The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on Things

I’ve decided to start cultivating great content from other sources once in a while to help add value to my blog. This will help me focus more on writing books and stories while still helping you achieve your most important goals! Here for you now is a great article about a phenomenon known as the Akrasia … Read more

The Emergent Task Planner

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It’s goal setting time again! Join me as I share with you one of the best tools I’ve discovered for increasing my productivity: The Emergent Task Planner™! Share0 Share +10 Tweet this, pretty please!0 Share0 Pin0 Read more

SMART FOCUS Book 1 Pre-Launch!

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The moment I’ve been waiting for is nearly here. The first book of the three-book series I’ve been working on for over a year, SMART FOCUS Book 1: How to Stay S.M.A.R.T. and Achieve Your Most Important Goals One Step at a Time, is now just a couple weeks away from launch! Read more

When Goals Collide: Strategies for Pursuing Multiple Goals

When Goals Collide - Strategies for Pursuing Multiple Goals

Life moves in many exciting directions, but along the way it’s often a struggle to decide which goals to pursue—or, maybe, how to go about pursuing multiple goals!In this blog post, I’ll give you some strategies for pursuing multiple goals so you can feel better about chasing that new dream that’s vying for your attention. Read more

Goodbye 2015, New Goals for 2016

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We’re one month into 2016, and already my goals for 2016 are gaining momentum toward success! Follow me as I share with you what my goals for 2016 are and one of the tools I’m using to help me achieve them. Passion Planner with Staedtler PensRead more

Goals for 2015: Quarter 1 Updates

2015 has already hurled past the first quarter (Q1), so it’s time for an update on how my goals for 2015 are coming along.  After several setbacks (one of which includes this post itself), I’m proud to say that my main focus has still been on my number one priority for the year: Writing. FOCUS … Read more

A Month in the Life of A NaNoWriMo Participant

Does the term NaNoWriMo mean anything to you?  If you’re a writer—especially a young writer—who’s been online for the past 15 years, then it probably does.

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NaNoWriMo…No?

In 2009, I set out to finally achieve my goal of writing a novel.  The premise behind National Novel Writing Month, founded in 1999 by Chris Baty, is to write 50,000 words by the end of the designated month, which is always November.  Although I won the competition (along with hundreds, if not thousands, of others), my novel was still incomplete, life happened, and I abandoned my novel as a result.  Five years later, I began the journey to resurrect and complete it.

Here’s my story.

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Chasing Squirrels: How to Effectively Overcome Distractions

It’s so easy to allow distractions to get us side-tracked these days. With ever-increasing new versions of all the latest high-tech devices, temptations to multi-task, and having to be everywhere at once with social media, sometimes it feels like you’re just chasing squirrels.

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The Story Behind “Chasing Squirrels”

So what do I mean by “chasing squirrels”?  If you’ve ever seen the movie Up by Disney/Pixar, you probably think I’m referring to the dog, Dug, who is constantly getting distracted and yelling “Squirrel!” However, the story behind my version of chasing squirrels relates to a previous hunting experience I had over a year ago.

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More Goals Achieved: New Website Banner & Email List

This week I decided to kick things up a notch by taking several steps toward my goals.  I lost a few hours of sleep, but I ended up getting much more done than I had planned.

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New Website Banner

One of the things I did to step up my game was to install a new banner for my website.  I actually had my graphic designer create this at the beginning of the year, but I couldn’t seem to find the time to add it to my (growing) list of things to do.

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The PIG Tool: How to Create and Organize Your Very Own Products

Update: I was notified by a representative who owned the name PIGLT and was asked to modify my post/document.  Sorry for the confusion.

Recently, while finishing up the hunting season of 2014, I was in the woods contemplating where my business would be heading in 2015.

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An Overflow of Ideas

It was pitch black, and the sound of the overflowing creek below me was making it hard to stay awake.  Fortunately, my mind was busy conjuring up ideas for where to take my business in the coming year.

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