Posts in the category “Staying Motivated”
2019 Personal Retrospective: Measuring progress and setting goals
Every year I write a personal retrospective to take a look at where I've been and set goals for where I want to go next — posted in public for the curious.
learningplanningsuccessRead post ›Personal Retrospective: Q1 2019
I set goals at the beginning of 2019. This is a check in to see how I’m doing, what I should keep up, and what I should change to make sure I get where I want to go.
learningplanningsuccessRead post ›2018 in Review: How I’m Structuring Goals to Make 2019 My Best Year Yet
Goals only matter if they’re measured. I’m learning from last year and setting measurable goals to make 2019 my best year yet.
learningplanningsuccessRead post ›2017 Retrospective: What went right? What could have gone better? How will I improve going forward?
For many of us, 2017 was a pretty rough year. In this post, I’ll take a look at my 2017 experience, and how I’ll use that information to improve my 2018.
learningplanningsuccessRead post ›How I’m Looking at My Past to Improve My Future
We all look at the past sometimes and think about what went wrong. Here’s a simple exercise to make sure reflecting on our past is building a better future.
learningplanningsuccessRead post ›Why you should never feel guilty about “wasting time”.
If you worry that trying new ideas might be “wasted time”, consider this: I lived in a van and wore eyeliner for two years — and I owe my career to it.
confidencefailurefearlearningsuccessRead post ›How to Have Great Ideas: Write Everything Down
If you’re waiting for inspiration, you’re doing it wrong. Great ideas don’t happen overnight — you have to make sure you give them a chance to grow.
commonplacingcreatingproductivityideasRead post ›What Would You Tell Yourself About Balance in Your First Year of Business?
In your first year as an entrepreneur, it feels like you need to be running at 110%, all the time. But is that sustainable? Or necessary? Or even helpful?
businessworklifebalancesuccessproductivityRead post ›Why Your Great Idea Is Doomed (and How to Save It)
Ideas change the world — or so we think. But even the best ideas are utterly worthless if they can’t live through The Slog. Unfortunately, most ideas don’t.
confidencecreatingmotivationplanningsuccessRead post ›How to Have It All: Living for Now AND Later
We’ve all heard that it takes “hard work and sacrifice” to get where we want to go. But do our sacrifices actually get us closer to what we want in life?
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