Category: Goal Setting

4 circles of increasing size within 1 circle. The smallest circle says "comfort zone", the next larger circle says "fear zone", the next larger circle says "learning zone", and the largest circle says "growth zone"

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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster

An outdoor background with grass and trees. A sign in the foreground that says "If you change nothing, nothing will change"

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Take a Vacation… From You

Have you ever wondered what could be? Noticed how others, not that different from you, have qualities and habits you’d like to

A chalkboard with 3 different colored sticky notes spelling out "find your passion"

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What is your Ikigai?

Ikigai (ee-kee-guy) is a combination of the Japanese words ‘iki’ (to live) and ‘gai’ (reason) literally meaning ‘reason to live’. What constitutes

Cartoon of a man climbing a steep mountain with a flag at the top

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Per Aspera Ad Astra

“Per Aspera Ad Astra” is Latin for ‘through hardship to the stars’ and can be taken several related ways including it is

Picture of a person writing in a journal

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Exploding Wants

Have you ever found yourself trapped on a hedonic treadmill? Frantically exhausting yourself like a gerbil, seemingly never ever able to get

"Priority #1" written on a piece of paper and circled in red. Written underneath and uncircled: "Priority #2" and "Priority #3"

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Is it Still Your Biggest Rock?

‘Biggest Rock First’ refers to putting your most important priorities on your schedule first and then fitting other, lesser priorities in around

The words "goal", "plan", and "action" written on a chalkboard with checkboxes next to each

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

The quote is by the poet Mary Oliver (1935-2019, Pulitzer Prize winner) and the elegant beauty of it always spoke volumes to

Steps of goal setting: set goal, make plan, get to work, stick to it, reach goal

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Practice is a Skill

Or more fully stated: ‘effective practice is a learnable skillset’. It may sound like heresy, but not all practice is good practice

A dictionary page with the definition for "self-discipline" and the words "self-discipline" being highlighted with a green highlighter marker

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Will is a Skill

For many of us and for much of our lives we have absorbed the concept that willpower, along with its close cousin,

Photo of a man reading a book with bookshelves full of books behind him

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Baker’s Dozen

Recently, I was asked: “What is the most valuable piece of advice you would give to anyone new at TCC who is

Picture of a heart covered in fire

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Only the Best Obsess

Obsession has gotten a bad name in some circles but directed and managed, it is the gift of the gods. I think