Are you feeling friction or failing to make progress toward your goals? If so, do a goal doublecheck by asking these harmony and conflict questions. Are your goals in harmony with each other? Does the achievement of one goal put another in jeopardy? For instance, a client recently had both a promotion at work and [...]
The other day a client was goal setting as part of What Matters Most 365: Life By Design™. Six weeks into the bootcamp, she had an Eeyore Moment where she was gripped by pessimism, thinking, “I’m just going to set these goals…nothing is really going to change…” This gloomy outlook was in stark contrast to [...]
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 [...]
A new year often signals new beginnings and fresh starts as January 1st brings the appeal of the clean slate. Are you thinking of setting a goal or making a resolution come the New Year? If so, will it be brand-spanking-new or will it be a rehash of an old goal? I don’t have a [...]
Keep your goal a secret. Whatever you do, don’t tell anyone about your goal. That way no one can rally around you with support, resources, and accountability. Keeping your goal a secret also ensures part of you is hidden away. Anyway, what’s so great about showing up in the world in an authentic way? Think [...]
I was out and about in the world today and noticed something striking, something peculiar. Hardly anyone was smiling. Not the people I passed on the sidewalk. Not those driving in their cars. I saw couples sitting together at restaurants with barely a smile between them. I saw clerks in stores and customers at cafes [...]
