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Tag Archives: self-improvement
A Nice Christmas Visit
Yesterday, I went to a visit with some family members for our annual Christmas gathering. Because several of us live fairly far apart, this provides us with one of only a handful of opportunities during the year to all visit … Continue reading
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Tagged A Nice Christmas Visit, Christmas, deep breathing, family, gathering, meeting, relaxation, self-improvement, visit
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When Progress is Slow
In any construction project, the foundation has to be solid before anything can be built on top of it. Someone who regularly passes by a project may see a lot of workers and machines plugging away without any visible results. … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, foundation, go easy on yourself, improvement, progress, self-improvement, slow and steady, When Progress is Slow
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s is coming up soon and with it come New Year’s resolutions. Many people make them but most fail to follow them for more than a month or two at most. I think I have some ideas as to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Rules for Life, habits, How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions, New Year's, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's resolutions, Presence, Rescripting, self-care, self-improvement, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements, The Power of Habit, The Power of Now, thinking
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Knowing When to Move On
It’s in my nature to fix things. That’s why I spend so much time trying to help people with their problems and working on self-improvement. I do the same with the places I frequent as well. Wherever I go, if … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, fixing things, help, improvements, Knowing When to Move On, leaving, moving on, self-improvement, systems, walking away
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Tracking Progress
I’ve learned a variety of different skills in my life. Some of them were fairly easy and took little effort, while others required years of practice before I felt comfortable with them. Since most of these have been physical skills, … Continue reading
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Tagged improvement, Life Hacks, progress, self-improvement, skills, Tracking Progress
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My Rules
There are several rules I do my best to follow. Some of them are in line with my concept of morality and others are simply useful in everyday life. I sometimes break them because I’m fallible, but I mostly abide … Continue reading
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Tagged dream big, dreams, Golden Rule, help, honesty, morality, My Rules, Practice, Presence, rules, self-improvement, Stephen Covey, take chances, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power of Now, thinking, thoughts, usefulness
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A Few of My Favorite Books
Those of you who’ve followed my blog for a while know how much I love to read. I’ve talked about a lot of books in my posts but I haven’t dedicated a post to the books that have stuck out … Continue reading
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Tagged A Few of My Favorite Books, books, Charles Duhigg, Dale Carnegie, Don Miguel Ruiz, Douglas Adams, Eckhart Tolle, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Jonathan Haidt, Life Hacks, Scott Adams, self-improvement, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Power of Habit, The Power of Now, The Righteous Mind
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The Importance of Being Self-aware
Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, said the following quote about our ability to choose: “In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to … Continue reading
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Rescripting
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey talks about a concept he calls “rescripting”. The following paragraph from the book offers a brief explanation of what he means by that. “Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, imagination, natural laws, principles, Rescripting, self-awareness, self-improvement, serendipity, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, universal laws
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