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.
”If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” – Jim Rohn Good or bad, what we focus on and surround ourselves with…
I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. – Mike Ditka Let’s get real. Let’s put aside fantasies about what we think we want. Let’s put aside marketing-fueled thoughts of how you might feel if you bought such-and-such thing or traveled to some far-off place, or whatever is being sold…
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life – happiness, freedom, and peace of mind – are always attained by giving them to someone else. – Peyton C. March Whatever we hoard withers and contracts. Whatever we give away regenerates and expands. The things that matter…
You are what you think you are. What do you think you are? * * * You are who you think you are. Who do you think you are? * * * The answers determine what you’re willing to try, what you think you can do and what you deserve. What are your answers? Do they support…
“If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.” – William James Another way of putting it is: worry is a prayer for what you don’t want. To be sure, feelings of grief, loss and…
I read recently that the Dalai Lama said that enlightenment is love and insight working together, like wings on a bird. I love this idea because it conjures a rich metaphor for understanding our lives. Neither love or insight alone is enough to live well. Both must come together and act in concert for us to to…
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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 🙂