Personal Mission Statement
Goal-Setting Part 4 The first three posts in this series are – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 Now we begin the actual Goal-Setting Process. Once you have a set of Values or Principles, you get to work on the single most important sentence you’ll ever write: Your personal mission statement. Once again, […]
Rustling
Did you hear about the cowboy who wore paper pants, a paper shirt, paper boots, and wore a paper hat? The Sheriff arrested him for rustling.
If You Need Patience, Try Gardening
There are many great aspects of gardening. One of the greatest is patience. You simply cannot garden quickly. In fact, one of the most important skills a gardener needs is the ability to do nothing: – Don’t prune when it’s not needed. – Don’t fertilize when it’s not needed. – Don’t plant when you shouldn’t […]
Homework Help
“Dad,” said Little Johnny, “I’m late for football practice. Would you please do my homework for me?” The father said irately, “Son, it just wouldn’t be right.” “That’s okay,” replied Little Johnny, “but you could at least give it a try, couldn’t you?”
Defining Personal Values
Goal-Setting Part 3 In Part 1 we talked about how goal-setting must be practiced regularly and forever. It is not a one-time task or a short-term project. In Part 2 we introduced Quiet Time — The First Habit of Success. Now we begin the actual Goal-Setting Process. And, roughly speaking, this is the process: 1) […]
A ghost walks into a bar . . .
A ghost walks into a bar at midnight, and asks the bartender for a Whisky. The bartender says ” Sorry we don’t serve spirits after 11″
List of Values
At the very root of working on your own happiness, you need to figure out what you believe in, what you stand for. It might sound grant, but you need to figure out your purpose in life!
The First Habit of Success
Goal-Setting Part 2 I talked Last Time about developing a goal-setting strategy that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Before you can do anything else on the path to success, you need to develop a habit of daily quiet time. It is literally the the first habit of success. It is first […]
Origami Factory
I used to own an origami factory. The company folded.
Goal-Setting Is A Lot Like Dieting
Goal-Setting for the New Year One of the (many) reasons Americans are overweight is that we “diet.” Diet was not intended to be a verb. It used to be a noun. One has a diet. One’s diet consists of moderate amounts of . . . something. But now it’s a verb. When we say we […]
