How to Stop Procrastinating

Procrastination is the enemy of everyone in one way or another. For some, it is a life debilitating challenge and for others it is a faint growl. The emotion of procrastination is unavoidable; however, you can develop the skills to overcome that emotion and continue on with the task before you. Procrastination is self doubt … Read more

Stop Spending Time

American society neglects time management. Businesses spend billions of dollars a year fighting each other over the attention span of the consumer. Furthermore, technology has ushered in an era of distraction where people spend countless hours on activities which provide zero lasting impact on their lives. Much like spending money on impulse purchases, we spend … Read more

Showing Empathy

Empathy is critical to all relationships. Consequently, it is an area in which I need to practice and improve. My research has led me to several key points to increasing empathetic skills. Acknowledge Firstly, acknowledge the emotion of who you are interacting with. Many people just want to know they aren’t crazy for their feelings … Read more

Take Responsibility

“While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.” Benjamin Franklin Take responsibility for your life. Your skills and abilities determine what you get from life. The beginning For most of my life I believed I had to wait for opportunity to come to … Read more

Knowing your Why

Many people have aspirations for a better life and never come close to consistently achieving their goals.  I get stuck in the HOW stage, which is asking how questions such as: How to loose weight?  How to make more money?  How to be more successful? The internet is a unlimited source of HOW.  At the … Read more

Failure is Feedback

failure is part of success

 “After we had conducted thousands of experiments on a certain project without solving the problem, one of my associates, after we had conducted the crowning experiment and it had proved a failure, expressed discouragement and disgust over our having failed to find out anything. I cheerily assured him that we had learned something. For we … Read more