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Create Goals Not Prison Sentences

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Why do we create goals? With goals you can set a course of action and make better decisions about the opportunities – and distractions – that come your way each day. Without goals, you are more likely to be subject to the whims and pressures of both external and internal feelings in the moment. At their best, the articulation of goals helps you in four significant ways. They help you give voice and direction to your desires and dreams. They [...]

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Love What You Want

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It should be easy, shouldn’t it? You dream, you imagine, you picture what your life would be like if it were completely up to you. The search for purpose and meaning is ongoing. The ability to maintain a connection to it is often excruciatingly difficult. Steven Pressfield, author of “The War of Art,” says that the closer you get to your passion and your purpose the greater your resistance becomes. It seems backward, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t the obstacles and fears [...]

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Why does it take 21 days to form a new habit?

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You may have heard it said that it takes 21-28 days to form a new habit of thought or behavior. Have you ever wondered why that may be so, or been skeptical that it could really work? I got to thinking about this particular prescription for change when reading David Brooks’ book, “The Social Animal.” In it, he uses a fictional family to illustrate what drives our behavior and forms our basic constructs as we move through life, from infancy [...]

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