I’m more than half done with my 374-day blogging challenge, which started on Dec 24, 2019. I’ve done 191 days and have 183 days to go. My blog currently has 1517 published posts, so there will be an even 1700 at the end of the year. These types of daily challenges are mentally won or&

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One skill I had to learn as an entrepreneur was to invest in real opportunities, not dead ends. This can include opportunities for financial gain, but it can also include personal and professional growth opportunities, educational opportunities, creative opportunities, social opportunities, adventure opportunities, travel opportunities, and more. Where theres a genuine opportunity, theres a decent&

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The end of a calendar quarter and the start of a new one is a great time to set fresh goals for the next 90-days. In Conscious Growth Club we go through a 5-step quarterly planning process each quarter, whereby our members review their recent progress and then set and share their goals for the&

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As the coronavirus has moved into the homes of more people I know, I see a lot of fear energy being stirred up. People are frightened. Some are angry too, especially as they see others not taking the situation seriously or engaging in sociopathic anti-mask behavior. I contrast this with what I see elsewhere from&

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If youd like to raise your awareness about what youre actually eating and how it affects you, food logging is a simple and effective way to do this. Six weeks ago I decided to start keeping a log of everything I ate in a small notebook. I also keep track of calories. I wanted to&

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Since Trump is doing such a hideous job on his re-election campaign, some analysts are concluding that hes deliberately trying to sabotage himself. They suggest that hes putting out strong indications that he really doesnt want the job for another four years (or that he doesnt expect to get re-elected). One example is that he&

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While we can learn a lot from other people, such as from books, courses, classes, and online resources, I often find it valuable to learn from direct experience, even when doing so is slower and more error-prone. Theres something special about exploring in the dark, gradually figuring out your own ways to accomplish something instead&

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Boundary management is such an important – and often overlooked – part of life. A significant amount of the email feedback I receive from readers who are struggling has to do with boundary management problems. When people dont practice effective boundary management skills, they often succumb to problems like these: Toxic family members repeatedly pushing&

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Do you have any people in your life who, in the face of todays many social storms, will say things like this? I just prefer to remain neutral. I like to see both sides. Im not into hating people on either side. The media makes everything look bad. How does this land with you? Do&

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Perhaps you have a big ask to make of life. This may include your goals, desires, and intentions. Now what does life indicate that it wants from you? What is life’s big ask of you? One of life’s big asks of me was: I’m gonna inspire you with a bunch of cool ideas about personal growth. Publish&

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You may think of maintaining your boundaries as something you need to do to protect yourself, but practicing good boundary management for yourself can actually serve the people around you very well too. Your boundaries define what youre willing to allow into your life. You decide the types of people youll associate with and to&

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I just want to be very clear about something. I dont tolerate the presence of Trump supporters spouting their nonsense in my personal space, which includes my email inbox, social media, and personal friendship circles. On social media I unapologetically unfriend, block, and banish Trump supporters on sight (or smell). If I happen to have&

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I just want to take a moment to express appreciation to you (and all of my readers) for your intelligence and rationality – and your open-heartedness as well – during these incredible shifts that were all living through. This has surely been a year of change – and can you believe were not even halfway&

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A common way that people get stuck, especially in business, is that they feel entitled to success before theyve invested in really earning it. Maybe you did well in school. Maybe youve been told that youre smart or creative. Maybe you began with some advantages that made you feel like youre already ahead of the&

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You may often get stuck in cycles of temporarily upgrading some part of your life, only to watch that area decline when you stop giving it as much attention. People especially do this with their finances and their health. When the pressure to take action is strong enough, theyll make some improvements, but once the&

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How many different assessments have you taken that classified you as having a certain personality type, strengths, and so on? Maybe you did a Myers-Briggs assessment, the Strengths Finder test, the Kolbe test, or other assessments, and they told you something about yourself. Perhaps this started with learning your astrological sign and discovering that you&

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Whatever youre currently doing to earn money, is it fun for you? Would you still enjoy your income-generating activities even if they paid half as much? Still fun with less pay? Or does the fun depend on the money? Earning money can be fun. Spending money can be fun too. But what if earning money&

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A simple yet common common difference Ive repeatedly seen between various friends could be described like this: Some friends commit themselves to a problem before theyve figured out the solution. Some friends try to figure out the solution before they commit themselves to the problem. By and large the first group makes significantly faster progress&

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In the later years of Walt Disneys life, he actively worked on his vision for EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow). His intention was to build a complete city of the future – a place for people to live and work in harmony. His designs included a central downtown hub with skyscrapers, Monorails and People&

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Here are some quotes from J.K. Rowling about the fear of failure: Part of the reason there were seven years between having the idea for Philosopher’s Stone and getting it published, was that I kept putting the manuscript away for months at a time, convinced it was rubbish. Fear of failure is the saddest reason&

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