Why do mountain views or beach scenes seem popular, you can see farther! What if your daily life, your daily activities, are not getting you above the trees but keeping you within the forest? What will it take for you to make that courageous step and get beyond the simplistic SMART goal you have in […]
Nothing gets you clearer about what your meaning in life is than building out a strategic plan for your life. Casting a vision for your next five years may be hard at first. You’ll soon though be intrigued to see it come to be and take action to get there. Write it out and share […]
Which do you prefer, the ever raised question, how old are you or what do you like about the days ahead? Most people answer the age question and cringe about years completed, even hiding their true age. They don’t want to talk about the future because their mindset isn’t focused on what might be. Change […]
We hear a lot of people saying “No” in our lives from our first days. Most of them are not intentional. The brain though doesn’t take in the intent. It just knows “Yes” and “needs work” experiences. If needing work, it grows in intensity until resolved. Reject the “No” and see who you are to […]
How many times we want the result now and we dislike the struggle? The power is in the struggle. We learn; sometimes more than we want – about ourselves and our chosen path. The only way we can succeed is to step through the work, the pain, the agony, the isolation, or any other seemingly […]
Each day we are faced with an audience whether your family, your social group, at your workplace, or even on a conference stage. We may practice what we will say in front of those people. You will not, however, change from your true self on the stage. Get your character straight and what your meaning […]
Sometimes our day begins to intrude and breaks any weak intention to carry out the activities needed to build a new habit. Why? We weren’t tied to achieving the desire. Weak desire leads us to fail. Strengthen the persistence by bringing others stronger to support you in your achievement. “Consistent persistence breeds completion of new […]
Habits cover over 80% of what we allow to happen untouched in our life. This is not good if we never go back and question why this habit is there. If our goal is to lose weight and our habits are to grab comfort food, the result will never match the goal. When we our […]
We are meant not to be on 24/7. We need downtime without the phone, the internet, and other distractions. Gather the people who are there day in and out with you. Take them to a quiet place and explore a deeper portion of your relationship. “Disconnect to spend quality time with the person who supports […]
Sitting at the train station wondering where the trains are going and what they find along the way. We need to take a look at our thinking in a similar way. Isn’t it interesting to look at what we think from an third party sort of manner? APEX thinking leaders keep their thinking muscle in […]
