My nephew Alex has been a student manager of his college basketball team for the last 4 years. It's filled with a lot of responsibilities and navigating a variety of personalities and demands on his time.
Now as a senior, he is the head student manager and this past weekend his team won a spot in the NCAA Tournament. It's a dream
How Your Goals Are Holding You Back and What You Can Do Instead There’s a pervasive notion in our culture that the way to move life and work forward is through setting and achieving goals. Not only should you set specific goals but you should write them down as well. A Harvard Study is cited as the reason behind this goal writing strategy – and it
Here’s the truth: You can’t actually get 2016 wrong. We love to think there is one “right” path for us to take. We love this so much we spend much of our time and energy trying to find this path or hold on to this path or kick ourselves for falling off this path. Which is really funny when you think about it because you made up this path in the
The other day I tuned into my intuition (or spiritual guides or inner wisdom – whatever label works for you) and asked them for some specific guidance about my life. This doesn't always work for me but on this particular day what they had to share felt so universally applicable I wanted to pass along their messages to you. [Click here to download the
In the summer of 2008 I had a small but powerful epiphany that helped me get a glimpse of how to accomplish goals more quickly and easily. Maybe you will hear something useful inside this story as well. I had made it a goal for the summer to run all the way up a massively steep hill near my apartment in Arlington, VA. After months of trying I was still
I’ve written
before about how our brains are wired to forget all that we’ve accomplished and remind us of tasks left undone.
While this is a handy little biological back-up system it also reinforces our human tendency to be forever focused on what more we have to do, the next goal we need to master, the next rung up the (endless) ladder to
We’ve all been there. That moment when you commit to the new goal or habit that is going to improve your life. You are excited and motivated to create a long-lasting change. It might be writing a book or reaching out to 5 prospects a week. It might be a new weight loss goal or starting a meditation practice. You are ready. It feels good to commit.
I once read a dating book by John Gray who explained that one of the tricks to starting a good relationship was to always end your relationships in the best way possible. This has always stuck with me: If you embrace the change, are grateful for your experience, and can let go of what no longer serves you, the energy is cleared to allow for a fresh, new
