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Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

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Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

You’ve got big plans for your future, or maybe you just want to make some changes for the better and need to make them stick.

But as we all know, change is hard, and making that change stick is even harder.

So what are the characteristics of people who seem to be able to achieve their goals and make those good changes stick?

Here a 8 Characteristics that successful people live by that you can emulate too. [Read more…] about Successful People Have These 8 Characteristics – Do You?

Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!

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Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You

The Cambridge dictionary defines a “challenge” as:

“(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person’s ability.”

Or put in much plainer terms it’s simply a difficult job!

The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.
Steve Maraboli

And that’s the problem.

When you’re faced with a difficult job, something that’s going to take an effort, physical or mental, it’s going to test your abilities on many levels. [Read more…] about Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!

7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

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7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

How often have you delayed starting a task because you’re basically fearful? That fear can be tangible even if you can’t quite put a name or reason to it. So in today’s post I’m going to attempt to articulate some of those fears and encourage you to do the hard stuff first anyway!

It Gets The Hard Task Off Your To Do List

Let’s start with some common fears: maybe you’re afraid it’s going to take up too much time, afraid you might not be able to do it or maybe it’s just an overwhelming fear of getting started.

I’ve experienced this many, many times. But the irony is that once I start, the task is usually quicker and/or easier than I expected it to be. But let’s break those three thoughts above down a bit further: [Read more…] about 7 Reasons You Should Do The Hard Stuff First

Why You Need To Finish What You Start

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Why You Need To Finish What You Start

Finishing has never been one of my strongest personal characteristics. In fact, on a lot of personality-type tests, I score quite low in the “finisher-completer” category.

But whilst knowing this can be quite off-putting, it’s actually served me well to know that finishing isn’t one of my strengths. Being made acutely aware of this “fault”, I now actively monitor my outputs to make sure that I’m not routinely falling just short of the finish line.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that I’m 100% disciplined in this area. In fact, there are times when I fall back into my natural ways, taking on more than I can effectively handle at any one time and then failing to deliver outputs in a consistent manner.

It’s not a great place to be, but the good thing is that awareness soon catches up with me and when it does, I immediately get back into a “finisher mindset” and start chugging through my tasks to bring them to completion.

You see the thing is that it’s kind of obvious, but in order to get anywhere in life, you have to make a point of finishing what you start and then getting it out there. [Read more…] about Why You Need To Finish What You Start

How To Stick With Your Goals

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How To Stick With Your Goals and Plans

We would all be over achievers if we were able to do the things we said we were going to do, on a consistent basis.

Indeed, the bookshelves would be devoid of diet books and productivity books would be unheard of, but this just isn’t the case.

Instead you can get hold of books on any self-improvement subject you want, because, for all of us, wanting something and actually following through on our commitment to achieve that thing can be illusive.

Regrettably, I’m not immune to this phenomenon.

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How Can I Change My Life?

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How Can I Change My Life?

One of the things I notice when I’m asked “how can I change my life?” is that the person asking is often really resistant to being told that they need to be taking action. They are adamant that they want to achieve their goal and it’s the most important thing to them right now, but taking sustained action doesn’t fit in with their day-to-day lives.

People are often dismissive of attempts to encourage or cajole them into action. Plus, I can usually visibly see them digging their figurative heels in to do it their own way, and only that way.

People appear to be defensive of their actions and have a long list of reasons why they can’t do the things I suggest.

Fighting For Your Limitations

There’s a great quote which refers to how we fight for our perceived limitations.

If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.

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