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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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DIY Goal Getting – There May Be Better Options

Do It Yourself. DIY goal getting is something most have a love-hate relationship with. I mean, how often do you mismatch your DIY goal ambition with your expectations? Listen, having less than splendid results in your DIY endeavors is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as you learn something, it’s still progress. DIY goal…

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Do You Know How To Slay Your Complacency?

Slay your complacency! You’d better know how or it can become the killer of your dreams, finances, relationships, and even the future YOU. (or the 4 F’s as I like to call them) Sure, we can say that complacency is dangerous, but most don’t really think it’s all that serious. Perhaps there’s some confusion as…

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How to put the POWER back into your hours

If you’ve been a fan, follower, or fellow student of all things related to self-development, you are no stranger to the term, power hours. And in case you are not so familiar with this go-to time management hack, it’s essentially setting aside an hour for specifically assigned tasks. I have a lot to say about…

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How To Be Sure Your Next Planner Is The Right Fit!

This planner’s too big. This one is too small. That planner has the most beautiful cover, but the inside is a little less than inspiring. This one has too many questions about my life, dreams, goals, and what I had for dinner last night… 👀 Sheesh! Is it just me or is finding the right…

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How to make progress, not just plan for it

Plans, strategies, goals, systems and habits. You need them all to make progress in your faith, your life and your business. But how do you move past just the plan for your potential progress and actually make it? In this post we are going to explore the usual go-tos when it comes to goal setting…

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Finding Focus Even When You’re In the Middle of Your Feelings

When You’re in the Middle of Your Feelings We all do it. Allow our feelings to get in the middle when we should be finding our focus. I’m not saying don’t pay attention to your emotions. Just that there are choices we can control despite our feelings. Feelings follow choice. That’s something that I remind…

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The “Key” To Achieving?

While there are so many debatable keys to success, literally, I’ve seen 3, 5, 7. 10…but I believe there is something more important than a key we need to grab hold of in order to achieve our goals.  Want to know what it is? Of course you do, but first, let’s look at some of…

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3 Ways to Improve Your Productivity Today!

  We know this, so we are not going to spend time dissecting that “key to success”.   No fluff, let’s get to it! Area #1 is your ENVIRONMENT. Think about, where it is that you are trying to be productive. What does that area look like? How does it make you feel? Listen, if…

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Find your purpose or follow your passion?

Raise your hand if you get confused when it comes to the difference between finding your purpose and following your passion. (I see you, and you, and you…) When it comes to the pursuit of happiness so many of us have been given the advice to just…find your purpose or follow your passion. Apparently we…

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