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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Today I want to talk about lasting change. Change is obviously a large part of self-improvement. Improving your circumstances or making your life better will require both internal and external changes. Yet, positive change can be elusive. It is often easy to know what we want, but much more difficult […]
RSS Feed switch
Monday, May 5th, 2008
First, I want thank all of you who have subscribed to my small, yet growing, blog. I appreciate your interest so very much.
Now that I’ve officially made the change from livingutility.com to Zenprovement.com, I will be closing down the RSS feed for livingutility.com in the next week or so. Please take […]
The Zenprovement manifesto
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
I can’t say for sure what self-improvement means to you. But I’m willing to guess that essentially, you feel it is to make positive progress on your life, your sense of identity, your virtues, your character, even your goals and dreams; the idea being that making improvements on what you identify as your “self”, […]
Changes on the blog
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
If you’ve been following my blog at all you’ve probably noticed things have been pretty slow around here during the last month or so. My apologies to those of you who were expecting new content in April. Though I sat down to write a few times each week, I simply couldn’t produce any […]
The secret of life
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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“The secret of life is to die before you die, and find that there is no death.” Eckhart Tolle
Up until now I have made a point of writing what I hope are original, thought provoking, and often rather lengthy posts. Though this is the general strategy for my blog, there […]
6 Effective problem solving tools
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Considering the tagline for this blog: “Useful ways to solve problems, love people and live better”, I suppose I sort of take for granted that some of you are here, at least in part, because you have problems that need solving. More specifically, I have been operating under the assumption that you don’t already […]
5 steps to better goal setting and goal achieving
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Most of us have goals. It’s been proven statistically that when you write your goals down you’re far more likely to achieve them. However, I’ve found that without some way to effectively manage my goals and aspirations, many simply are forgotten or left behind. I’ve read goals I wrote years before and […]
Don’t put your life on hold; do it now.
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Have you ever caught yourself saying things like:
“I’ll do it when…” “Once I lose some weight, I’ll look better and then I can go to the gym.” “I’m just not ready to try yet.” “Once I make more money, I’ll travel to Europe.” “After I get the new job, I’ll spend more time with my […]
Living from the inside out
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Western culture places an excessive amount of emphasis on the external aspects of life. Most people go through their lives measuring its success by what they obtain. Whether those things are possessions, relationships, power, or experiences, the blind pursuit of them will always lead to unhappiness and the longing for more. It […]
How to stick to your diet plan. No, really
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Losing weight is tough. Keeping to our diet and exercise plans must be tougher still or I suppose more people would lose weight. I’m somewhat gifted genetically in that I don’t gain weight easily. Still, I’m pretty disciplined about my exercise and eating habits. However, this was not something I developed […]
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