It is easier to stay healthy than it is to get healthy. Going from an unhealthy state to a healthy one requires immense effort, dedication, and discipline. Staying healthy requires the same, but with one major difference. The transition from an unhealthy state to a healthy one also requires us to overcome inertia in a … Continue reading Overcoming Inertia
If we have goals we want to achieve and the means by which to achieve them, the greatest battle we face from day to day is the battle against distraction. Quite often, what stands between us and our goals is clarity, time, and resources. That is, our goals are not clearly defined, measurable, and realistic, … Continue reading Distracting Ourselves (To Excuse Ourselves)
If you have an idea and it gets shot down by those around you, you may not have supporters, but you still have an idea. The world is waiting for us to improve it, but there will always be resistance to change. When an idea is new, different, or disruptive, support is especially difficult to … Continue reading Ideas Exist (With or Without Support)
Another person’s longterm plans may not include you. No matter how much you may wish to be a part of someone else’s life and their longterm plans, they may not feel the same way. You may be on parallel paths now, but while you continue to move forward, they may be making decisions and taking … Continue reading Maintain Your Bearing
As much as we feel as if we are chasing what we value, more often than not we are simply running away from what we fear. Fear is a much more powerful motivator than hope. The fear of not having security, status, health, wealth, or love, not to mention food, water, clothing, and shelter, drives … Continue reading Running Blind With Fear
