Being Your Best Self

This time next year, will you be wiser, more thoughtful, and living a life you dream of? Or just a year older? Always take time to sharpen the saw.

Don’t Apologize for Being an Awkward Teenager

No one expects you to know what you’re doing when you’re getting started

Nobody expects you to know what you’re doing when you’re just getting started. You shouldn’t apologize for learning.

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Who is Responsible for Where You Are Today?

Like it or not, they’ll shape tomorrow, too

Our choices have determined how we ended up where we are today. That gives us control over where we go tomorrow.

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Are You Too Comfortable to Change?

A little discomfort can make you go a long way

Sometimes we’re not committed to change because things aren’t really that bad. What we need is to make the status quo a little less comfortable.

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Is Productivity Just a Thing You Do at Work?

And just what is “productivity”, anyway?

We tend to think of productivity as something that we do at work, or something that is most applicable to work. What about the two-thirds of our lives we spend away from work?

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Why Are We So Bad About Reaching our Goals?

These common mindsets can give fear the fuel it needs to hold us back

Every year, we set goals and get off to a strong start in January, then things start to fizzle out in February. Why are we so bad at reaching our goals?

3:35 read (714 words)

Have You Found Your Groove or Are You Stuck in a Rut?

How two competing needs help you grow

Our need for Safety and Security likes what is familiar. Our need for Variety drives us to explore the unknown. These needs work together to help us grow.

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How Scrooge’s Haunting Will Make You Change Your Life, Too

You might need more than one night, though

Ebenezer Scrooge had a clear vision of his past, present, and future and implemented a massive change in his life. So can you, if you make the same connection he did.

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