New Month Means New Goals and 5 Questions to Help Set Them

Today is the start of a another new month - hard to believe we're almost half-way done through the year. Where has the time gone? I love a new month as it brings renewed hope and the opportunity for creating new ideas and actions, i.e. goals, to work on. This is the time to take …

Today is the start of a new week, in a new month, and a new quarter. Are you where you want to be? Not to beat the horse, but you have every opportunity to redo, rewrite, relearn...essentially start over. What happens is 95% your responsibility, in most cases. Extenuating circumstances may (will) occur but that's …

Monday Morning Check-In

We have now officially survived the first week of the new year.  This week is back to full-swing - kids are back to school and coworkers return after holiday vacation. This week can be hard for most, as mentally they are still in time-off mode. It may take a day or two to find the …

10 Tips for Career Intentions (Not Resolutions)

As we are in the final days of the year, how are you coming on your planning for next year? Most people will start their new 'resolutions' starting next week but not finish them; in fact, it is estimated that up to 80% fall off within the first 30 days! This can be attributed to …

Goal Planning and the Big Picture

In this follow-up to yesterday's article on goal planning, today's tip is to consider the big picture when setting and writing your goals. Namely, what is the end result you want to achieve over this next year. Let's fast forward to December 26, 2018 and you are now planning goals for 2019. What do you …

Winding Down the End of the Year

First off, I hope you had a very happy Christmas, however you celebrated. Now, it's time to think ahead as this is the last week of 2017. For many - myself included- work will resume tomorrow (it always sounds good at the time when I made this schedule; now....) As we are winding down these …

Time to Think About 2018 Goals

Here we are, the beginning of a new month - the last one of the year at that. Amid all of the Christmas planning and activities, it's not too early to start thinking of your goals for the new year. After all, don't you want to hit the ground running come January 1 (I hope …

If Your Goals Scare You, You’re on the Right Path

If you want anything in life, it starts with a goal, which is the end-result of what you desire. Goals spur us on, they motivate us and they turn our ideas and dreams into reality. You have goals, even though you might not realize it - when you got up this morning, when you left …

3 Ways for Setting New Goals – and Saying ‘Good-bye’ to Summer

It's so hard to believe that August is gone - only one more day and then we're into another new month. It's also time to say 'good-bye to summer. With the way time is going by so quickly, we'll be celebrating Christmas (I've already seen stores set-up for Christmas - unbelievable). These next two days …

Setting Intentions, NOT Resolutions

Happy January 2017! This is a new day, new week, and new month of a new year. Most people either have - or will be - setting resolutions for themselves, and in any area of their life. However, you're not 'most people.' This is why setting intentions will get you to your goals faster and …