Tweet photo credit: NatalieMaynor You want to be healthy. You want leanness. You want to feel awesome as much as possible. You want perfect digestion if possible. You want to avoid sickness. You want to be disease and cancer free. You can have it all. The most important step is feeding your body what it desires. […]
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Quit Spreading Yourself (And Your Money) Too Thin
Tweet Want to save money? Focusing on ONE specific goal can be more effective than spreading yourself (and your money) too thin. Conventional wisdom says that the best way to save more money is by earmarking small amounts of money towards a wide gamut of goals. For example, your monthly savings might look like this: My next car […]
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Everything Becomes Easier If You Have This
Tweet One of the biggest barriers to success — in anything — is lack of focus. That we might be unfocused is also a hard thing to admit about ourselves. Because being focused seems too limiting — too small. We’re created for greatness, right? “I want to get debt-free AND lose weight AND train for a half-marathon […]
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5 Steps to Focus On to Achieve Your Goals
Tweet “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” ~ Anatole France I haven’t read every personal development or self-realization book out there, but I suspect that every one of them has at least a chapter that’s all about defining your dreams and focusing on […]
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What Is Excellence To You?
Tweet Several years ago a client asked me to deliver a speech on “The Essence of Excellence.” I won’t drag you through the entire process, but I spent weeks re-reading books from my library, calling CEOs and college/university Presidents and asking everyone I could get to talk to: What is excellence to you? In the end […]
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Breaking Down FOCUS
Tweet When I first saw what Lance had picked out for this month’s theme, I actually started laughing. After a week spending every waking hour with my children and spouse on a five state and seven day road trip for Christmas, I had visions of how many repeated conversations we had with our kids because […]
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