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    • Remember the Beauty in Life

      Choose to Remember the Beauty in Life

      “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller Do you really stop (or do you rarely stop) to smell the roses? Have you learned how to have a beautiful mind according to Edward de Bono? Do you remember what …

    • Regret Improves Future Self

      How To Use Regrets to Improve Your Future Self

      “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!”?John Greenleaf Whittier You can use your regents to improve your Future Self. Regrets can really hold you back in life, especially if you keep reliving the past. Chances are that if you look back on your past 10 …

    • Why Future Self?

      Why Should You Even Care About Your Future Self?

      “People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.” — Zig Ziglar Why care about your Future Self?   Your Future Self represents the person you will eventually become. That could be you five minutes from now, you a month from now, you a year from now, etc. There are …

    • What Would Better Me Do

      Ask Your Future Self “What Would Better Me Do?”

      “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” — Dr. Seuss I want to share a simple strategy that helped me connect with my Future Self. Your Future Self is just you in the future, and the science of Future Self is compelling. The …

    • Vision for Future Self

      How To Create a Vivid Vision of Your Future Self the Tony Robbins Way

      “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver When Tony Robbins sets goals, he creates a Vivid Vision of his future. In fact, when Tony Robbins transformed his life early in his career, he started by creating a Vivid Vision of his Future Self. …

    • Dickens Pattern Exercise

      How To Use the Dickens Pattern Exercise to Transform Your Future Self Today

      “I wear the chain I forged in life.” – A Christmas Carol You can use the Dickens Pattern exercise to change your Future Self now. I’ve always been fascinated with how to change faster, especially when speed is of the essence. Personal change can be a long, slow, and even tedious process. Slow and steady …

    • What is Future Self

      What Is Future Self?

      “Thinking deeply about your choices and actions from the stance of your future self can serve as both a motivational and a corrective force.” — Cheryl Strayed What is Future Self?  I’ll explain Future Self in simple terms and why you might care. Your Future Self is simply you in the Future. Your Future Self …

    • Future Self Shuts Your Brain Down

      How Your Brain Shuts Down When You Focus on Your Future Self

      “As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and clearer.” — Rumi Your Future Self is you in in the future. You can use your Future Self as a powerful and pragmatic way to motivate and inspire yourself every day. After all, if you can imagine a better version of you in …

    • Your Future Self Can Help You Today

      How Your Future Self Can Help Your Current Self

      “Keep going! Your Future Self is begging you to stick it out!”.—Fearless Motivation Your Future Self is simply you in the future.   What’s important is that this self-image you hold of you in the future can help you or hurt you. A first step is to actually understand how your Future Self can help your …

    • Your Greatest Year Ever

      How To Have Your Greatest Year Ever

      “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” — C.S. Lewis You can make this your greatest year ever. At the end of the day, it really comes down to making meaningful moments that matter with the people whose lives you touch. That said, …

    • 3 Best Books I Read in 2021

      The 3 Best Books I Read in 2021

      “A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” – Charles Baudelaire I bought a lot of books, I read a lot of books, and I re-read a lot of books in 2021. As part of my Year End Reflection, I reviewed …

    • The Psychology of Your Future Self

      The Psychology of Your Future Self

      “Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!” — Tony Robbins Your disconnect from your Future Self, hurts the decisions you make today. Your Future Self, often regrets the decisions …

    • Year End Reflection

      Year End Reflection (How To Put a Bow on Last Year and Set the Stage for this Year)

      “Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.” — John C. Maxwell Some say December is like the Friday of the months.  I like that. When I wrap up the last year and get ready for the next, I like to put a bow on the year. I use Year End Reflection to craft the bow. I …

    • Boost Your Confidence

      How I Learned to Boost My Confidence with the Right Focus and Words

      “As is our confidence, so is our capacity.” — William Hazlitt Confidence is one of those things that makes all the difference when it comes to realizing your potential. So many people have great ideas and great ambitions, but lack the confidence to follow through when it counts. They hold themselves back. Their amazing and …

    • Bet on Yourself

      Why Not Bet on Yourself?

      “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anaïs Nin It’s courage and taking action that separates the best from the rest. Self-doubt can be one of your biggest limitations in this lifetime.   It’s your self-image that can limit or enable you, in all aspects of your life. If you remember Dr. Marty …

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      How To Fall Asleep Faster (It’s a Skill)

      “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” — Anthony Burgess The quality of your life is the quality of your sleep. How to fall asleep fast? What if you could fall asleep in 2-minutes under any condition? Imagine if you trained yourself how to fall asleep fast under any condition. …

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      How To Overcome Limiting Beliefs with Skill

      “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” — Henry Ford Let’s walkthrough how to identify and overcome limiting beliefs with skill. If dreams are the balloons that lift you, limiting beliefs are the chains that bind you, and hold you back. The beauty is that you can eliminate or …

    • How To Land Your Next Job with Skill

      “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs Editor’s note: This is a guest post from author, carer coach, and Agile practitioner extraordinaire, Eric Brechner. Imagine if you could hear directly from somebody somebody with experience who …

    • How To Handle Stress with Skill

      “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James I took some good notes during a presentation by Dr. Mike Gervaison how to handle stress with skill and I want to share what I learned. Sharing is more than caring.  It might even be life-saving. Dr. Mike …

    • How I Think About My Career Growth (Think Big, Think Broadly, Think Beyond)

      “It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.” — Carlton Fisk A few folks have asked me how I think about career development and personal growth. So in a 20-minute sprint, I’m going to share what I’ve learned, and how I think about career and personal growth. Hopefully, an …

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