Tag: Goals
Goal Setting Success – Charlie Brown Method
If you’ve been into personal development for longer than 5 minutes, you’ve been sold on the benefits of goal setting. You may or may not have been told about the studies done in the 1950s where they tracked the graduating class of Harvard and 25 years later they found outRead More
Workaholic Anonymous – 5 Steps to Stop
Spotting an alcoholic or drug addict is so easy, but have you realized that you could be sitting right next to a workaholic and not notice him or her at all? Sometimes, we don’t have to look far to discover that we ourselves are addicted to work—somehow the addiction snuckRead More
How to Practice Perseverance
“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” ~Robert Strauss We love stories about people who never quit. From the movies like Rocky and The Pursuit of Happyness to The Little Engine that Could, we are inspired byRead More
When Goals Become Counterproductive (And What To Do About It)
Goals, goals, goals. They are the cornerstone of most methods of productivity, and for good reason. They can be great motivators, and they give you a sense of achievement when you reach them. There is a problem that many people unknowingly experience, though, when goals start to get in theRead More
WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 6 – Karen Brelsford
This week’s podcast features tips on simple ways to get through the holidays and an interview with theatrical artistic director Karen Brelsford. Karen has been working in theatre for years and WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy discusses with her how she is able to balance her work as well as handleRead More
Pursuing Happiness
At one point way back when, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life. But later on I found myself pursuing happiness rather than living happiness. That led to me searching Google for the answer to: “What should I do with my life?”
Getting Down to Goalsetting: The Freelancer’s Bucket List
Having goals is an automatic tendency for everyone – and the goals will be wide in range and scope. What might be something you find not really worthy of being pursued another may envision as an ultimate achievement. It is the achieving them that is the challenging part – althoughRead More
Leadership 101
Are you working with your team to achieve your goals, or do you have to drive them the whole time? A manager thinks the job won’t get done without him; a leader knows the only way it will get done is without him.