Life is about making choices, and the choice to act means knowing what you think is important, how you want to make a significant impact, and how you will make ideas happen. To make a choice: generate ideas, evaluate them,…
Yearly Archives: 2006
You’ve Got the Music in You
What are five things you can’t live without? One of my answers to this question was: music. Now music is important to lots of people, but until that answer popped into my head, I hadn’t realized precisely how important it…
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A Cat with Attitude
My cat has the right attitude. When she is relaxed, she is either stretched out with complete and utter enjoyment, or curled up and the cutest thing you can possibly imagine. When she is in a loving mood she is…
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Making Goals SMART
Science has shown that goals should be SMART, which often (but not always) stands for: Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time Bound Download a free SMART goals printable worksheet to make your goal SMART: Specific – Use a helpful formula at How to…
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Time Frames and Target Dates
Long and short range goals Some goals are big and ambitious and will take a long time to accomplish. One of the first steps in the process of setting a goal is to break it down into specific action steps.…
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Re-Write Right
I’ve been trying to get organized again. This time I’m trying improve the organization of this blog! The amount of entries has gotten to the point of being unwieldy. So I’ve set up a new Archives page with sort of…
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Rewards
All these incentives can shape behavior: positive outcomes are desirable and attractive, while negative outcomes are undesirable and avoided. Quadrant I Positive Intrinsic (internal) – affirmations, meaning, progress, competence, mastery, wisdom Quadrant II Positive Extrinsic (external) – recognition, belonging, autonomy,…
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Evaluate Goals
Once you’ve generated ideas for goals, take a closer look at the ideas to select the best ones. Dreams become goals and ideas become projects when you decide to take action on them. Go for the goals that are the…
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A Gradual Awakening
I like gadgets, and especially clocks. I heard about an alarm clock that wakens you gently, first with a light that comes on and then with nature sounds that gradually get louder, until finally the actual alarm goes off. It…
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Design Your Ideal Workspace
When it is time to generate ideas, focus, be productive, and get creative, you need a workspace that will help. Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay A great workspace inspires you and is designed for the way that…
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