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Building Better Relationships (Have a Happier 2020)
Relationships provide the color and meaning to our lives. A moment is only ever improved by being able to share it with somebody else. Most of us would say that close and deep relationships are the most important factor for creating a meaningful life. Isn’t it strange then how important relationships are, but no one has ever taught us how to build real relationships. You would think there’d be courses in school, wouldn’t you? I suspect that we humans don’t like talking about improving relationships because we don’t want to admit that we could use the help. After all, shouldn’t we just know how to do it? Sometimes. But for…
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Crush Your Goals in 2020 (Start Strong to Finish!)
Now is the time to ignite your life and crush your goals in 2020. It’s better to start planning early rather than wait until the first of January. This way, you’ll have time to review the goals you set up for 2019 and evaluate how well you did, and if you want to continue them. Let’s say you wanted to learn Chinese in 2019. You took two classes, and really enjoyed it. What do you want to do in 2020 to continue this goal? What other training do you want? Is there a way you can practice? And what if you wanted to learn cake decorating and you took one…
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Ignite Your Soul and Enjoy the Holidays
Why is it that the holidays get so stressful? I believe it has to do with our expectations of how things should be. We see movies and advertisements. They are promoting a version of the holidays. But that doesn’t have to be your expectation or reality. I live Down Under. I grew up where the holidays are during the summer. Imagine what my life would be like if I couldn’t be happy unless I had a white Christmas with sleigh bells ringing. What Is Important to You? Spend some time meditating and journaling about what the Holidays really means to you. How can it bring you joy instead of anxiety?…
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The Art of Asking – Book Review
The full title of today’s book review is The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer. Isn’t that a lovely idea? How often do we think people won’t want to help us, or that we’re supposed to do everything ourselves. And if you enjoyed the direct tone of Jen Cincero’s You Are A Badass books, you’ll love Amanda Palmer’s writing. Who Is Amanda Palmer? She is a musician and has toured extensively and played with many well known names including David Bowie and Cyndi Lauper. She listed a lot of interesting sounding jobs that she did before she started her band…
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Ignite Your Soul – Feeling Gratitude Wherever You Are
Are you ready to ignite your soul by feeling joy most of the time? Life isn’t always peaches and cream. But wouldn’t you like to know how to get through the “bad times” more easily? Yes, I’m talking about feeling grateful for where you’re at in your life. And learning to be grateful for the life lessons that pop up regularly. What is Gratitude? Have you ever wondered what exactly is gratitude? At some point in your life, someone may have told you that you should be more grateful for something. Or maybe you were told you should always say “Thank you” when someone gives you something. And you just…
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Ignite Your Wealth – Planning for the Holiday Season
Was one of your New Years resolutions to improve your financial situation? Have you checked in to see how you’re doing? I know it can be a little scary, but take a moment to go find all of your New Years Resolutions. Then take some time evaluating how well you did. Achieve, Keep, Toss, Whoops It’s actually a wonderful thing to go back and review your goals and evaluate how well you’ve achieved them. What if you succeeded! You need to go reward yourself. And if you’re close, then you may find the extra motivation to push through to the finish line. Some goals you will want to toss. Maybe…
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Ignite Your Life By Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone
Does your soul have big dreams? I love the quote that the Universe wouldn’t give us dreams that we couldn’t change. So why is it so difficult sometimes to achieve them? And as you look around, you see many other people who are far removed from what they originally envisioned their lives to be. So why is this? And more importantly, how did it happen? The truth is, we all want to succeed. The hard part is taking action. Success is earned, not given. So if you’re ready to ignite your life and achieve your dreams, you need to step outside of your comfort zone. How Your Comfort Zone Kills…
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Stillness Is the Key Book Review
Ryan Holiday’s book Stillness Is the Key is an absolute delight. I know you’ll enjoy reading it. It’s split into three main sections – Mind, Body, and Spirit. Every major religion and philosophy has a concept of inner peace, or stillness. This is considered the highest good and key to a happy life and peak performance. So why wouldn’t you want to achieve it? Everyone has the capacity to be in the moment with mindfulness. So why don’t we? Because it takes consistent practice every day. And this book helps you see the benefits as well as easier ways to work it into your life. You’ll also read about famous…
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Simple Ways to Maintain a Growth Mindset
Last week, we talked about a growth mindset versus a static mindset. This week we’re going to expand upon the idea of a growth mindset and give you tips and strategies for changing and developing a growth mindset. Plus, will look at strategies for when you have setbacks. How to Change Your Mindset Last week, you’ll remember we discussed how your beliefs are connected to your mindset. And we also discussed how we can outgrow certain behaviors. Your beliefs can be changed when we no longer serve you or are hurting you to achieve your goals. Mindset occurs very slowly. Even though a fixed mindset is easy to form, is…
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Achieving a Growth Mindset to Ignite Your Life
In your life, you’re either growing or your dying. There is no middle ground. When you’re standing still with no progress you are decaying. Success requires you to engage in the process of your personal growth at all times. And as with most things in life, what you believe about yourself will affect your success or failure. That is why achieving a growth mindset will ignite your life better than anything. You have to have the inside world ready in order for it to be displayed in your outside world. What is a Mindset Your mind is a very powerful tool. You can make the most amazing things happen. You…
