A critical component with goal setting is to learn to celebrate your accomplishments.  If you have studied and believe in the Law of Attraction then you know that celebrating and acknowledging your accomplishments an the things you are happy with and proud of sends a message out to the Universe that you want more of that!  And the Universe wants you to have what you want.  What you focus on and give energy to persists.  So why not give energy to what you are happy about.  There is no better way to do this than to celebrate your accomplishments. First off, if you find that are not accomplishing anything, than re-evaluate your goals.  They may be a little too elusive, or unrealistic.  People have a hard time setting concrete goals.  We tend to be too general, and when we are, we never know when we have really achieved something or not.  For instance setting am objective that says "I will be open" vs a more specific one that says "On Monday night I will sit down and have that … [Read more...]

Goal setting is a vital step in reaching success in your life. By setting objectives, it is possible for you to accomplish all of your duties in a timely, organized manner. Planning out your targets can help you focus your efforts so as to rapidly attain your goals without becoming distracted along the way. Goal setting can even provide the motivation that is essential to achieve success, whereas building your confidence and self-esteem with every step that you achieve. Confidence and high self-worth will enable you to excel in life, no matter what mission you undertake. By setting good, realistic objectives, it acts as stepping stones to your one overall goal. And you'll be supporting yourself to achieve your goals much quicker. Without setting objectives, it is easy to become burned out, and frustrated. All you see is the one huge goal and it appears as if you're by no means going to get there. All of this detrimental thinking only slows you down that much more, whereas for … [Read more...]

On a day to day, or minute to minute basis in our lives, we don’t often think about utilizing the virtue of courage.  We are not even really conscious about needing it or using it.  We have been conditioned to think that courage is reserved for the heroes on life, the firefighters, the soldiers, or for the moments when our lives or lives of our loved ones may be in danger.  No doubt, these situations require courage but the utilizing the courage that we have inside on a daily basis is what creates a full life for each of us.  It is what creates a life worth living, vs. surviving it. Were you taught in life to not be bold?  Were you taught to be nice, not make waves, not stand out, and certainly not go against the current?  Does your family have a certain way of living that you never really considered going against?  Maybe you don’t even know why you do certain things a certain way, you just do.  It’s all you know.  It’s your personal paradigm. Security has become … [Read more...]

Art imitates life and life imitates art. And at this time, what works in business works in life and what works in life, works in business. With the movement from the commercial age (we made things) to the intellectual age (we make ideas), work and life have turned out to be parallel worlds. Our workplaces are actually about people and relationships - actually, humanity. Success within the office is now primarily based on our skill to know and understand our clients as individuals, create "customized" service responses and construct relationships that last. That is also simply what we should do to have successful and fulfilling personal lives. Let's evaluate several areas where our work life and personal life are parallel: Communicate: "You never listen to what I say." This could be a line from a spouse or a customer. Each have vital consequences and the steps to enhance them are virtually the same. Learning to ask great questions after which really listening is an extraordinary … [Read more...]