Resolutions Are Crap
Did that get your attention?
I’m not doing any resolutions this New Year.
They don’t work.
But what does work?
That’s a great question.*
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* One that I work on all the time.
“And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth,‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky.” – Rumi We all have at least one “Sun” in our lives. Who is it for you? Let them know, by word and deed.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein So many people associate curiosity with research or innovation, but it has a (wonderful) personal application: How can you be curious about yourself, who you are, what you want and how you can get it? When you use curiosity in this way,…
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber Thurber’s words are so profound, so amazing, so perfect . . . all I am going to is reiterate his message: What are you running from? What are you running to? Why
This week’s external resource is from a favorite author/researcher: Heidi Grant Halvorson. A link to her interesting and useful article is below – after I blather on a bit: *** So many people believe that 1) they are too stressed and 2) that stress is bad for you. They are right and wrong, sort of… They…
For anything to catch fire, for anything to burn, three things must be present: Oxygen, Fuel and Heat. Unless all three are present, there can be no fire. And, unless these elements continue to exist, the fire will not continue to burn. What’s more, fuel is the one element that needs to be renewed for…
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No resolutions here, either! What does work? Make a goal, then make a realistic plan as to how you’re going to meet that goal, and then executing the plan (and reviewing and revising along the way).
That’s what works for me 🙂