You’ve probably heard the saying before, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” However, even understanding that comment, we often forget about it in our personal lives. Most of the time, we apply that type of rational thought to our work life while sadly forgetting that planning our personal development is also […]
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Achieving Self-Awareness and Its Benefits
What Is Self-Awareness? Essentially, it’s knowing the state of your internal self, your intuitions, preferences, resources, and skills. Really, it’s about knowing that there is one thing you control in this life and it’s your perception of your world. It’s much easier to navigate difficult and unexpected situations when you are in tune with your […]
Setting Bigger Goals
We all have goals; some people have more ambitious ones than others. Have you ever stopped to wonder why that is? Why some people are more successful than others? Are they smarter, richer, or somehow more savvy? Maybe, but in most cases it is because they have a clearer vision of what they want to […]
Motivating Yourself to Achieve Your Summer Fitness Goals
As summer approaches, we often think more about our personal fitness levels. Maybe there are activities we’d like to get out and do as the weather becomes nicer, or maybe we struggle with anxieties about not being covered up in multiple layers of clothing. No matter what your reason, if you want to get fit […]
Overcoming Negative Beliefs that Limit Your Achievements
Do you ever feel like something is holding you back from accomplishing a dream or goal that you have? That little voice in your head that makes you question what you want to do and you end up talking yourself out of doing it? And in the end, you justify why you can’t or shouldn’t […]
Find Your Strengths And Choose Your Success
Everyone gets to various points in their life where they must do an evaluation to determine which direction to go. If you really want to be successful, you’ll need to take some time to really consider each choice and how it will affect you, not only today, but in the future, even 10 years from […]
50 Major Payoffs of Emotional Intelligence
What Is Emotional Intelligence? Quite simply, it is the ability to understand your own emotions and feelings, as well as those of others. Your understanding of emotions allows you to analyze information and guide your actions and your thinking. To put it even simpler, your emotional intelligence is a collection of skills around your emotional […]
Constructive Ways to Deal with Failure
What do you do when things just don’t work in your favor? You may have tried something or many things, but for whatever reason failure has plagued you. It’s ok to fail at something. We all do and have at some point. Everyone is different, and not everything is meant for everyone. However, this doesn’t […]
How to Make Exercise a Habit
The Power of Habits How many habits do you have? If you stop to think about it, you probably have dozens, maybe even hundreds, of habits. Not all of them are good habits, of course. Some habits, like cursing or drinking sugary soda, are not great for you. How did you acquire those habits – […]
Increasing Your Feelings of Self-Worth
Do You Know Your Self-Worth? Do you have good self-esteem? You might not even be aware of it, but it is possible you are suffering from low self-esteem. Maybe you think you feel good about yourself but find certain patterns keep playing out in your life that you wish you could change but you just […]
Becoming Proactive
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”– Stephen Covey You may be familiar with the essential life skill of being proactive from the work of Stephen Covey, famous for his Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. There is a good reason this life skill is still touted […]
Five-Step Plan to Finding Profitable Niches
The Internet is full of blogs and websites that started out well but then fizzled out over time. In many cases,it happens because the business owner didn’t take the time required to research their intended niche carefully to determine whether or not it was a sustainably paying one. They didn’t do the research on […]
Healthy Ways to Communicate Your Emotions
Communicating emotions can be a tricky thing. Rarely do we want to come off as being too emotional, but we also do not want to miss the opportunity to communicate what it is we are feeling effectively. Hiding our feelings is not an option in most instances. They are always there. Some are alive […]
Designing the Greatest Me
Choosing to design your life means you are opting to look at your life not just as a goal but as an adventure, as a process rather than a destination. The designed life is one that allows you to choose among many possibilities, to consider multiple pathways, and weigh what energizes you and brings […]
Awakening the Passion in Your Life
Understanding Passion “A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.”– William Hazlitt Do you wake up every day excited to get out of bed? Do you feel like you are living your own dreams? If not, it could be that you have yet […]
Time Management for Entrepreneurs
Most entrepreneurs don’t fail because of business reasons. Business strategy is often easy to correct or fix. What’s more difficult to fix is the entrepreneur. The more you can accomplish, the higher your chances of success. Your productivity and time management skills are one of the most significant indicators of whether or not you will […]
Forming a New Good Habit Is Easier than Breaking a Bad One
The Science Of Bad Habits Everyone has at least one bad habit – not one of us is perfect. It may be that you smoke, you may have a chocolate habit, perhaps you skip workouts and watch too much television. All of these bad habits act against your best interests. So, why don’t you […]
Fit for Life
Finding the Motivation You Need to Exercise How many times have you decided to exercise and not taken action? You know exercise is good for you, yet the motivation hasn’t surfaced. There is definitely a difference between knowing you should do something and wanting to do something, and exercise often gets pushed to the […]
Building a Network That Supports Your Business Goals
Networking is creating a foundation of connections that can boost your business, motivate, and support you with all of your efforts. If you’re an entrepreneur or business owner, you never want to operate alone. Having people surround you who can motivate and inspire you, as well as share knowledge that can catapult you to […]
4 Step Goal Setting Strategy
Everyone has certain goals they want to reach. It might be weight loss or finances in your personal life, or specific business growth goals in your career. Regardless of what milestones you want to achieve, you won’t get there if all you have is the end result in mind. Setting goals is just one […]
Level Up Your Life
Life Transformation Is Possible! If you look at achievers and those who failed to “get there,” you would see the former with a unique mindset – one that is molded out of confidence and optimism. This is what sets them apart from the rest as they have a positive outlook in life and a unique […]