Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Opportunities to Act on Goals
or How I Tamed my Morning Glories and Made my Garden Flourish More musings on Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson I have often felt that I just didn’t have time to achieve my goals. Partly because I have lofty and numerous dreams, and also because of what I have…
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Goals – what it takes to JUST DO IT!
In my last post I talked about the thrill of finally doing something I’d wanted to do for years, and introduced Heidi Halvorson’s book Succeed as part of why I was able to do this. Today I’m sharing some of the concepts, hoping that you can use some of these treasures to get yourself where…
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Goals – the journey to finally JUST DOING IT!!
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ~ William James I have this quote on my To Do List every day. Sometimes I pay attention, sometimes not so much. Today I’m paying attention. Today I’m celebrating because I’m working on a task uncompleted for two years: I AM…
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What I love about organizing
I’m busy lately preparing for a community presentation at the Sanctuary at St. Paul’s in South Bend, Indiana; as well as scheduling new workshops and “work (play)” groups for the fall — and it’s reminding me what I love so much about organizing, particularly using people’s natural, most powerful strengths to get and stay organized.…
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Optimism & Organizing: A Vibrant Vision
Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible. ~ William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Your Best Possible Space What does your Best Possible Space look like? You know you want to be more organized, yet have you taken the time to really imagine what that would be like? Why should that be…
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Oprah & I: Decluttering and Using Your Strengths
Yesterday Oprah featured a powerful way to find happiness and fulfillment at work. Marcus Buckingham demonstrated the energizing way tapping into your strengths can change not just your work life, but your whole life. She is also running a series on decluttering with her organizing guru Peter Walsh. The stars are aligning! I’m so excited…
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Too much: over-consuming, clutter, debt, & happiness
“Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.” ~ Hosea Ballou How much are you paying for your lifestyle, for your ‘stuff’? Does your stuff really make you happy? How close does your lifestyle reflect your true values? Do you sometimes feel you are on a never-ending treadmill of buying more…
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Welcome to Declutter Ebook with Coach Kathy Burnett & Vibrant Life Coaching!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. ~ Lin Yutang Writer and Inventor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~*~*~ DECLUTTER EBOOK ~*~*~ Read my chapter in this exciting new book: Clutter Free and Clear: Take Charge of…
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