One of the greatest truisms of life is this: We don’t grow in character during the good times. When life is easy, when there is enough money to pay the bills, and when our relationships are peaceful, our character isn’t challenged. During such times, we don’t have to be courageous,…
Typically, our circumstances are not what is holding us back in life. Rather, we hold ourselves back. Perhaps we make choices that aren’t in our best interests. Or we choose to engage in negative thinking. We may only do the bare minimum, rather than giving our best in every situation. …
Professional success comes when we are exceptional at what we do. So, if you want to be highly successful at your job, you can’t simply do the bare minimum. Instead, you have to do far more than your average coworker. And that requires having great work habits. Realize that great…
The best piece of life advice I could ever give anyone is this: Follow your own path. I will admit that doing so isn’t always easy. In our society, we tend to have a cookie cutter view of what constitutes success. For example, society says that successful people make a…
Typically, when we think about improving our time management skills, our goal is to figure out how to do more in less time. So, we create To Do Lists to stay focused. And we may put a fancy calendar app on our phones to keep ourselves organized. And for a…