How often have you spent hours, days or even months working on a plan only to see it crumble on execution? How much time have you spent worrying about taking an action only to see completely different results than you expected? Experimentation is not only essential to have variety, excitement and challenge in your life […]
How to Build Skills Faster
Most goal achievement will require a certain amount of skill building. These can be external skills like communication, programming or design. They may also be internal skills like courage, discipline or emotional mastery. Much of faster achievement means faster skill building. Practice Makes Perfect The cornerstone of building any skill is practice. Instruction, modeling and […]
Popular Posts for November 21
Some of my regular readers may have noticed a recent shortage in posts. Thanks to a busy schedule and several articles that I got midway before deciding to abandon them I’ve been unable to post at the rate I usually do. Hopefully I’ll be able to update a new article in the next day or […]
Solutions to the Ten Biggest Obstacles to Growth
Have you ever experienced a time in your life when everything seemed to stall? You were once making strides in improvements, now you are stuck and every attempt to improve seems like walking through knee-high mud. Maybe this was a time in the recent past. Maybe this is happening right now. You have probably noticed […]
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