Know your goal and take action
What is it that you really want? Are you sure? Why? Often we choose goals that we sorta want. Things that would be nice, but nothing really that inspires us. We feel like we oughtta lose weight, or save more money so we add those items to our list. And we fail, because while those [...]
Why resolutions fail
‘Tis the season for goal setting. But, before you start plotting and planning just which steps you’ll take to launch your life forward in 2012, don’t forget to pick the right goal. Sounds obvious, but many of us go after the goals we think we ought to pursue, instead of the things we actually want [...]
How to shape your intentions and your life
“If you want to change your life’s direction, you need to direct your intention, which means first being honest about the thoughts, rationalizations, intentions and attitudes you already have,” –Donald Altman Author of the Mindfulness Code Our intentions are shaped by our unconscious and conscious minds and influenced by factors in the external world like the [...]
How to cooperate: lessons learned from Sesame Street
It’s one of the first words I learned on Sesame Street. Cooperation. Then, as I grew I also learned that (not from Sesame Street) that you have only yourself to blame, it’s all up to you, and that you’ve got to look out for Numero Uno – hardly cooperative clichés. Cooperation makes sense though. Not [...]
Cooperation counts for humans and bird-brains
In the cloud forests of Ecuador live the plain-tailed wren. These chubby little birds are, as it turns out, a model of sophisticated cooperation that can duet better than Donnie and Marie. Bigwigs from John Hopkins University have studied the way these wrens create their birdsongs. Each song requires one female and male bird alternating syllables to create [...]
Can God keep you from eating that candy bar?
I bought the mini Butterfingers for Halloween because, I don’t like them. My reasoning was this: If I purchased candy I didn’t lust over, they would last until the holiday. Then, I discovered is that mini Butterfingers aren’t all that bad. In fact, I even developed a Butterfinger rationale to accompany my consumption. My plan [...]
Five ways to power up persistence
Perseverance. Determination. Persistence. Any quality that keeps you going despite adversity and challenge is the difference between success and mediocrity. It’s also crucial when it comes to living our biggest lives and achieving our greatest goals. Here are five ways to persist and keep moving toward your goals. Assess the goal. Make sure what you [...]
Persistence comes easy with passion
I just finished writing a book. It took two months to finish the first draft, but really, I’ve been working on this for a lifetime. In the second grade I realized that I was a writer who would one day write a book or a bunch of them. It wasn’t a decision. It was a [...]
Six Ways to Strengthen Your Self Discipline
There will always be something that matters – something that must get done — that you don’t want to do. I hate folding clothes – but I also hate wearing wrinkled pants, therefore fold I must. Drawing from our reserves of self discipline to make responsible choices about folding or work or health or money [...]
Drawing on Self Discipline
Saturday, I was back in corner room, the one with the computer cursor blinking and the desk piled with three-week old newspapers and bill statements and books and my calendar book with dates already filled in for November. I was in the office, where I’ve been every weekend for nearly two months. Working on my [...]
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