productivity
Are You Addicted?
This is not a post about substance abuse. This is a post about the little things you do every day that pull you away from what you really want for yourself. It is about addiction to habits and behaviors that suck time away from us without adding much back to our lives or our souls. And often ... Continue Reading
The Habit Course Registration is Live!
If you’ve ever tried — and failed — to exercise regularly, eat healthier, wake earlier, meditate, become organized, beat procrastination … you’re like a lot of us. You struggle with creating new habits. It’s not easy, because most people don’t understand what causes habits to fail or the specific steps to creating sustainable habits. Leo Babauta, Katie ... Continue Reading
Free Webinar with Leo Babauta: The Life-Changing Power of Bad Habits
On Monday, April 23 at 7:00 pm EDT, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits will share some of the things he has learned about creating habits (read his story for some of the habits he has created and changed). He is hosting a free hour-long webinar called How I Used the Power of Bad Habits ... Continue Reading
Who’s Holding Your Feet to the Fire? The Power of Intentional Accountability
Before I became a coach, I didn't know much about coaching. I'd heard the term "life coach" tossed around, but I didn't understand why people needed to be coached in their lives. Why would I need someone else telling me to do what I already know I should be doing? (Now I know that coaching has nothing ... Continue Reading
25 Action Steps for Transitioning to Your Life Passion
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." ~Nelson Mandela In the previous two posts we talked about whether or not living your passion really matters and whether or not you can make a living from ... Continue Reading
You Are Invited! A Free Self-Confidence Webinar
At some point in our lives, all of us have suffered a crisis of confidence. Whether it was a situational issue or a lingering dark cloud of insecurity, a self-confidence problem holds us back from living fully -- from living a bold and fearless life. Many people believe that a lack of self-confidence is an innate personality ... Continue Reading
20 Simple Ways to Stoke Your Self-Confidence
Once upon a time there was a small child known as you. This child was born into the world pure and perfect, aware only of its own needs. If those needs were met, if someone held you, fed you, kept you safe and warm, your world was perfect. Even as you got a bit older, if your ... Continue Reading
Is Your Mind Playing Tricks on You? How to Take Control with Confidence
Do you ever feel like your mind has a mind of it's own? Does it seem like it plays tricks on you, behaving against your higher judgement or desires? I've been suffering from a tricky mind for the last few weeks, but I finally turned the trick around on my wily mind and took control. Here's what ... Continue Reading
Procrastinating? 10 Ways to Get It Done
Do you ever wonder why you procrastinate? Well stop wondering because it doesn't matter. Analyzing why we procrastinate is just another way of procrastinating. For those of us inclined toward studying the "whys" of human behavior, this is one area where the why just gets in the way of the how. I could list 100 reasons why we ... Continue Reading
15 Darned Good Reasons Why Self-Help Actually Helps
Special Note: The Empowerment Pack promotion will end on Thursday, January 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST. You still have time to get over 30 self-improvement courses and products from 25 top bloggers for 1/10 the regular price. Click here to check it out! The other day a friend proudly announced to me ... Continue Reading
How to Create Habits That Stick
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~Horace Mann Whether or not you make New Year's resolutions, the beginning of a new year is a psychological trigger for starting fresh. After all ... Continue Reading
12 Simple Ways to Prepare for Personal Development in 2012
The week after Christmas is a strange time. In some ways it's relaxing and peacefully pleasant. In other ways, it feels anti-climatic and unnerving. The anticipation and festivity of Christmas is over, but the New Year with all of its promise hasn't yet begun. You don't quite know what to do with yourself beyond picking up wrapping paper and ... Continue Reading
How to Create Your Back-Up Plan
If only life were predictable. Do you ever wish for that? We merrily (or sometimes stoically) move through our days and weeks and years -- following our plan, doing our thing, pursuing our goals. And then one day, one normal day . . . WHAM BLAM BOOM! Life smacks you upside the head with something totally unexpected ... Continue Reading
The Fine Art of Creating a Balanced Life
"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." ~Robert Fulgham I've been feeling a bit wiggidy-wack over the last couple of weeks. That's my euphemism for feeling off, scattered, not quite balanced. Feel free ... Continue Reading
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