Where is the Sweet Spot Between Boredom and Panic?
Don’t waste your time or scare yourself off
Easy goals are boring. Impossible goals are frustrating. Challenging goals facilitate growth.
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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.
5 Powerful Things That Happen When You Celebrate Progress
Mind more than the gap
We often fixate on the gap between where we are and where we want to be. We shouldn’t forget about how far we’ve come.
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?
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?
How to Conquer the Hidden Claims On Your Year
Stake a claim for your time before someone else does
Each year presents a new frontier in your life. Stake your claim on what the year will be before others plan it for you.
How to Reach Your Goals using OmniFocus
Make sure each one has a clear next action
Here’s how you can set up OmniFocus to track the next actions that will keep your goals moving forward.
How to Track Your Goals using Evernote
See your progress and stay excited about changing your life
I track the big picture side of goals as part of my Planner notebook in Evernote. Here’s the Evernote template I use.
How Do You Feel About Your Goals?
Thinking they’re a good idea isn’t enough
Thinking your goals are a good idea isn’t enough. You need to have a strong emotional connection to them, too. That’s when you find the strength to change your life.
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.