Archive for the 'Goals' Tag


Coaching is often about change, a new career, better balance in life or adding something new to “spice up” life. And in those contexts we often talk about finding ones passion and following ones passion.
Mike over at ZenDonut has a really interesting post about 3 Steps To Develop Your Passion … Not Just “Find” It.
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Published on July 3, 2008
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At Pick The Brain is a post about The Other Side of Productivity: Coincidences, Synchronicity, and Serendipity. The post lists “Three Methods for Attracting Coincidences and Serendipity”.
Believing in the phenomenon of coincidences and serendipity does not mean that you shun work and sit cross-legged waiting for the universe to deliver your dreams to your doorstep. [...]

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Published on May 4, 2008
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Skellie asks two interesting questions over at Anywired, If There Were Ten of Me…
What would you do if there were ten of you? (Putting aside the social and existential awkwardness that might cause, of course.)
Once you’ve answered that question, something to think about:
What will you do because there is only one of you?
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Published on March 22, 2008
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DailyOM today is about Small Steps To Big Change - Making Big Change Easier. This is about taking small steps instead of big leaps, a way to make changes manageable but also giving the chance to try out things.
When we decide that it’s time for big changes in our lives, it is wise to ease [...]

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Published on February 13, 2008
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Skellie writes an excellent post about 5 Hard Questions You Should Answer Before Starting a New Project. The brief list is:

What are my end goals with the project?
What will I have to do to reach those goals?
Do I have enough ideas and inspiration?
Do I have enough time?
Will it impact on my other projects?

Skellie raises these [...]

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Published on January 18, 2008
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Maki at DoshDosh usually blogs about making money online but in The Value of Being Incomplete: What Are Your Goals for 2008? he talks about setting goals.
Goals can be useful but you mustn’t depend on them to define yourself. We are taught that if you don’t have an aim in life, you’ll end up nowhere. [...]

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Published on December 31, 2007
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I have posted about Task management my way - pen and paper which gives me the basic tools and a simple system. What I needed in order to achieve my own goals was a philosophy that works for me. I have tried GTD but found it too complex for my needs. Then I came across [...]

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Published on December 26, 2007
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The other day I found this interesting note on the internet:
In the time of the great explorers Columbus, Magellan, and Drake many areas of the earth’s surface, especially the oceans, were uncharted. Most of the people still believed that the earth was flat. Legend among seaman held that sea monsters and other creatures lived in [...]

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Published on February 27, 2007
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