People used to come to my high school and talk about how important it was to have goals. You have to set realistic but ambitious goals for your life in order to feel fulfilled with life. I am paraphrasing, of course, because in high school I was a young punk and never paid attention at [...]
As I was driving to a friend’s house, I passed the Dublin Pub, a local watering hole known for its live music. On the reader board, one band’s name caught my eye: Spontaneous Woo. I did a little digging and learned that the band hails from Bay City, Michigan and offers a funk/jazz blend. The [...]
One of the tasks that come with being a leader is setting goals. Goals for ourselves, to be sure, but often we need set goals for our groups/teams or the larger organization. While we may instinctively know that we should include people in the creation of goals they will be working to achieve, too often [...]
Photographs are clearer when they are in focus. When they are out of focus, they are blurry, indistinct. How many times have you been disappointed by the result when the focus was off? Faces or objects are blurred, maybe even unrecognizable. Toss that one away a poor quality picture that does not meet the ideal [...]
Recently, a lady came to see me and she had successfully stopped smoking with me and as she had enjoyed the success after 30 years of trying and failing to stop smoking, she was so happy that she felt capable of doing anything. She brought in what looked like a shopping list of things in [...]
Dont Pull Up The Seeds When Youve Just Sown Them Why is it that 95% of people who set themselves goals fail to reach them? In one word: impatience. The most important and difficult stage of goal-building is the immediate stage after you set your goals. In the first stage, theres a brief blip of [...]
Creating your path to success depends on walking on a firm foundation. Knowing WHAT you want is only the beginning. Visualizing what you want and repeating affirmations makes your intentions stronger. Yet, this is not enough. So what IS the secret to realizing your goals? Lets walk the path together. As we walk the path [...]
Como Lograr lo que uno Busca sin Lastimar a los Demas Lograr lo que uno busca en la vida es un gran merito, hay gente que lo hace mas fcilmente sin sentir remordimiento por defraudar a los dems en el camino. Otros sienten culpa y lo logran al final de la bsqueda pero otros por [...]
Think about anyone you know who is incredibly successful. Do these people do everything themselves? Do they do it all themselves? Think of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. She writes the books, but does she do all the legal work, all the marketing, distribution, printing, advertising and public relations? No of [...]
Are you ready to make 2006 your best year ever? I was thinking about my New Years resolution today. Out of curiosity I decided to do a little research to see just how many resolutions are actually kept. I found that 50% of resolutions are broken within the first two weeks. I went on to [...]
