If You Have Goals, Does It Mean You're Ungrateful?

If You Have Goals, Does It Mean You’re Ungrateful?

February 20th, 2012 in Blog Posts, Fear & Limiting Beliefs, Life By Design, Mindset

I consider myself a grateful person. I made a decision years ago to actively choose my mindset when I wake up in the morning, and an attitude of gratitude is one I like to keep front and center. I’m also very much a goal-oriented person. I make plans. I want more. I have ambitions, dreams… [...]


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Worst case scenario thinking

Are You All About Worst Case Scenario Thinking?

February 10th, 2012 in Blog Posts, Challenges & Obstacles, Discipline & Habits, Fear & Limiting Beliefs, Mindset

Do you regularly steel yourself for the worst? Does your mind take a little information and run with it into the future thinking about negative scenarios? When faced with anything new or outside your comfort zone, do you assume you’ll fall short, it won’t work out, or even that something catastrophic will happen? My spouse [...]


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It’s OK If You Don’t Know (Video)

February 1st, 2012 in Challenges & Obstacles, Gap Analysis, Life By Design, Perfectionism, Video Posts, Visioning

It’s OK if you don’t know what you want to do when you “grow up”.  It’s OK if you don’t have a compelling vision for your best life. But it’s NOT OK to stay stuck in that place of not knowing.


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Plan for what matters most.

Plan For What You Want Most

January 26th, 2012 in Blog Posts, Life By Design

I hear so many reasons for why people don’t plan. I don’t have time to plan. I’m no good at planning. I like to live in the moment; I don’t want to be locked in by a plan. I don’t know what I want for my life, so how can I plan? If I really thought [...]


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Are you keeping secrets?

Are You Keeping Secrets?

January 24th, 2012 in Blog Posts, Goal Setting & Goal Management, Self-Awareness & Authenticity, Strategy

I have a friend, let’s call her Sally, who won’t share her New Year’s resolutions until months into the year…when she confesses her resolution has fallen by the wayside. Three years ago her New Year’s resolution was to stop complaining.  How do I know this? Because it slipped out in a conversation in May when [...]


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