goals

A Year From Now, You Will Wish You Started Today

Awhile back, I heard a quote that stopped me in my tracks. Jim Rohn, America’s foremost business coach once said: “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” While the truth of this quote sunk in, I had to admit there were plenty of things I […]

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The solution to regret

This may sound like a “no-brainer” but if you don’t have clear goals, that’s the first problem. A goal or a vision of what you want – long term – is the first step. So whether it’s to lose 20 lbs. or to vacation in Paris, you have to be crystal clear about what you […]

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Hiking Camelback Mountain

Well, I did it!  I finally hiked Camelback Mountain.  And while there are many stories to tell and lessons learned, there is one story that stands out among them all.  As I started up the mountain, the first half is a trail with a pretty good incline.  The second half you are not hiking, you are […]

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Got my sights set on Patagonia!

As you may recall, one of my longer term goals is to climb a mountain.  It may be 2011 before that happens.  But my friend Lisa just sent me an article from the NY Times online that ranks the Patagonia region the #2 place to travel in the World in 2010.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?th&emc=th Patagonia is becoming […]

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Top Ten 2010 Goals

There’s two things I’ve learned about goal setting in the last year.  One, at times I set unrealistic goals and then have to deal with my disappointment when I don’t reach them.  Two, I set goals only based on the outcome I want, not on the actions I need to take to achieve my goals.  […]

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Ending 2009 Powerfully.

Besides saying goodbye to 2009 with a look back through my pictures, I also have a year end ritual (or year beginning depending how you look at it) that I do on the first day of the year.  Before I take down my wall calendar, I write down my top 25 accomplishments from the year.  I […]

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Visualization Doesn’t Work!

I’ve finally figured out why visualization doesn’t work for most people. It’s not that visualization is hard – we visualize all the time. Sometimes good things – sometimes not so good. But even when we are imagining something really great – rarely do we get to a place of “feeling” what we are thinking about. […]

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