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[Back to 5 more effective alternatives to New Year's resolutions] Sometimes the change we need is less about self-improvement and more about blasting out of a rut. It’s all too easy to get caught in our comfort zones, doing the same ol’ thing in the same ol’ way with the same [...]
[Back to 5 more effective alternatives to New Year's resolutions] What if, instead of spending your days trying to improve and excel by “getting it right,” you treated life as a learning lab, full of experiments and discovery? I’m a huge fan of the experimental approach to life.[...]
[Back to 5 more effective alternatives to New Year's resolutions] If you’re like most people, New Year’s resolutions are a yearly well-intentioned but ultimately pointless ritual. You run with a full head of steam into the new year, fully committed to change for the better. But by the [...]
[Back to 5 more effective alternatives to New Year's resolutions] One of the big problems with New Year’s resolutions is their one-shot nature. That’s not an issue if you are able to flip the switch and stick with the resolution, but for most people that approach leads to a burst of [...]
‘Tis the season for new year’s resolutions… …or not. Given the choice, I would pick “not.” Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against committing to change for the better – that’s how I make my living, after all. It’s just that, as[...]
[Back to 5 more effective alternatives to New Year's resolutions] Do you habitually ask for help when you need it? If you don’t, what effect do you suppose that is having? What effect is it having on what you are able to accomplish? What effect is it having on your well-being? What effect [...]
With a year like 2020, it can be tempting to put it in the rear view mirror, hit the gas, and leave it far behind. But if you do, you’ll be cheating yourself. You have already made the investment of a year of your life. You can either jump into the next year and never look back, or you [...]
If you want a simple, easily doable way to both change your life for the better and feel more adept at navigating stressful times, pay careful attention to what you feed your mind. One of the most common things that people do to feed (or perhaps more accurately, poison) their minds is mindless, [...]
Want to change your life for the better in the new year? Tap into the big power of thinking small. More specifically, take a lesson from the pointillists, the artists from a 19th century school of painting who created their paintings by applying dots of color, rather than brush strokes. When you [...]
What if, instead of asking, “what do I want to change this year,” you asked, “What’s my one-year vision?” The vision might be about, for example, something you want to do, an idea you want to set in motion, who you aspire to be, or a difference you want to make. There [...]