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What’s the best approach to keep from abandoning your goals?

The best approach toward your goal is always the one that works with your reality. But you’ve got to be honest with yourself if you’re planning based on your ideal reality or your actual reality. Mixing up your realities is not a best approach to goal getting and will create confusion. Confusion leads to goal…

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Plan in color to increase your focus & productivity

Do you plan in color? Color coding your plans is more than making your calendar look organized and pretty. Used effectively, it can be one of your best strategies when it comes to executing those colorful plans!  And yes, a plan is different than a strategy. While I could give you a whole lesson on…

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Choosing the right team for goal getting season Part 2

Goal getting season is in full swing! Take a look around and you’ll see a mix between those who are crushing their goals, while others are already feeling crushed by them. Do you have a good handle on which group you’d be found in? No worries! By the end of this post my hope is…

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Choosing the right team for goal getting season

It’s time to choose a team, it’s New Goal Season, baby! The desires and motives have been set for your next great achievement! Reflection and Accomplishment are the names of this season’s top teams and with the flip of the calendar, it is game time.  These teams could become respected adversaries or just the next…

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New year new you again with Deana Farrell

New Year, New You – Again?

‘Tis the season and time of year to . . . evaluate your whole life based on a review and assessment of your currently closing last year. It sounds ridiculous, yet year after year, when the calendar is about to roll over, “new year, new life” is the mantra that’s top of mind and agendas.…

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Identify How To Become A Powerful Decision Maker

Once you are able to get some clarity on who you were made to be, beyond titles, labels, and your history – you become a powerful decision-maker. Who doesn’t want that? We are well aware of the time, energy, and focus wasted or misused by the quality or lack of our decision-making. Yet, what are…

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Where’s Your YES Really Taking You?

Your YES really takes you closer or further from your goal. Yep, it’s as simple as that. Sure, simple concept, but much less simple when it comes to the execution of that concept.  YES (and NO) decisions can be among the most pivotal in our lives. And make no mistake, they are decisions before they…

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The 3 Shifts You Need To Build Momentum

Is your goal-getting feeling a bit stagnant, stuck, or less than stellar lately? Well, good news, friend! There are 3 shifts you can make in order to build yourself some goal-getting momentum. Planning, plotting, and pursuing your course is one thing, but I’ve got 3 different “p’s” for you to ponder today. How’s that for…

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Ways to simplify goal-getting: The 3-2-1 GO Method

Whether you are a 1-2-3 or a 3-2-1, kind of VAL (that’s you – Valued, Amazing Lady), any goal still begins with GO! And some of us are better at getting off the starting line than others. If you find yourself in more of the others community, today’s topic is going to be really helpful…

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Deana in questioning pose about dream GPS

Does your dream have the right GPS?

Having the right GPS is necessary if you ever hope to make progress toward your dreams whether in your faith, life, or business. Everyone has a GPS these days. They’re built into our smartphones and our cars (unless your car is as old as mine – who knew 2012 was “ancient”?) We rarely go anywhere these days…

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