So you’ve got some big dreams and goals you would like to accomplish? Maybe you want to be a millionaire, an Olympic athlete or world traveler. Perhaps you just want to get in shape, get out of debt or be able to take a vacation this year. Whatever the case is, you need to do […]
Daydreaming Without Doing? Try Planning Without Commitment
Ever catch yourself daydreaming? You find yourself thinking about how cool it would be to start your own business, travel to that exotic locale or write a novel. But most the time when you start daydreaming, nothing gets done. An exercise I’ve found helpful in converting daydreams into reality is planning without commitment. Dreams Don’t […]
Want to Improve Your Fitness? Focus on Results
If you needed to buy groceries, would you walk into the store look around, buy nothing, go home and then pat yourself on the back for showing up? Probably not. If you are going shopping you have a specific purpose for being in the supermarket, it isn’t enough just to show up. Likewise, if you […]
Ask For What You Want
The key reason confidence is so powerful and magnetic is simple, confident people ask for what they want. Whether it is advice, a sale or a date, confident people ask others for what they want. They ask for what they want out of the world and they ask for what they want out of themselves. […]
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