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, […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Retreat Report
I mentioned my annual retreat in my newsletter. Got several emails asking more about my annual retreat. So here’s the goods. First, read this article: Introduction to Retreats = https://relaxfocussucceed.com/Articles/2004010002.htm —– My annual retreat takes place at the local Passionist Retreat Center near Sacramento, CA. We gather on Friday, catch up with people we haven’t […]
Siesta, Retirement, and Work
And old tale. An American was visiting a small village in Mexico. He came across a young man sitting in a chair on the sidewalk while children played all around him. The American was put off by this laziness. So he talked to the man. “Why aren’t you working?” asked the American. “I have already […]
