How to Achieve Your Goals

Recognizing Self-Sabotage

[weaver_youtube https://youtu.be/62n1w2ccRlk sd=0 percent=50 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0] If you have an area of your life that’s regularly in turmoil, you are probably sabotaging yourself in that area. Take a moment to think about the areas of your life that flow smoothly. Maybe you have a lot of great friends, or maybe your career…

Lost Words: Reviving Character Traits from the Past

[weaver_youtube https://youtu.be/-XCUsKXc4Mw sd=0 percent=50 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0] What are the first words you use when describing someone you admire? Maybe you’d say ambitious, funny, nice, successful, and honest. But what about honorability?* And when is the last time you yearned for something? Do you really care if your best friend is a good…

How to Deal with Difficult Feelings

[weaver_youtube https://youtu.be/Zwqd4GDNF2Q sd=0 percent=50 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0] A reader asked me how to deal with his feelings of anger and hopelessness, and I can only imagine that question came at least in part from from the never-ending stream of positive posts that I and similarly inclined bloggers create. With this emphasis on being…

Authentic is Awesome!

[weaver_youtube https://youtu.be/NiklYFe3upU sd=0 percent=50 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0] I decided to revisit this article when I had an “aha” moment and realized that being authentic can be a powerful tool, for better or worse, for public figures as well as “ordinary” folks. The rallying cry of “He tells it like it is,” even if…