Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

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Embrace Iteration; Shun Perfectionism

The outcome of any decision is a product of the quality of the decision times the quality of the execution. A 10-quality

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So Much is in the Frame

We create our life by the interpretations we assign to the events of our lives. Far, far more than we realize, this

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Attention is a Limited Resource: Do You Allocate Yours Intentionally? Or Outsource it to Social Media, Etc.?

Cognitive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and engineer Robert Lucky estimate that our environment bombards us with approximately 10 million to 11 million bits

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Your Brain Needs Reps Too!

Repetition is powerful. Reps are wonderful in the gym for strength training… AND for creating habits. Think of your brain as just

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Identity is Destiny: Create One that Serves You

As much as anything else, I found my challenge in achieving my goals was far more ENERGY management than time management. All

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Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance

Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance by Laura Vanderkam takes the position that no matter how busy we feel, most

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Your Life is the Sum of Your Choices… and Also of Your Evasions

When we are young, the paths before us may seem many… yet every choice we make contains constraints, the closing off of

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Your Body Does Most of the Talking

We all leak information all day long and we are often totally unaware of it. Scientists call this ‘involuntary signal emission’ which

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Filling the 7 Buckets of Your Waterwheel

One way to approach living your life or achieving any form of success is to think of yourself as having 7 buckets

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Ironically, the Path to Mastery lies in Being a Life-Long Student

The minute you are labeled an expert, the moment you allow that to become part of your identity, the insidious ‘Expert Trap’

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Your Reaction Does Not Need to Be Your Response

Your 1st reaction tends to be emotional, often driven by the ‘reptilian’ brain and defensive/protective in nature. An effective response goes to