Category: Goal Setting

The words "invest in yourself" with an upwards arrow

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Optimal You: Who is that? Have You Met Yet?

Ah, yes. Optimal You, Optimal Me. Who could that be? The best we can be? Our best self more often? To what

Building blocks ascending up, diagonally to the right, towards a bullseye

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Two Kinds of Goals… and Why You Need Both

Goals can fall into two categories: Outcome Goals: I want to lose 10 lbs, run a marathon in under 3 hours, become

A mountain with a flag at the top and a jagged line going up the side of the mountain showing a path

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The Shortest Distance isn’t Always a Straight Line

Sometimes going directly for what you want isn’t the best strategy. We seek ‘Perfect Outcomes’ when perhaps we should really be focused

Two overlapping circles, one that says "things that matter" and one that says "things you can control". The area where they overlap is colored in and labeled as "what you should focus on"

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Not my Monkeys, not my Circus

Folks, in life you must pick your battles; allocate your time and energy in ways that are most effective and efficient. We

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Never Settle for the Default Settings of Life

Folks, life is complex and we are all often caught up in the whirlwind of being busy about this and busy about

4 circles of increasing size within 1 circle. The smallest circle says "comfort zone", the next larger circle says "fear zone", the next larger circle says "learning zone", and the largest circle says "growth zone"

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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster

An outdoor background with grass and trees. A sign in the foreground that says "If you change nothing, nothing will change"

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Take a Vacation… From You

Have you ever wondered what could be? Noticed how others, not that different from you, have qualities and habits you’d like to

A chalkboard with 3 different colored sticky notes spelling out "find your passion"

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What is your Ikigai?

Ikigai (ee-kee-guy) is a combination of the Japanese words ‘iki’ (to live) and ‘gai’ (reason) literally meaning ‘reason to live’. What constitutes

Cartoon of a man climbing a steep mountain with a flag at the top

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Per Aspera Ad Astra

“Per Aspera Ad Astra” is Latin for ‘through hardship to the stars’ and can be taken several related ways including it is

Picture of a person writing in a journal

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Exploding Wants

Have you ever found yourself trapped on a hedonic treadmill? Frantically exhausting yourself like a gerbil, seemingly never ever able to get

"Priority #1" written on a piece of paper and circled in red. Written underneath and uncircled: "Priority #2" and "Priority #3"

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Is it Still Your Biggest Rock?

‘Biggest Rock First’ refers to putting your most important priorities on your schedule first and then fitting other, lesser priorities in around