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To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.
-Eva Young

Procrastination is often a response to feeling overwhelmed. We think about finishing what we need to accomplish and all the work it will take to get from start to finish.
If I’m facing a huge task, I want to take a breath and prepare myself before I dive in. In the meantime, while I’m preparing myself, […]

Energy is equal to desire and purpose.
-Sheryl Adams

For years, I struggled with time management. I always had a million things to do. I was delaying gratification and working all the time. I felt as if I was getting nothing done. My to-do list was always growing, and I had no free time.
Now, I have many times as many responsibilities and still find […]

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
-Vince Lombardi
This post is part of a series: Motivation to Complete Your Goals.
Incomplete Projects Kill Motivation
Failure to follow through is a part of a cycle that can be difficult to break. Lack of motivation can lead one to give up on a project, and incomplete projects can […]

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
-Confucius

This post is part of a series: Motivation to Complete Your Goals.
A couple of months ago, my wife and I faced a difficult task. Over the past couple of years, the number of responsibilities in our lives seemed to be growing constantly. Our son, our home, some difficult and time consuming health issues, a part-time […]

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
-Alan Alexander Milne

This post is part of a series: Motivation to Complete Your Goals.
Milne, the creator of one of my son’s favorite characters, Winnie the Pooh, puts it simply and truthfully in the quote above. Without organization, things can get “mixed up.” And, when things get “mixed up,” we often have to backtrack which can deliver a […]

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results
-Dennis Wholey

This post is part of a series: Motivation to Complete Your Goals.
For a motivated, inspired and accomplished life, the idea of planning can be a difficult balancing act. We don’t want to limit our potential or our connection to our spirit by planning too rigidly, and we don’t want to jump into tasks without a […]

You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit
-David Ryan

This past Sunday, I posted 10 Ways to Find Time for Inspiration. This post expands on #3: Avoid addictive behaviors.
Television, video games and drinking or other drug use are a few things that some of us can get carried away with. Hours or days can pass by in what seems to be a blink of […]

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