Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Do you have short- and long-term goals you want to achieve? If not, perhaps this will convince you to concoct your own as I discuss why you should have both, and how to go about choosing them. Why Long-Term Goals? Because these take dedication, patience, and commitment to achieve. These are the hard …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download it on iTunes. I know how she feels, the woman in the picture above. You probably do too. Many of us set goals, life-changing goals, only to end up not in celebration from reaching them, but in an epic face-plant from failing. We want to achieve goals that could vastly improve our lives, but we usually don’t. The …
[Read more...] about Achieving Goals is Hard and Most People Fail. Here’s How to (Finally) Succeed.
Eight percent. Only eight percent of people successfully achieve their New Year’s resolution. So, that's depressing. You have a greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than achieving your resolution; a whopping 33 percent for women and 25 for men. Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. Heck, let's keep going and see what else is more …
This isn’t the typical “just believe in yourself, sweetie-pie, and don’t ever give up!” comforting nonsense regurgitated in self-help books. Some of this information is challenging to practice, and some of it may piss you off. But it works, and that’s all that matters. What separates people who achieve results from those who want them, but never attain them? How do some people appear to …
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Humans are wonderful at starting projects that never get finished. We fantasize grand, lofty goals but once we start climbing the mountain of the magnificent goal we desire to conquer we stop and stare in awe at how far we have to go. We're aware of the inevitable obstacles and momentary struggles. We realize it's much easier to stop, turn around, and continue on the smooth path we were …
[Read more...] about Why Having Year Long Goals Doesn’t Work
Say whaaaaaat? We just celebrated the new year and while most people are discussing their goals for the year, I'm just over here saying, "Goals? Nah. I don't have any." No, I haven't given up on life or becoming the best version of myself. I'm simply choosing not to have specific, time-dictated goals. And I think I'm going to be better off because of it. We already discussed 5 reasons why you …
[Read more...] about Why I No Longer Set Goals and Why You (Perhaps) Shouldn’t Either
