In a call on "How to Get Results Now on Your Long-Term Objective,” I was asked whether I thought "should" should be eschewed. I don't. I think "should" should be reclaimed. However, for many people, this will involve automatizing a new meaning for the word "should."...
The 3-Minute Walk
As soon as you finish reading this article, I recommend that you take out your smartphone, open the stopwatch app, start the timer, and then march out of the building. Keep going until the stopwatch hits 90 seconds, then turn around and come back. You will have...
Launch Coaching Calls FAQ
Launch: Coaching Calls FAQ What's the schedule for the group coaching calls? Will I get reminders? Calls are Mondays and Thursdays, at noon, 3:00 p.m., or 8:00 p.m. Eastern. A calendar with all of the coaching calls (which you can import) can be found on the Launch...
Dissolve Enemy Images
Dissolve Enemy Images An enemy is a person who deliberately harms you or sabotages your success. An "enemy image" is completely different. An enemy image is an automatized negative emotional response toward someone. Whenever you see, hear, or are reminded of the...
The Primacy of Existence and Happiness
This series of articles on happiness is based on a specific view of the relationship of the mind and the world, which Ayn Rand called "the primacy of existence." This is the idea that "the universe exists independent of consciousness (of any consciousness), that...
Case Study: New Year’s Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions. How often do they turn out to be empty rhetoric? A resolution is a special kind of goal. It is not just a one-time target, like doubling sales for the year. When you make a resolution to lose weight or stop smoking, your goal is to change your...
Case Study: A Value-Orientation and an Uh-Oh Log
Two days ago, I got my email inbox down to zero, for the first time in at least 18 months. Several times in the last few months, I had gotten down to 40 lagging emails, but never to zero. The story of my getting to zero is a case study in how a change in attitude then...
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Is this you? You don’t mind working hard, but you hate discovering that your time was wasted. You are proud of having high expectations for yourself, but you notice that unrealistic expectations sometimes undercut your enjoyment of success. You try to focus on priorities, but you may still get bogged down in the minutiae of[…]
Mini-Course: Evolving a Scheduling Infrastructure
Mini-Course | 10 hrsJump to RecordingsLearn how to build your own infrastructure to support making daily decisions about priorities, quickly and effectively, By creating infrastructures for the processes that are important to you, you improve your standard of...
Rational Goal-Setting Series
Rational Goal-Setting Series Goals are our means of reshaping the world around us. They guide our everyday actions so that those actions create the values that sustain our lives. When you achieve a short- or long-range goal, you trigger a moment of joy. Significant...