Have you ever had one of those days where things were kind of messy? I mean . . . the kind of day where you didn't exactly wake up with the go-getter mentality that productive days are made of? Maybe you woke up with a heavy-heartedness that you couldn't quite shake off from some disheartening … Continue reading “Pardon My Mess” Day: A Writing Therapy Exercise
Repetition is the stuff that dreams (turned reality) are made of. I'm serious. When you really get down to what it is that gets the star athlete to the "GOAT" status to where he has a shoe named after him . . . Or, the multimillionaire or billionaire to a lifestyle where he or she … Continue reading Repetition Creates the Goal-Achievement Success Story
Been doing some creative contemplating, and I came up with an idea. Me and my ideas. I know . . . I know . . . "Here goes another one," you might be saying. But, hear (or read) me out. Okay, so I was doing some creative contemplating about the best way in which to … Continue reading The Literacy Corner at Degrees of Maternity
If you're following "The Goal Mindset" series and you had a chance to check out last week's installment, entitled Planned Goal-Mindedness, then you know we're about to dig a little deeper into Step #3 (the HOW? component of our dream goal planning), which is all about determining the steps leading to goal achievement. In fact, … Continue reading The Steps Leading to the Goal
Achieving goals takes some serious contemplation . . . some wrapping your mind around what TO DO FIRST and then what TO DO NEXT when it comes to moving closer to that goalpost. Shall we say there's some planning involved in goaling before the goaling gets going? Yes, we shall, because we can't execute on … Continue reading Planned Goal-Mindedness
In my estimation, the two don't go hand-in-hand. When you set "goals," I mean REALLY set goals, there's some striving that takes place. A waiting period that happens. Now, the waiting period (from the time that the goal is a mere speck of a thought in an individual's mind to the attainment of that goal) … Continue reading The Goal Mindset and Instant Gratification
Let me start off with the mindset makeup that you MUST HAVE to see your goals come to reality. Get ready for it . . . get ready for it . . . You have to know that successful goal achievement requires the necessary input from YOU in order to receive the desired output (results) … Continue reading The Goal Mindset: The Grind Over Time
Now that 2023 is coming to a close, many people are already bypassing what's left of it and looking eagerly forward to the awesomeness that, hopefully, awaits them in 2024. But, I've always been of the mind that all time given is most precious, so why wish it away? Why not make the most of … Continue reading The Goal Mindset Comes Before the Goal Achievement
Well, it's the last day in November and I thought I'd better get in touch with you. And, I must say that it feels good to be back in the blogging saddle once again. Writing for this blog is just something that I will always come back to no matter how much time I've been … Continue reading Back to Blogging
. . . is . . . you can't do any one thing justice when your attention is divided among multiple tasks. It's just impossible . . . for me, anyway. I can't do it well. For example, I've tried driving or doing mundane chores around the house while listening to educational materials on audio. … Continue reading The Problem with Multitasking . . .
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