Take One Step Closer Today

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Over the weekend, I put up a post about organizing your life. It was a combination of three previous posts and designed to be a way to get a head start on your week. While a three step plan can be a good one, sometimes we don’t have time for an elaborate project. We just [...]

What Time Is It?

Back in 2004 I attended a Toastmasters district conference in San Bernardino California. The speaker was Sarano Kelley, a young black man with a powerful story. He walked down the center aisle of the auditorium that day, stopped in front of me and asked me a question that would change my life. “John, What time [...]

Free Download: A Simple Checklist

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When starting any project or planning out our goals it’s great to have a list of needed items and supplies. While there are all sorts of project planners available, I usually like to start with a basic checklist. I created one in MS Word that has two columns, each with 25 rows of check boxes. [...]

Planning A Great Weekend

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While my weekdays are usually planned out in advance on a calendar, my weekends tend to have more free flow events. As a creative person, I usually like to take the weekend as it comes. While this adds a sense of adventure, it also can lead to a lot of lost time. A while back [...]

Strong Goals 2011: Scheduling

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One of the major tenets of any goal setting exercise is finding a block of time to accomplish the task. While this may sound easy at first, many goals or resolutions fail due to lack of available time. If you can’t schedule it on your calendar, you can’t do it. The more major the goal, [...]

How To Leave At Noon On Friday

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Wouldn’t it be nice to get off early on Friday. Leave at noon, beat the traffic, enjoy an early start to your weekend? So why not do it? Why not work like you are leaving at noon? Do the most important things first. Turn off distractions. Close your door, put the phone on ignore, turn [...]