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Types of Goals

October 21st, 2011 by Mike Warren

What type of goal are you pursuing? I classify goals based on the activity I must perform to achieve them:

Progressive activities (performed step-by-step, like working on a project)
Recurring activities (performing the same behavior daily, like exercise)

Each take a different approach, but once you get the approach figured out [read more]

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Goals are necessary to be happy

June 4th, 2011 by Mike Warren

It’s funny when you start to pay attention to something, it seems like it starts showing up everywhere. I have a friend who said she never particularly noticed pregnant women until she became pregnant, then she started seeing pregnant women everywhere.

And what, you ask, does that [read more]

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Keeping Things Simple – part two

December 31st, 2010 by Mike Warren

In yesterday’s post, I proposed the idea that the smart way to begin the pursuit of a goal or achievement is to be perfectly clear about the fact that you are going to experience failure, unless you’ve just selected goal that’s too simple anyway.
 
Understanding that failure is inevitable in the [read more]

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5 Great Ways to Conquer Self Doubt

November 3rd, 2010 by Mike Warren

Why is it that regardless of how clear they may be about what they want, or how solid the plan, some people just never seem to realize their hopes and dreams (goals)?

If that sounds familiar, here’s one set of ideas to help answer to that question articulated [read more]

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10 Good Ideas You Should Memorize

September 20th, 2010 by Mike Warren

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted, but this one absolutely wrote itself. These are 10 ideas that have served me well, and it just occurred to me that they need to be shared. Here they are, in no particular order:

1. When tempted, [read more]

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Goals and Happiness

May 15th, 2010 by Mike Warren

Everything You Need To Know About Happiness

“Happiness” courtesy of Zhong Bioa

The truth about affirmations

With all of these books around touting the benefits of affirmations, Psychologists became curious to know whether they actually worked.

They brought together many different subjects, having various degrees of self confidence and told them to repeat positive [read more]

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Know Where You Are Going

May 3rd, 2010 by Mike Warren

The following article is excerpted from content in Robin Sharma’s popular CD program, “Manage Your Time, Manage Your Life”“. Pursuing goals is all about knowing where you are going, so I thought Robin’s thoughts would be relevant here.
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“Focus your time and your life on your highest talents and [read more]

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Maintaining a Goal Activity Record

April 25th, 2010 by Mike Warren

If you’ve set a new personal goal recently, you probably realize the just how important is is to track your progress, and how the chance of failure increases if you don’t. One way to make sure you track your progress and do the things necessary to achieve your goal [read more]

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The Multi-Tasking Myth

February 16th, 2010 by Mike Warren

Several months ago, I wrote this post about the fallacy of trying to do two, or even worse three things at once. I’m well familiar with the hazards of this, as I have to be reminded frequently that I can’t do it (at least not effectively) and it [read more]

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