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quarterly review

How To Do A Quarterly Review: A Guide

March 29, 2021

In the book The 12 Week Year, the authors discuss how we usually think about our goals with annualized thinking by focusing mostly on setting goals during the year. The authors advocate for setting …

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Ways To Increase Self-Discipline

10 Ways To Increase Self-Discipline

March 22, 2021

Willpower and self-discipline is essential to a happy and successful life according to a growing body of research. Fortunately, there are ways you can increase your self-discipline and willpower. In …

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Why Motivation Doesn't Work What To Do Instead

Why Motivation Doesn’t Work and What To Do Instead

March 15, 2021

Motivation is (mostly) bullshit. On it’s own, motivation doesn’t work. Yes, it is important to a degree. But it can only take you so far. Motivation at its very core is simply desire. …

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Increase motivation

15 Powerful Ways To Increase Motivation

March 8, 2021

Looking for ways to increase motivation? Motivation can have a major effect on our actions and behaviors which can affect how we go after our goals and how we live and work. While we should not solely …

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15 Things That Kill Productivity

15 Things That Kill Productivity

March 1, 2021

In an effort to be more productive, we can actually do a lot of things that we may not realize are detrimental to our productivity. These things can end up costing us more time and reducing our …

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26 Lessons Learned Turning 26

26 Lessons Learned Turning 26 Years Old

February 22, 2021

I turned 26 a little less than a month ago. I was recently looking through my older blog posts and realized that I had written a lesson learned post for my 24th birthday and one for my 25th birthday, …

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9 Tips For When Feeling Lonely

How To Deal With Loneliness: 9 Tips

February 15, 2021

Loneliness is a major problem in our society. Especially during a pandemic. Loneliness is considered by many mental health professionals to be a public health epidemic, particularly in the US and UK. …

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How to Do a Weekly Review

How to Do a Weekly Review to Get More Done

January 25, 2021

A weekly review can help you to plan your life with intention and make sure that your actions are leading you towards reaching your goals. Doing a weekly review lets you get clear headed, get …

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Stick to New Years' resolutions

How to Stick To Your New Year’s Resolutions

January 18, 2021

The third Monday in January is known as Blue Monday (the day of publishing this article) which claims to be the most depressing day of the year. This is “calculated” based on low levels of motivation …

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The 4 Types of Mindsets to Transform Your Life

The 4 Types of Mindsets That Will Transform Your Life

January 11, 2021

The type of mindset we have can be a great predictor of our life success and happiness.  Mindset is everything. It affects how we think, what we believe, how we act, and how we see ourselves and …

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How to Set Goals in 2021

How to Set Yearly Goals: The Ultimate Goal Setting Guide for 2021

December 28, 2020

2020 is finally almost over! And that means that 2021 is almost here. It’s time for a new year and a goal setting session. This guide will show you how to set goals to set yourself up for a successful …

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How to Manage and Reduce Stress, Anxiety, Worry, and Overwhelm

How to Manage and Reduce Anxiety, Stress, Worry, and Overwhelm

December 21, 2020

We’re at a time right now where many people are experiencing an all time high of stress and anxiety due to the events this year, not to mention the holidays which can bring to many stress, worry and …

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Plan for 2021

8 Tips to Plan and Prepare for the Next Year

December 14, 2020

It’s been quite a year. Before ending this year and starting the next year, it’s always best to take the time to look back on the year and plan and prepare ahead of time. The year of 2020 has surely …

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How to Read More Books

15 Ways to Read a Lot More Books

December 9, 2020

This year I’ve read 75 books so far. (Update: I read a total of 85 books in 2020!) Last year I read 10 books. The year before that I only read 2 books. In this article I share what helped me read more …

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Quotes About Being Wrong and Critical Thinking

Quotes About Being Wrong, Making Mistakes and Critical Thinking

August 24, 2020

No matter how intelligent we are, what we know or how successful and popular we are, being wrong and making mistakes is inevitable. The ability to be open to being wrong and acknowledge our mistakes …

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Why We Should Embrace Being Wrong

Why We Should Embrace Being Wrong

August 10, 2020

1,200 years before Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” St. Augustine said, “Fallor ergo sum” which means “I err, therefore I am.” Being wrong is a …

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How to Look Out For Future You

25 Ways to Look Out For Your Future Self

July 13, 2020

Your future self is calling. They said to start looking out for them more. Looking out for your future self is one of the most important things you can do for your personal growth and success. Looking …

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Confronting Racism and Police Brutality

Confronting and Learning About Racism and Police Brutality

June 17, 2020

I would like to note that because this article covers the topic of racism and because I am not black, this article is mostly directed towards non-black people. As a white/Hispanic woman, it is really …

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Top Productivity Tools

The Best Tools for Productivity and Organization

May 11, 2020

Technology and tools help us do more with less. They help us accomplish tasks with less time and effort. Willpower and memory can only take us so far. Not only that, but can be incredibly flawed with …

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Personal Growth and Comfort Zone Challenges

31 Personal Growth and Comfort Zone Challenges

May 4, 2020

How can we grow and challenge ourselves right now? Many of us are not working. We’re all forced to stay at home. We have to stay physically distanced from each other. We can’t travel. …

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21 Fun Things to Do If You're Bored

21 Ideas to Have Fun If You’re Bored

April 27, 2020

Many of us are restricted in how we can have fun while in quarantine. Every non-essential business is closed. We’re limited in socializing. We’re limited in our options for having fun. And …

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Adversity Quotes for Resilience

50 Adversity Quotes to Build Resilience for Hard Times

April 20, 2020

We all go through tough times. Adversity, failure, fear, pain, suffering. Many of us are going through hard times now with everything that’s going on in the world. Sometimes we need a reminder …

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Take Control of Your Technology: How to Avoid Phone and Social Media Addiction

Take Control of Your Technology: How to Avoid Phone and Social Media Addiction

April 17, 2020

Many Most of us spend a lot of time online, on our computers, on our phones, on social media. Especially now in quarantine. However, if we’re still working from home, we want to avoid …

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28 Skills You Can Learn From Home

28 Skills You Can Learn From Home

March 29, 2020

In this age of internet and social media and technology available to us, learning and mastering a new skill is not only possible but incredibly accessible. We can access the world’s top teachers …

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