= WOW Note: this post seems to be getting a ton of spam, so I flipped the title around just to see if that helps. Gentle Reader, I’ll be honest – it took me a few hours after Superbowl 51 to recover. I had to work to use the pent-up energy, which was… Continue reading How the Superbowl Affirmed Life Itself
Is Goal Achievement is Like a Weapon System?
No one is more excited when a new productivity book comes out than me. But I understand not everyone is obsessive about the same things. Thus, I’m introducing a new tool that you can add to your arsenal, so when life modulates you are ready. But let’s step back…Quiz time! What is this? This is… Continue reading Is Goal Achievement is Like a Weapon System?
3 Things I Learned from the Writing Challenge
Sorry folks for the lack of blogging! I had joined a writing competition! It poppped up on my social feed, and since my highest rankinging growth goal is to be a better writer, I jumped on this one. Its called the 11th Annual Short Story Challenge . Here’s how they describe it : “A creative writing competition… Continue reading 3 Things I Learned from the Writing Challenge
Simon Sinek is Wrong About Millenials
First let me admit that I am a huge fan of Simon Sinek, who is the creator of a fabulously successful TED talk about why companies are successful. His thought – people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. He is an excellent, convincing speaker on par with Obama and other… Continue reading Simon Sinek is Wrong About Millenials
The Key to Successful Goal Achievement is Iterating
it·er·a·tion ˌitəˈrāSHən/ noun the repetition of a process or utterance. repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem ~~~ As you may know, LifeSparcs.com was built on the concepts borne in part from… Continue reading The Key to Successful Goal Achievement is Iterating
How to Craft Great Resolutions in 3 Simple Steps
Here it is, the end of the year, and people like me (insufferable life coaches and the such) are coming out with ways to make your 2017 your BEST YEAR EVER! Usually we pin the timing on the New Year, but we all know that long before the flowers re-emerge from the earth our lists… Continue reading How to Craft Great Resolutions in 3 Simple Steps
The Importance of A Beautiful Space
Recently, I attended an Agile training class in downtown Seattle, close to Lake Union. For those not from the area, don’t fret – the actual location is irrelevant. What matters is the design of the space and how it makes you feel. During a break, and then after the training was over, I took the… Continue reading The Importance of A Beautiful Space
Three Proven Techniques to Maintain Gratitude Beyond Thanksgiving
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself… Continue reading Three Proven Techniques to Maintain Gratitude Beyond Thanksgiving
Find Awe and Be Present – It’s more important than goals
Many people ask me why or what kind of websites lifesparcs.com or HappyWisdom.com are? Eventually they end up jumping immediately to productivity something like Lifehacker or something like that. Yet, I’m not necessarily using goal achievement as my…well…goal of either of these efforts. It’s about happiness, which is attained through presence, which can be attained… Continue reading Find Awe and Be Present – It’s more important than goals
Results of one SPARC – How’d The Week Go?
So, last post I covered a simple version of the SPARC process, and here we’re looking at the results of the week on this one SPARC. The image below shows what it was on Sunday the 6th of November, and I’ve got an updated version, done last night on the 14th. Before After As… Continue reading Results of one SPARC – How’d The Week Go?