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Discover meaningful goals for the year ahead with this intrinsically motivating 2021 Year-End Review. Are you ready to celebrate 2021 and set your sights for the new year ahead? Taking time to reflect and celebrate your milestones and learnings from the past year is a tremendous step towards discovering meaningful goals that will fuel your […]

Why spending 1 to 2 minutes of your regular routine to review your goals is a worthwhile investment. Taking time to review your goals is a waste of time, right? Why review your goals, when you could be out there, making things happen? Think again, friend. Just a couple of minutes spent to review your […]

What’s a Quarterly Goal Scorecard and why it helps you quickly evaluate your progress. Welcome to a new quarter, and a new opportunity for a Quarterly Goal Scorecard! One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “How can I set fresh goals for a new season, when I feel like I’ve completely failed on […]

How do you face the unknown? Today’s episode is all about how you can embrace uncertainty to get ‘unstuck’ on your goals. I reveal the hidden benefits of uncertainty and quick reflection questions to use your fear as fuel to move forward. Highlights from today’s episode: [1:49] The benefits of uncertainty and setting BHAGs: Big […]

What if there were one thing that would help you navigate 2021, no matter how much pivoting is required? I’m talking about core values. Today’s podcast episode dives into the power of core values to guide you through 2021, wherever your goal-pursuit journey might take you. Learn about the research behind operationalizing your core values […]

While there’s nothing magical about January 1st, there’s something marvelous about brushing out the proverbial cobwebs of 2020 and starting the new year with a fresh slate. Whether or not you’re doing much housekeeping this time of year, today’s episode has just the exercise you need to prepare for a fresh start in 2021. In […]

2021 is starting to peek its friendly face around the corner… and that means countless humans are setting fantastic goals for growth and change in the personal and professional lives. The only problem? 92% of goal-setters will fail to achieve their New Years resolutions. Today’s episode gets personal for me… I’ve felt let down by […]

Are you born with an innate passion or is passion developed? Research reveals that passion comes from strategically testing and developing interests until passion emerges. Today’s episode describes what passion is, why its important, and the simple exercise you can do to move forward on your unique path to passion. Today’s episode finishes with a […]

Goals without an accountability system are kind of like cars without tires. Even the best design won’t get you very far ; ) That’s why today’s ‘Episode 0’ is all about having supportive systems in-place before setting goals to help bring your best intentions to life. In this special prelaunch Episode 0 of the Present […]

Part three in a three part series about making motivation easy. In the two previous posts about Motivation in the Moment, we’ve discussed short-term and long-term practices to naturally increase your motivation. This post describes the most effective strategy to get out of a motivation rut: identity-based motivation. Use this powerful goal-setting strategy to make […]

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