Goals
How to make lasting changes in life
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 […]
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”, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Get almost anything you want by doing just two things
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
We all want things, and most of us have at least a few goals in the back of our minds that we would like to reap the fruits of at some point in our lives. But why do we so often fail to make those desires real?
Honestly, I think mostly people fail to make […]
Commit to your goal or bust
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Take a moment to think of either a goal you have right now, or one you have pursued in the recent past. When you talked about that goal with yourself or with other people did you say or think any of the following?
“It’s just not me, I’ve never been able to do that.”
“That’s just […]
How many goals can you realistically tackle at once?
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
It’s hard to believe there’s any new information to read or write about on the topic of goals. There certainly is a plethora of information about goal setting and goal achievement on the internet. This post isn’t really about setting or achieving goals. Instead, I want to talk about how many goals […]
How to start reading more
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
As a kid I never really got into reading. When all the other students found a place in some corner of the classroom to read, I simply picked out a book with neat looking pictures in it and spent the next hour looking at them and daydreaming about what I would do after school. […]