Archive for the 'Best Practices' Category

How to Get Ready to Meet Your Soulmate

Looking for that special someone? Finding a soulmate remains a formidable challenge for many of us. The good news, however, is that it’s possible. Many of us have found that someone. Here’s my take on how I prepared myself for that special encounter.
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Hidden Truth about “Begin with End in Mind”

It’s another one of Covey-isms, but as widely accepted as the concept is, I am afraid many of us simply don’t get it.
To create an outcome, you need to create it twice: first in your mind, and then in the physical world.
Many of us are troubleshooters, problem solvers.  We get caught up in solving problems [...]

How to Apply Process-Oriented Principles in Real Life (Digest)

Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting, the final installment in a 4-part series.  And here’s the previous installment in this series.

In reality, we can’t live on process-oriented goals alone. We set little and big goals everyday, without even being aware that we do, because we do need to produce [...]

How to Apply Process-Oriented Principles in Real Life

In this final installment of the 4-part series on process-oriented goal-setting, I’m going to discuss how to make peace with the result-oriented world by applying process-oriented principles where it counts.  Along the way, we’ll clear up some misunderstandings and pitfalls, paving the way for truly best of both worlds: great results produced by enjoyable processes. [...]

How to Set Process-Oriented Goals and Be a Success Now (Digest)

Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting, the 3rd installment in a 4-part series.  And here’s the previous installment in this series.

To set process-oriented goals, you have to ask different set of questions than those you run through to set up result-oriented goals. With result-oriented, you consider the effectiveness, impact, [...]

How to Set Process-Oriented Goals and Be a Success Now

This is the part 3 of a series on how to set process-oriented goals.  In the last chapter, we learned what it means to be process-oriented and what the benefits are.  Here, we’re going to look at how to set goals based on new paradigm, and start living the benefits of your goals right away.
In [...]

Indecisive? The Hidden Truth That Makes Deciding Easier

Do you consider yourself indecisive?  Do you always get super-stressed about choosing?  This essay breaks down the fear associated with decision-making and provides simple yet profound insights on how to make good decisions and achieve good results.
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Decisions can be pretty stressful.  Some can induce a lot of fear [...]

Indecisive? The Hidden Truth That Makes Deciding Easier (Digest)

Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on decision-making.  If you agree with the points made here, read the original to understand all the whys and hows.

Decisions can be pretty stressful. Some folks fear it so much, they hate choosing.
Where does this fear come from, and what can you do about it?
Fear [...]

Path over Destination: A Little Known Secret to Satisfying Life

We all know that we ought to “do what we love to do.” Yet, a common misunderstanding prevents us from actually implementing. This essay takes away the fluff and uncovers the essence, the real truth about what it is that gives us life.
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Many of us [...]

Path over Destination: A Little Known Secret to Satisfying Life (Digest)

Note: This is a digest version of the original entry on Path over Destination.

If you choose careers and vocations, or even projects based on the benefits and destinations, you’re sure to have an unenjoyable life.
Because life is what happens when you’re on the way.
Instead, choose based on how enjoyable the process is. Because [...]