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Carpe Septimana
Last week we discussed building a daily planning ritual to make the most of every day. The other planning ritual I love is the weekly review. Why The strength of the daily planning ritual is that it becomes a reliable way to build habits. Knowing it will occur, you can count on certain things happening daily as…
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Carpe Diem
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle At the end of the day, do you feel energized by everything you accomplished? Or do you wonder where the time went? Aristotle believed a good life is one where you devote yourself to areté (translated as virtue, excellence, or fulfillment)…
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It’s Called Breakfast for a Reason
Growing up, I was more of a math & science person than a language person. So I tended not to notice things like the word breakfast being the combination of break and fast – literally meaning to break the evening’s fast. Breaking Your Fast When you have breakfast in the morning, do you feel like you are breaking your fast? For…
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Top Ten Blog Posts of 2022
I’m taking a break this week to celebrate the holidays and recharge. Here are my top ten most-viewed blog posts of the year. 10. The Best Technology Available My pursuit of running the Boston Marathon and recognizing when I needed to open up my mind to new possibilities and embrace the “Super Shoes.” 9. Please Shorten Your…
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All You Need Is Love
Many of us are in the midst of holiday preparations and celebrations. Hopefully, you have time now or in the coming weeks to rest, renew, and recharge. Today I’m leaning into courageous authenticity and practicing vulnerability with a post out of my comfort zone because this feels like the right time to write it. For…
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Gooooooooooooooooooooooals!
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.” – Yogi Berra. Did you set goals for 2022? Were they written down? How often did you review your progress and implement course corrections? How effectively did those goals guide your progress this year? The Importance of Goals Many of us have goals…
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