Archive for the 'Best Practices' Category

Bliss vs. Logic: Understanding Our Emotional Nature

In this essay, I propose a system to help understand our emotional nature, and use it correctly to gauge decisions and options that empower you to be more of who you are.
In a hurry?  Read the digest version.

In a previous article, I discussed that the basis of all desires is to be who you [...]

How to Get Ready to Meet Your Soulmate (Digest)

Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on preparing yourself for an encounter with your soulmate.

Here are 4 areas in which you can work on to become a person fit, ready and available for an encounter with your soulmate.

Be Self Sufficient. If you’re looking to fill your loneliness, you’ll only find [...]

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.
In a hurry? Read the digest version.

No, [...]

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.
In a hurry? Read the digest version.

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 [...]