Positive Actions to Lead Your LIfe
Achievable Resolutions
To Plan, Decide, and Act to Achieve, Improve, Solve, Change, Transform I developed this 7-Step Method to help my seminar students who often set the same “New Year Resolution” year after year. Both they and I have done better identifying priorities and taking action. 7 Steps to Set a Resolution that increase your chance of […]
Courage to Dream
Many of us hold back, sometimes unconsciously, on pursuing dreams–because of fear. We sometimes dwell on possible negative outcomes like failure or embarrassment. Seminar students often say, they stay in their “comfort zones” too much because of “what people might think” if they tried something special. They also admit they hesitate instinctively when seeking goals outside […]
Definite Purpose+Burning Desire
“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” Napoleon Hill, author of The Law of Success and Think and Grow Rich To identify one’s calling not only provides greater clarity on purpose but also […]
Daily Questions to Inspire You
Did I make someone a hero today? Would our Lord say, “well done my good and faithful servant…?” Would my mama be proud? Col. Stretch Dunn (USA Retired) asked himself these three questions at the end of the day to help make sure he stayed on the right path. He spoke of them when mentoring […]
100 Posts Milestone
WordPress sent us a report that this blog hit a milestone of 100 posts. Thank you for reading and forwarding posts from this blog. And, thanks to Kyle Crider who has been advising and helping me design the layout and functions. With your use and or recommendation of this material, I hope to provide you […]
Expand Capacities to Increase Freedom
Einstein inspires these thoughts and actions about “widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures”: In addition to doing daily activities and tasks, we can grow more by intentionally planning and preparing for expanding our capacities. How would you like to change in the way you think or behave toward others? What […]
What is my vision for life?
Have you answered the question, “What is my vision for life?” “What kind of person am I called to be?” “What legacy of service am I called to give?” If you have, you are more likely to fulfill resolutions. You can increase clarity on your vision as well as improve internalization of important goals and […]
I will do what I can
I cannot do everything; I will…do the something I can do. -Helen Keller- The first of my seven best practices to PLAN and LEAD in LIFE is: Lead Your Life. Mindset matters. Discouragement when challenges come is a key reason why some of us quit or fall short on resolutions. That is, if you let […]
New Research Finds Obesity Changes Brains
This article discusses old research: 1. if you are inactive you are more likely to get obese; and new research: 2. if you become obese, you are more likely to become inactive because obesity can change your brain functions, decreasing capacity as well as motivation to move. The research reminds us of the assumed reason, […]
Never Give In for Honor and Good Sense
“Never give in. Never give in, never, never, never…except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force: never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Winston Churchill
