How do you feel about goals? Chances are, the word either evokes a positive or negative response. I know because I’ve felt both. I don’t recall the idea of goals being a common topic of conversation while growing up. Yes, I tried to get good grades and accomplish tasks. But the concept of setting goals […]
Build a Foundation to Have the Freedom to Follow Your Dreams – Part VI – Tying it All Together
This is the final post in my series on building a foundation to have the freedom to follow your dreams. I introduced the idea behind this foundation in Part I. If you missed it, you can go back and read it here. So far, I’ve covered Good Health, Supportive Relationships, Financial Fitness, and Personal Growth. […]
How to Change Your Life in 30 Days – The Power of Intense Focus
How are your goals and resolutions coming along this year? Reports indicate that 40 percent abandon New Year’s Resolution during the first month. By mid-year, 60 percent have given up. It is said that less than 10 percent actually achieve their resolutions. While these statistics are dismal, what I’m about to tell you has the […]
Is this way of thinking limiting your freedom? – Learning to Think Long Term
What has been the single most important factor to your success in life? If you were to ask my husband, Jer, he would tell you that it was changing the way he sees time. Growing up, he was most concerned with what was happening that day or week. But as he grew older, he began […]
What if not knowing what you want isn’t the problem?
“I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve said or heard this phrase, I’d be living in my oceanfront dream home. I’m beginning to believe that the problem isn’t that we don’t know. In fact, nearly everyone I speak to has a […]
Crush Your Goals with an Accountability Partner
It took me a long time to learn how the people I surround myself with affect my life. In my twenties, I realized that some people were so negative, that they made me more negative. As I moved away and found distance, my life got better. In my thirties, I discovered that as I surrounded […]
10 Small Habits That Will Bring More Happiness and Freedom to Your Life
Frustrated! That’s exactly how I felt seven years ago. I was unhealthy, financially disorganized, disconnected from my spouse, and unfulfilled. I knew that things could get better but it seemed like such a big leap. Looking back, I now know that all it took was a series of small habits. Today I can say that […]
Could 2 Hours Change the Course of Your Life? – The Power of a 10 Year Plan
Seth Godin wrote: “A ten-year plan is absurd. Impossible, not particularly worth wasting time on. On the other hand, a ten-year commitment is precisely what’s required if you want to be sure to make an impact.” It doesn’t matter if you call it a plan or a commitment. What’s important is that you do it. […]
2 Truths You Need to Know About Intentional Living
If you’re like most of my readers, you’re here because you want to live life on purpose. You love the idea of intentional living and are working to create a life you’re proud of. You’re creating a future of opportunity for your children and loved ones. You want to be your best self and I […]
Balance – What’s Preventing You from Achieving Your Goals?
Have you ever found yourself setting the same goal, year after year, after year? And failing to achieve that goal, year after year, after year? Could the reason you’re struggling be a lack of balance? This is the fourth and final post in my 2016 Goal Setting Series. I kicked off the month with a […]