Achieving Goals

Goal achievement underlies everything that I discuss on this website. In these articles, I cover the reality of the process of achieving goals without flinching away from the difficulties.

After a lifetime of striving for a variety of goals, I can confidently say that there is always a way to get there. Where we end up might not be the spot we were initially aiming for, but if we keep pushing ahead, we always end up where we need to be.

Why Your Career Hasn’t Turned Out the Way You Thought it Would, And What to Do Next

School trained us to expect automatic results in life, moving ahead every year. How things got off track after graduation.

How to Say “No” and Make It Stick: Your Complete Action Plan for Putting Yourself First

You want to say “no.” But the same old “yes” keeps coming out of your mouth. How to handle every situation, every time with confidence

How to Say “No” and Make It Stick: Your Comprehensive Guide to Putting Yourself First

Is your time sucked away because guilt and lack of confidence stop you from saying “no,” the nearly-forbidden word? Why it happens and what to do.

Stop Treating Life Like a Hobby: Making Hard Choices to Focus on Real Goals

We treat our dreams like hobbies: all too easy to dabble in and abandon. Starting and stopping, preparing and never doing. As go our hobbies, so goes our lives.

You Talk Like a Lone Wolf, But Act Like a Sheep. How to Break Away from the Herd and Achieve Your Goals.

We revere people who follow the beat of their own drum. It’s also obvious that 99% of the population is unwilling to do that. Are you? And how can you break free?

Quit Stalling on Your Life: How to Turn Procrastination Against Itself to Get Important Stuff Done

I’m a reformed, not cured, procrastinator. How I learned to use procrastination to get the important work done and to accomplish big goals in my life.

Quit Stalling on Your Life: The Real Reasons you Procrastinate and How to Overcome It

How can an entire world of humans know that important things need to get done, then willfully turn away and do non-important things? Here’s why we do it.

How Other People’s Deadlines are Crushing You and What to Do about It

Are deadlines from bosses, friends and family crushing the air out of you? Say “enough!” and take back your own time. How to do it now and make it stick.

The Difficult Journey from Point A to Point B: How Goal Achievement Really Works

The perils of shortcuts on the road to achieving goals, and how to avoid starting and stopping over and over again. Plus, my approach to helping you.

Achieving Goals

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