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How To Use Your Personality Traits To Achieve Your Goals
The Rules Of Self-Understanding Alright, I get that a lot of us don’t like to discuss “touchy-feely” topics. Some of us try to avoid talking about who we are and how we feel because it makes us feel vulnerable. And most of us are adamant that we “know” who we are and don’t need anybody or any “stinky” assessment to tell us so. But what we really want to say is that “I don’t want any parts of self-understanding because I AM AFRAID!” I am fearful for what I may discover about myself. It may not be a good look. I get that. Let’s be brutally honest. First, most of…
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16 Tips For Better Time Management
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5 Secrets of Goal Setting For Success
The following tips aren’t really secrets. Most of them are simple, common sense things that should be done in order to be successful in accomplishing our goals. What makes these following tips a secret is that they are rarely a part of an action plan for our goals. “A goals’ action plan?” “What’s that?” “Are you saying that when I declare a resolution/goal, I have to make an action plan to accomplish the goal?” “Yes!” “So, when I decide on a goal, I can’t go about my life as usual without implement some type of action plan to achieve that goal?” The answer is simply, “No!” Let’s be honest, when…
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Stop Chasing New Year’s Resolutions, Start Reaching Your Goals Today
Rarely do people catch their resolutions. They can be quite slippery and evasive. With 365 days in a year, many people reserve goal setting for just one special day-New Year’s Eve. This special day is when most people sit down and evaluate where they want to be in the next year. There is just something about the end of a year that makes us want to reflect on our accomplishments. In our minds, it makes the new year seem more conquerable. It appears to be shinier than the previous year. We become motivated. We become excited. We become hypnotized because we see our future being oh-so bright. With our resolutions…
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8 Mindset Secrets For Success
SUCCESS! I need it! I gotta have it! Success begets success. It motivates. It builds confidence. It fuels action. Like laughter, it’s contagious. Different people measure success in a whole range of different ways. To some, success might mean opening their own business or getting a promotion at work, while to others it could be passing an exam with a high mark, finally buying their first home or car, or even managing to hit their savings goal. In every walk of life, there is success to be had – whether it be at work or school, at home, within your relationships and friendships or even with your finances. At the core of…
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CBT-Mind Your Thoughts
Are you living the life you dreamed? At least one time during our childhood we have utter these words: When I grow up, I want to be….. or When I grow up, I am going to do this… These affirmations could have been in the form of an essay we read to our classmates in elementary school or an essay for a college application. With excitement, we imagined that we would have a rewarding job, perhaps become the president of a company or a business owner which would have afforded us the big house with the fancy clothes in the walk-in closet along with the two shiny new cars in…
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Find The Hero In You
Do You Need Some Understanding? As you read this blog post, image the song “What I Need From You Is Understanding” by the group XScape playing in the background. Have you ever said, “They just don’t understand me”? We all feel that way sometimes. And it’s okay if certain people don’t “get” who we are. That fact shouldn’t have a direct affect on our life. The real question is “Do YOU truly understand yourself?” Sir: Madam: Your Carriage Awaits! Your Journey Starts Here! I am sure you have heard a similar statement before, especially at the beginning of each new year-a time where everyone is hyped up to make a…
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6 Actionable Tips To Tap Into The Power Of Being Grateful
For those who participated in the 7 Day Gratitude Challenge, this is the last blog lesson for that mini-challenge, and we’ve covered quite a bit of information. You’ve learned why acknowledging, embracing and expressing gratitude is so important. You’ve also learned a few specific ways to begin a practice of gratitude in your own life. I’d like to expand on that as we end our challenge to provide you with a more in-depth list of helpful tips to tap into the power of being grateful. You can use these ideas as you move forward in creating your own routine. Take a Gratitude Walk Going for a walk is a great…
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Show Your Gratitude With The Written Word
You’re tired and feeling a little “blah.” You are thinking about all the things you must get done before calling it a day. You decided to stop by the mailbox-something you don’t do every day because more than likely, it’s filled with a bunch of junk mail. Like most of us, you stand there mindlessly sifting through advertisements, coupons, life insurance offers, credit card applications, and something stops you. Like a foreign object, you stare at it suspiciously. You look carefully at the front and then slowly flip it over and look at the back. “It’s a card of some sort,” you think to yourself. “Why would ‘so and so’…
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Be Grateful For The Little Things
Are you still on the fence about starting a practice of gratitude for yourself? I’d like to issue you a simple challenge. Just for today, find just one random thing in your environment to be grateful for. This is a low-stakes activity that can be a great way to jumpstart your pursuit of gratitude. Keep reading, and I’ll show you just what I mean. What to Look For It’s easy, really. You can look for anything within your daily routine that inspires you. There are things to be grateful for, even on the difficult days. In fact, it’s even more impactful when you discover little rays of light in the…
