Short-term and Long-term Goals. According to Charles C. Noble, we must have long-term goals to keep us away from being frustrated by short-range failure. But first, we need to define our own short-term and long-term goals. My short ones are monthly, and quarterly. For the purpose of this post, my defined long-term goal is one year. Well, I had a long-term goal. It was broken in the middle. The second half kept breaking into chunks of short-range failures. I let go the goal, had to. Okay, not completely true. I’m fibbing … Read More Text
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A.A. Milne Biography
A.A. Milne (1882-1956) English Children’s Writer and Playwright Although Milne wrote many different kinds of books, he is most remembered as the author of the popular children’s classic Winnie-the-Pooh. Alan Alexander Milne was born on January 18, 1882 in London. At school one of his teachers was the science fiction writer H.G. Wells. Milne studied math at Cambridge University. At the age … Read More Text
How to Eliminate or Reduce Time Wasters, New Year or Not
New Year. Pondering on new year’s resolutions, letting go and letting in… Most likely you have your own list of resolutions. The list is all about reducing time wasters, new year or not. The ones that immediately came to my mind are as follows: Being overwhelmed, and therefore not being able to do anything at all. Cool it! Go for … Read More Text
How to Overcome Obstacles to Goals
Game Plan to Achieve Success and Make Dreams Come True For some people, it takes many years to succeed in their dreams. The idea is to overcome these obstacles to goals. Properly applied, here are strategies that can provide a pathway to achieving goals that may appear as “impossible dreams.” For some people, it takes many years to … Read More Text
The Power of a Pause
The benefit of pausing. This is something I learned from Brian Tracy, a management motivator. He calls it the power of pausing. Ever thought about it? Well, here’s what Brian say about the benefit of pausing, which I paraphrase: By pausing, we avoid the risk of interrupting the prospect if the other person has just stopped to gather his or her thoughts. We … Read More Text




