, and love, among others. We also have the right to feel all the so-called negative emotions such as anger, …
We all like to have control over our life, control over what happens to us. Some things we can control. Some things we cannot. It can help our stress level if we focus on what we can control and try not to worry so much about those things that we can’t. We have control over …
People that make things happen know what they want, they develop a plan to make it happen, they implement the plan, and they regularly evaluate their results. If they are achieving the results they want, great. If not, they reevaluate their plan, revise it as necessary, and implement the new plan. They continuously do this. …
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An exercise to help in goal setting is to write your own obituary. When you pass away at age 80, 90, 100, or whatever you desire, what do you want your obituary to say? What accomplishments do you want to have recorded? What do you want people to say about you? This can help you …